While Zhao Yiwo was busy in the laboratory, a large number of senior military officials, senior military technicians, and senior executives of China Military Industrial Corporation were welcomed at a training ground of a certain military region in my country.
The protagonists of the scene are the brand-new military aircraft parked in the hangar. Although they are all produced in small batches, they cannot accommodate the wide variety, so the hangar here is still full.
Today is the day when China Military Industrial Company officially delivers various types of military aircraft developed by it to the military for testing. The reason why they are delivered together is because all the supporting weapons and missile equipment of Huaxia Military Industrial Company are in place.
The combat platform had basically been completed before, and they were just waiting for their advanced weapons and missiles to be produced. As a result, the situation was like today, and the delivery time was simply set on the same day.
The reason why the top military officials came here is not because today is very important, because these equipments are being commissioned into the troops and there is still some way to go. It is conservatively estimated that it will take a year.
But it does not mean that these equipment are not important. The reason why the high-level officials came here is because these air force equipment play a huge role in the modernization of our country's air force, and in one fell swoop, our country has entered the ranks of a powerful air force.
At the event site, senior officials from Huaxia Military Industrial Company first accompanied senior military officials to observe these air force equipment on site, and at the same time gave detailed explanations of related equipment to give them a more comprehensive understanding.
In fact, these are just going through the motions. They had already fully understood what they should know before coming, otherwise they would not have come here. At least from the data point of view, they have a good understanding of the performance of these equipment.
The first thing to observe is the heavy armed helicopter. Although most of these aircraft will be equipped with the army, the navy will also equip some.
Even though the helicopter doesn't look like much, it is an ordinary civilian helicopter, relatively small, but a military heavy-duty helicopter is very large, and its load capacity is not weaker than that of ordinary military fixed-wing aircraft.
When the military leaders saw the big guy in front of them, the smiles on their faces never disappeared. They even ignored the commentator's explanation, got close to the helicopter and touched it with their hands, which made it appear that the scene in front of them was not a dream, but a reality.
When I heard the commentator explain: "Our heavy-duty armed helicopter is currently the largest tonnage armed helicopter in the world. It has a higher load capacity and more advanced technology than the Mi-26 that was put into service by the Soviet Union in 1980.
In the future, it will be mainly used for the transportation of battlefield materials, especially the delivery of strategic materials behind enemy lines. It has excellent protection performance and carrying tonnage. "
Putting aside other things, hearing that it was more advanced than the Mi-26 in service with the Soviet Union and carrying a larger load, the military brass showed a satisfied smile. You must know that this kind of equipment had only been heard of before, and there was no chance to see it on site. No.
Now we can not only see and touch them on the spot, but they will also serve in the army in the future. What a wonderful thing it is for our soldiers to be able to fly in the blue sky of our country with such advanced weapons and equipment.
At present, the relationship between our country and polar bears is not very good. It is indeed a matter of pride to surpass the other party in military equipment. Moreover, it is our own independently developed military equipment, which is even more amazing.
After introducing the heavy armed helicopter, we then introduced related helicopters such as light armed helicopters, maritime reconnaissance helicopters, air command helicopters, and battlefield environment monitoring helicopters.
In the process of introducing these helicopters, the commentator from China Military Industry Corporation focused on the advanced airborne electronic equipment and weapons and missile equipment of these helicopters.
Regardless of the excellent performance of the weapon platform or the performance of these ancillary weapons and equipment, they have not only reached the world's advanced level, but have also led the world's advanced level in some aspects.
And these armed helicopters are not the main dish this time, because the military leaders have already set their sights on another hangar, where military fixed-wing aircraft are parked.
After introducing the situation here, the group went directly to the hangar here, where heavy fighter jets, light fighter jets, air transport aircraft, airborne early warning aircraft, aerial tankers, etc. were parked.
In fact, there are more types of fixed-wing aircraft in the Air Force. However, due to limited time, China Military Industrial Company mainly focuses on combat platforms and tackles key aircraft types.
As long as the combat platform is built, it will be very easy to develop some unimportant military aircraft in the future. For example, attack aircraft are mainly used to fight against maritime targets and are currently not used.
Similar to attack aircraft, there are carrier-based aircraft used on aircraft carriers, etc., which are all models that need to be developed in the future. There is no need to bring them out this time, and there is not enough time.
In fact, these combat platforms have surpassed the world's advanced level in terms of mobility and endurance. More importantly, aircraft maintenance is relatively easy, and the engine life and overhaul life are very long.
