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On the other hand, mainly aircraft design agencies, emphasized that although the country is now very concerned about this project, the country's investment is still too little. If this advanced fighter needs to lead in all aspects, the lack of research and development funds will undoubtedly cause Delay the progress of fighter development.

But now, external capital injection is a very powerful booster.Iraq is a good partner. Needless to say, other projects are turbofan six. This engine, which had to end the model development due to insufficient funds, has now successfully achieved finalization and has become the first candidate for the new machine. engine.In this sense, Iraq has already been involved in the development of Project [-].

As for the secrecy mentioned by the military, it is only meaningful for countries with lower technology than its own. The Soviet Union has always exported castrated versions of military products to the outside world because the technology level of the exporting country is lower.But now in Iraq, the performance of the two main fighters equipped in the country is no longer inferior to the fighters developed by its own side, so what is there to keep secret?

What kind of fighter jets does the Air Force have now?With all the military aircraft manufacturers in the mainland, what kind of aircraft would Iraq be interested in?No.

Shen Fei's J-2 is the most excellent fighter that the Air Force can produce now. Unfortunately, Iraq doesn't like this kind of fighter at all. It invests a lot of money in various projects in Iraq, such as Yunshi, turbofan, etc. The sixth class, that is, did not invest any funds in Shen Fei, but Shen Fei had a full amount of funding from the state, and did not envy other aircraft factories.Now, the country has decided to invest 5.5 million yuan in a peace model project with the United States to help modify the avionics of fifty J-2 fighters.

The rest is the J-[-]. Iraq invested in this kind of fighter, but it was refitted into a Super-[-] and sold to Pakistan.

It is the current No. 4000 project in China. This project involves countless energy. Even if it is successfully developed, it will not reach the level of Iraq's existing Mirage 4000. Moreover, what reason does Iraq have to participate in such a project?Ship ten, that is Iraq needs large aircraft.Super Seven, that is, Iraq wants to jointly develop and export to the third world.Project No. 20?Iraq already has the Mirage [-] and the F-[-]. The combination of these two fighters is enough.

Therefore, even if it is invited by Chengfei, Iraq does not necessarily inject capital. The so-called international friendship is just a naive idea, and the interests are the most important.

Chengfei hopes that Iraq will inject capital. It is the hope that this fighter can be successfully developed and equipped with troops as soon as possible. This is the most important thing. With Iraq's capital injection, the JH-[-] project is carried out so quickly, beyond their imagination. , They hope that the development of their own models can also be accelerated, and the country's investment is far from enough.

Only with sufficient funds can the development progress be accelerated. Otherwise, after ten years, when their fighter is successfully developed, the fighters of all countries in the world have reached a new level. Maybe new models will appear .The gap between them and the world's advanced level will widen.

In particular, the aerodynamic layout of Iraq's existing Mirage 4000 is very similar to that of their No. 4000 project. If Iraq can be persuaded to agree to a systematic understanding of their Mirage [-], it will greatly promote the self-developed fighter effect.

So far, Chengfei's design can't get rid of the shadow of the Soviet Union. The existence of MiG-21 can be seen more or less on all domestic military aircraft.

It also adopts the canard aerodynamic layout and four-duty electric transmission, which will benefit Chengfei Company a lot, which is incomparable even if it invests money.

As for Iraq, it also needs to have enough interests to be able to invest huge sums of money to participate in the development of this fighter. Chief Engineer Song estimates that Iraq will need to provide at least one billion dollars in research and development funds, which is a huge amount of money.

Is Iraq interested in participating in such a project?This coincides with their existing projects.

Therefore, after the meeting, although no final agreement was reached, some progress was made.Xiao Dangsheng received an order to test Iraqi President Qusay's attitude towards such a project.

Therefore, seeing that the timing was right, Xiao Dangsheng finally began to raise this issue with Qu Sai. This was also the first negotiation between the two parties on Project No. [-].

