Chapter 836: Improvement of work
Not only the J-11 fighter jets, but also a batch of J-7, J-7A, Eagle advanced trainer aircraft and "Ray Eagle" helicopters.
Now the Air Force is not burdened by debts, and it accepts all.
Then before the Spring Festival, when the Ministry of Finance comes to Panshan Group to settle profits and taxes, they can't help but slam the table and curse.
The Air Force, Navy, and Army are in debt every year.
For this matter, the leaders of the Ministry of Finance have complained a lot.
But the troops don't care. The army construction also needs to invest money. If there is not enough money, the army will be dumbfounded.
A good cook can't cook without rice!
In the past, the army would cover up and look embarrassed, and military expenditure would tend to be arms.
Now, all the equipment updates related to Panshan Group are owed first.
This is also the fundamental reason why the army's equipment updates have suddenly accelerated in recent years.
In 1990, China announced that it had completed the construction of semi-mechanized troops.
Behind this, there is a lot of shadow of Panshan Group.
Under the condition of limited military expenditure, the army owes Panshan Group billions or even tens of billions every year.
This year, the navy, army and air force owe Panshan Group more than 30 billion.
A large number of tanks, armored vehicles, military transport vehicles, advanced training aircraft, fighter jets, helicopters, various warships, etc., are constantly entering the military.
For example, the price of a 818-type electronic reconnaissance ship to the navy is 2.5 billion yuan.
For example, the price of a 816-type electronic reconnaissance ship to the navy is 1 billion yuan.
The price of other small electronic reconnaissance ships is no less than 100 million yuan.
This is because Panshan Group did not ask for a high price, otherwise the price would be doubled or tripled, just like playing.
The delivery of aircraft is much easier than the delivery of tanks and armored vehicles.
The pilots have received professional training for a period of time at Guifei Group and have the ability to fly alone, and they can directly drive away in the aircraft.
The test flight institute of Guifei Group is not only composed of test pilots, but also pilots sent by the army for training.
These pilots fly various aircraft.
After the pilots took the oath, they began to put on flight helmets. The flight helmets of these fighters are very advanced, much more advanced than the flight helmets of previous aircraft.
One plane after another took off and broke through the air.
As for helicopters, there is no need to go to the runway, just take off vertically on the spot.
Liu Tao came to a workshop where the J-7 series aircraft are produced.
Now, except for the last two improved models of the J-7, the previous ones are no longer produced and equipped to the Air Force, and the previous series are all exported.
In addition, it is responsible for modernizing the existing J-7s in the army and improving the combat effectiveness of the J-7 fighters.
At this time, there is a latest improved model of the J-7 in the production workshop. Yu Ximing spared no effort in the improvement of the J-7.
According to his own statement, he is old and it is difficult for him to develop a new fighter. What he wants is to continuously improve the J-7 fighter.
He believes that the J-7 fighter still has potential to be tapped, even if the latest improved model of the J-7 is already a second-generation and a half fighter.
Compared with the original J-7, the two latest improved models of the J-7 can be said to be two aircraft.
Even the material of the fuselage is different.
Radar, friend-or-foe identification, etc., all changed.
Liu Tao still admires Yu Ximing's persistence. Liu Tao believes that there is no need to improve the J-7 now, because there is no room for improvement. The innate conditions are there, so it is better to produce more J-10 fighters and J-11 fighters.
No matter how much improvement is made, can the J-7 fighter be improved into a third-generation aircraft?
Impossible!
But for Yu Ximing and others, they think that any improvement is a little bit.
This is just like Zhu Yusheng and others, who have an obsession with improving the Type 59 tank.
In Liu Tao's view, the innate conditions of the Type 59 tank are there, and no matter how much improvement is made, it is not as good as the Type 81 medium tank.
But they have been devoted to the improvement of the Type 59 tank, and finally the combat effectiveness of the modified Type 59 tank has been greatly improved.
Although it is still not as good as the Type 81 medium tank, it has also improved a lot compared to the original Type 59 tank.
Now the main business of the First Machine Factory is not to produce new tanks, but to modernize and repair the Type 59 tanks.
And to produce fire tanks based on the Type 59 tanks to earn some OEM fees.
Liu Tao then went to the Flight Test Institute for inspection. The Flight Test Institute is an extremely important unit of the Guizhou Aircraft Group.
In the future, various models will definitely be developed, and the flight test work will be handed over to the Flight Test Institute.
The test pilots here are all treated as senior engineers, and the flight test team leader is treated as a professor-level senior engineer.
As for military ranks, they are all treated at a relatively high level.
The test pilots of the Flight Test Institute are not only test pilots, they are also researchers who participate in the research of aircraft.
After all, they are flying and know the aircraft best. They know better than scientific researchers what situations they encounter.
For example, at this moment, the "Eagle" advanced trainer aircraft improvement team is holding a seminar here at the Flight Test Institute.
For each aircraft, there will be an improvement team to continuously improve the aircraft.
The trainer aircraft is no exception.
The 'Eagle' advanced trainer is excellent, but it does not mean that it has no room for improvement. On the contrary, it has a lot of room for improvement.
As a third-generation advanced trainer, the performance of the 'Eagle' advanced trainer is very advanced, and it even has strong combat effectiveness on the battlefield.
As a twin-engine, two-seat advanced trainer, the 'Eagle' advanced trainer has a lot of room for improvement, and can be improved from the performance of the aircraft engine and the avionics system.
For example, if the performance of the aircraft engine is improved, the performance will be further improved.
Of course, no matter how much this advanced trainer is improved, it is an advanced trainer after all, not a fighter, and its combat effectiveness is not as good as the J-10 fighter.
Liu Tao also saw a group of young faces who were receiving theoretical knowledge training.
These are freshly graduated college students selected from major aviation colleges this year. Although these college students are young, they have a high degree of education and strong learning ability, and they will grow up more easily.
When they grow up, maybe they will continue to be test pilots here, or they may go to the Air Force as pilots.
The test pilots here at the Flight Test Institute are connected to the Air Force, and the channels are very smooth.
However, no test pilot wants to leave at present, because they have all the honors they deserve, and the treatment of the Air Force is far worse than that of the Flight Test Institute.
Liu Tao came to another place, where a high-simulation flight simulator is being built. Once it is built, many flight training subjects that originally needed to be implemented on combat trainer aircraft can be implemented on simulators, thereby improving the ability of pilots and their ability to deal with special situations.
The high-simulation flight simulator here belongs to the pilot unit. After practice, if it is really effective, it will be built in the Air Force.