This reflects our country’s technical strength in aircraft engines. Of course, these are the credit of Star Power Company, but also the credit of Cornerstone Materials Company and Precision Instrument Company.
Without the excellent engine materials provided by Cornerstone Materials Company, no matter how good the design of Star Power Company is, it will be in vain. Similarly, without the high-end machining center of Tiangong Precision Instrument Company, mass production will be very difficult.
If mass production is not possible and it is purely handmade, not only will the output be very low, but the unit price will also be very expensive, and there is no possibility of large-scale installation.
However, with the support of Tiangong Precision Instrument Company's high-end machining center, producing high-end engines has become a relatively simple matter, and mass production is possible.
This can be proved from one aspect. It is important to know that Star Express sold thousands of passenger aircraft last year. It would be very difficult for an ordinary aircraft manufacturer to produce so many aircraft in a short period of time.
However, Star Express Company has no pressure in this regard at all, because they have basically achieved fully mechanized production capabilities, and their production capacity is no longer limited by manpower.
This may seem unimportant at first glance, but it is actually a very important achievement. This means that as long as conditions permit, Star Express Company can produce unlimited quantities of products on a large scale.
This situation is also true when it comes to military equipment. If the production of military equipment is fully mechanized, it means that equipment can be exploded infinitely, which is an incredible ability in wartime.
However, in normal times, this ability is nothing. After all, if you want to explode equipment, you don't have so many sales, so it won't seem so outrageous.
Even so, this fully mechanized production process has a huge effect on cost reduction, but the quantity is small and not so obvious.
Moreover, due to the limited purchase quantity, investing in a fully mechanized production line will increase costs, and sometimes it may seem that the gain outweighs the gains. The production lines currently used by the military are semi-mechanized production lines, which is not incapable, but unnecessary.
After the commentator introduced the parameters of these aircraft, he focused on another of their technologies, which is the holographic helmet. Although it is an inconspicuous piece of equipment, its importance is undeniable.
After wearing this helmet, the pilot's control over the fighter jet immediately improves to a new level. Not only can he understand the dynamics around the fighter jet 360 degrees without blind spots, but he can also receive information sent from the command center in real time.
It is not particularly obvious if you are on a short-horizon fighter, because you basically rely on the naked eye to detect the opponent and start the battle, so there is no need to predict the enemy's opportunity.
But it is particularly important on long-view-range fighters. With the help of advanced fighter electronic radar equipment, the holographic helmet can detect the opponent in advance hundreds of kilometers away and clearly present the opponent's dynamics before your eyes.
The most important thing is that with a holographic helmet, you don't need to stare at the dashboard all the time. All information can be presented on the holographic helmet, which improves the driver's reaction speed and can make faster decisions.
The only regret is that if the driver wants to issue an order, he still needs to operate it manually instead of relying on his thoughts to issue an order, which delays some time.
This is because after the development of the holographic helmet, Zhao Yi has not yet planned to sort out the brainwave-related technology. However, with the use of smart glasses in individual soldier equipment, this technology will also become a military technology in the future.
After the subsequent integration of brain wave technology and holographic helmets, the driver's reaction speed and speed of issuing orders will be further improved. However, at present, China Military Industrial Company does not know that its boss has very good brain wave technology.
After the brainwave-controlled holographic helmet is developed, the current holographic helmet can be used as an export model, further increasing the market advantage of export fighters.
The technical content of the holographic helmet is underestimated. It is a black technology in this era, otherwise the commentator would not explain it separately. Even in the previous life, this kind of holographic helmet was synonymous with high technology.
After hearing the commentator's explanation, the military leaders at the scene wanted to try it on the spot to see if it was as magical as the commentator said.
The reason why China Military Industrial Corporation wants to develop holographic helmets is mainly because the aircraft they produce and develop have beyond-visual-range strike capabilities and are third-and-a-half-generation fighters.
If you want to use the beyond-visual-range strike capability, you must use this kind of holographic helmet to display its full performance, anticipate the enemy's opportunities, and dominate the enemy.
If it were an ordinary third-generation fighter, there would be no need to use a holographic helmet. The eyes and instrument panel would basically be enough to bring out the relevant performance.
Speaking of over-the-horizon strike capabilities, the commentator explained in detail to the military leaders at the scene how the advanced detection electronic equipment equipped by these fighters can achieve the over-the-horizon function.
Advanced electronic radar can detect enemies hundreds of kilometers away, calculate the enemy's status through an onboard computer, and then present it in front of a holographic screen as a real-time image, which is no different from watching it with human eyes at the scene.
This kind of radar information simulation technology can actually be regarded as a black technology. If it were not for the use of special efficient algorithms for simulation, the airborne computer might not be able to do this because of insufficient computing power.
After listening to the commentator's explanation, the audience at the scene had only one thought in their hearts, "This is a high-tech fighter aircraft. Everything performs so perfectly. If there are no problems in subsequent tests, it must be deployed into the army on a large scale."
After seeing the expressions of the personnel on site, Huaxia Military Industrial Company was immediately convinced. If there were no accidents, the site was very satisfied with the performance of these military aircraft. It is a high probability that they will be deployed into the army in the future.
In addition to air combat aircraft, the commentator also gave an important explanation on strategic transport aircraft, because this completely filled our country's gaps in this field and achieved zero breakthroughs.
Not to mention conducting cross-continental combat missions, relying on our country's vast land area, a high-performance strategic transport aircraft is very necessary, which can greatly improve our country's mobilization combat capabilities and air delivery and transportation capabilities.
However, with the large passenger plane of Star Express Company in front, the senior officials were not so surprised that China Military Industrial Company developed a large strategic transport aircraft. Although there are many differences between the two, there are also many commonalities.
Although this large strategic transport aircraft is not as exciting as the previous fighters, the significance of its existence cannot be ignored. This shows that we have intercontinental delivery capabilities, which is particularly important in the absence of aircraft carriers.
In fact, there are several types of strategic transport aircraft developed by Huaxia Military Industrial Corporation. The largest model of strategic transport aircraft on display was aimed at the Soviet Union's An-225.
In terms of relevant data, it even exceeds the An-225. For example, the maximum take-off weight reaches 700 tons, which is 60 tons higher than the An-225. The maximum cargo load reaches 350 tons, which is 100 tons more than the An-225.
If you put the two together, you will find that the super-large strategic transport aircraft developed by China Military Industrial Company is a bit larger than it. On the premise that the take-off weight is 60 tons higher, the cabin load capacity is 100 tons higher.
This is because this transport aircraft has a lower dead weight and uses more advanced lightweight materials. Its safety protection is also much higher than that of the An-225, and its air survivability is much stronger.
However, this large strategic transport aircraft is destined not to be purchased on a large scale in the future, because there will not be many usage scenarios, especially in the context of my country's relatively small number of external operations, there are even fewer usage scenarios.
However, the main reason why Huaxia Military Industrial Company still develops and produces it is to serve as an advertisement, and it must strive for first place in everything.
In this way, customers around the world can better understand themselves, so that they can get more international arms trade orders. This is a reflection of technical strength. There is no better advertising effect than this one.
Therefore, Huaxia Military Industrial Company actually doesn't care much about how many aircraft the military will purchase in the future. It would be better if it could purchase more. It doesn't matter if it purchases a few.
In addition to this large strategic transport aircraft, China Military Industrial Corporation has also prepared medium-sized strategic transport aircraft and small transport aircraft with more application scenarios for the military, which will be used as main equipment for the army in the future.
Of course, the main reason why China Military Industrial Company wants to develop this large strategic transport aircraft is that the cost is not necessarily very high, because it has something to do with the super-large passenger aircraft being developed by Star Express Company.
Some of the achievements of Star Express Company can be applied to this large strategic transport aircraft, and the related technologies of this large strategic transport aircraft can also be applied to the super large passenger aircraft being developed by Star Express Company.
In this way, when technology is exchanged, research and development costs will be further diluted, and at the same time, it can also promote the related technologies of both parties.
Of course, when it comes to external quotations, Huaxia Military Industrial Company has always been "big-mouthed", because the order volume for this kind of equipment is destined to be low, and the only way to recover some costs is to increase the unit price.
The An-225 in the previous life was put into service three years later. During the year of service, the Polar Bear could no longer support it and began to disintegrate, so in the end only one was produced. The follow-up related information was not complete, and it did not have the ability to reproduce it. .
Therefore, whether it is now or in the future, the large strategic transport aircraft produced by China Military Industrial Company will be the largest and most advanced large strategic transport aircraft in the world for a long time. This is certain.
After visiting these military aircraft, everyone came to the last hangar. Here is the ultimate protagonist this time, which is the long-known strategic bomber.
Due to the high cost and high technical difficulty, Huaxia Military Industrial Company itself only produced one for military testing. For subsequent production, the military would need to place a formal order.
The price of one aircraft is several billions, even if Huaxia Military Industrial Company produces a few more aircraft, it will not be able to afford it. This is the price given by Huaxia Military Industrial Company when it is not very profitable.
In terms of technical content and technical difficulty, there is absolutely no difficulty in asking a price of 5 billion, because its technical content is much higher than that of the B2 bomber that has not yet come out, and it is understandable that the price is higher. Original.
However, Huaxia Military Industrial Company has planned to sell it to the military at cost price, provided that the military must purchase sufficient quantity to allow Huaxia Military Industrial Company to recover its capital.
When the military brass first saw the strategic bomber, they were attracted by the special shape in front of them. Fortunately, the commentator later explained why this design was adopted, mainly to reduce the radar emission area and increase the lift of the aircraft. .
Then he started to explain the stealth performance of strategic bombers. There was no relevant stealth theory before. After the instructor explained it one by one this time, everyone was filled with emotion.
In fact, many people have a lot of expectations for the establishment of Huaxia Military Industrial Company, not least because Zhao Yi is behind this company. According to his temperament, this company will definitely not lack technology in the future.
But when the real thing appeared in front of them, it completely exceeded their psychological expectations. You must know that every piece of equipment here is top-notch in the world. This is already a reflection of technical strength.
However, from the previous holographic helmets and the current stealth strategic bomber, it can be seen that Huaxia Military Industries is not just a simple imitation and surpassing of foreign military equipment based on its technical strength, but also has its own research and development ideas.
This is particularly rare. Technical strength is one aspect. How to achieve advanced design through technical strength is also very important.
If it is only about technical strength, it will only prevent itself from lagging too far behind its competitors, but the advanced design behind it means that it will now stand at the forefront of the first echelon, and those behind it will be the followers.
Like the inconspicuous holographic helmet, it is not difficult to sell one for 1 million yuan now, and it also depends on whether the seller is in a good mood.
If it is a brainwave-controlled holographic helmet, one can be sold for 2 million yuan, which is absolutely not difficult, but a piece of brainwave technology is worth the price.
From the perspective of the military, more importantly, China Military Industrial Company actually thought of holographic helmet technology to solve the shortcomings of beyond-visual-range combat, and complement each other with beyond-visual-range combat equipment.
As for the stealth strategic bomber in front of us, its appearance design is very exaggerated, and the design idea is unprecedented. It can be said to be very bold, but the effect is definitely significant, and it can greatly reduce the radar reflection area.
At the same time, such a design can also greatly increase the lift coefficient of the strategic bomber, allowing it to carry more fuel and ammunition.
More importantly, Huaxia Military Industrial Company is also very advanced in its stealth design ideas. It not only makes it difficult to detect by radar, but also greatly reduces the noise generated by fighter aircraft through silencers and sound-absorbing materials.
With the existence of this strategic bomber, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a ghost in the sky. It can appear silently behind the enemy's rear, destroy strategic targets in the rear, and greatly weaken the enemy's continuous combat capability and tenacious resistance.
When the senior military officials asked about the price, they were quite shocked. The unit price of two to three billion yuan sounded like a sky-high price to them. When they heard the senior executives of China Military Industrial Company say that this was still the cost price, it was even more so. Speechless.
This is the case with high-tech weapons. Only superpowers can afford to equip them. Even if a small country can purchase them, it cannot afford to use them. Not only is the unit price high, but the maintenance costs are also ridiculously high.
Of course, compared to the B2, this strategic bomber of China Military Industrial Company has a much longer maintenance interval and a much lower maintenance cost. Although it is still high compared to traditional bombers, it is still acceptable. within the range.
Because Huaxia Military Industrial Company has treated usability and maintainability as the primary goals during design. On the premise of achieving technical goals, these two items are particularly important.
Although the top military officials marveled at the high price of strategic bombers, they did not say anything further, and they would not make any promises in this scenario. They could only make a decision after thorough discussions after returning home.
After visiting the equipment, a fighter jet performance was arranged on site, with test pilots from China Military Industries Corporation flying the latest fighter jets.
Also delivered with this military equipment were the fighter simulator system and trainer aircraft developed by China Military Industrial Company. Since these are auxiliary training equipment, they will not be discussed separately earlier.
However, these auxiliary equipment are very important for the military to train operators. It can not only greatly reduce training costs, but also cultivate relevant talents on a large scale. (End of chapter)