As soon as Qu Sai heard it, he naturally knew that Chengfei's medium-sized fighter project was naturally the No. [-] project. The canard aerodynamic layout has already been adopted.The Eastern power has done a thorough research on the exploration of the aerodynamic layout of the aircraft. It has the largest wind tunnel in Asia and has a good control over various layouts.

In later generations, people with ulterior motives have been advocating the relationship between airplanes and lions, but as long as you have enough knowledge, you will know that this has nothing to do with lions.

When the J-[-] appeared in the public eye, Western countries began to trumpet it. After the Israeli Lion fighter project was stopped under the pressure of the United States, all the technology was exported to China. On this basis, Chinese personnel developed J-[-] came out.

The reason why this kind of argument is very marketable is that both the J-[-] and the Lion adopt a canard layout and belly air intake in appearance.

However, the two are completely different. The Lion uses a close-coupled canard, while the J-16 uses a mid-range coupled canard. This is the most important difference, (that is, the distance between the canard and the main wing. Different, the typhoon is a long-distance coupling, and the distance is the farthest.) This difference will lead to a completely different flight control design.Another important difference is that the Lion uses a fixed pitot tube inlet similar to the F-16, while the J-16 uses a binary adjustable inlet; It is rectangular; the lion-type nose is similar to the oval shape of the F-[-], and the J-[-] nose is round.The Lion type copied the nose of the F-[-]. This kind of fixed air inlet cannot compress the air to the optimum level. The main mission of the Lion type fighter jet is bombing, while the J-[-] is air control.

Project No. 2 is a fighter independently developed by Chengfei's research institute dúlì.Although the most important aircraft design institute is still Shenfei, Shenfei is currently doing its best to develop the J-[-] project. Therefore, the No. [-] project was assigned to Chengfei. This project was approved last year.

This project that propped up the 21st century sky of the great eastern country has undergone different changes because of Qusay's crossing. Now, Chengfei invites Iraq to join?

In later generations, the development of this fighter was slow, and it did not fly for the first time until 98, and it was equipped with troops in 04, because the development of this fighter was almost completely started from scratch.Static and unstable design, four-degree fly-by-wire flight control, advanced avionics, and high-thrust engines, these projects have made Chengfei go through hardships, the most difficult of which is the engine, and the engine and the fighter have to be developed together In the embarrassing situation, in the West, aircraft are designed only after a breakthrough or even success in engine development. If the engine design fails, this type of aircraft will be aborted.At this time, the introduction of the Su-27 project gave Chengfei an alternative plan. First, the AL-31F engine was used, which alleviated the unfavorable situation of the slow development of the turbofan ten.

And when the J-22 is successfully finalized and equipped with troops, take a closer look and see that the fourth-generation combat aircraft of the United States, the F-[-], has already entered service. The gap between the fighters of the eastern powers and the United States is another generation.In the face of this stealth fighter capable of supersonic cruise, a new crisis hangs over scientific researchers. After more than ten years of hard work, the J-[-] fighter, commonly known as the black ribbon, has entered the seriousness of military fans. Finally caught up with the trend of the world.

Now, when the J-[-] project has just started to be developed, Qusay knows very well what it means to participate in such a project.

The JH-[-] project has allowed Iraq to form a complete design team, and the No. [-] project will allow Iraqi designers to go through the entire process of research and development of the world's advanced fighter jets and climb the world's technological Mount Everest for military aircraft development!The JH-[-] is a fighter-bomber with limited self-defense capabilities, while the No. [-] project is designed with the aim of seizing air supremacy. If they go through this design process again, they will be fully mature.

Although Iraq is very lively now, there are F-20 and Mirage 4000. These two fighters that can be produced by themselves make Iraq seem to have become an aviation power. However, they are all production. How are these aircraft designed? Iraq The engineers don't know.After 20 years, these fighter planes are outdated, and Iraq will return to the dot again. The introduction of production lines can only introduce advanced processing methods and equipment and train industrial workers. However, this cannot be advanced national defense. , Iraq must have its own research and development capabilities.

Even this reason alone is enough for Qusay to agree to this kind of cooperation, not to mention that Qusay has deeper considerations.

Chapter 922 Participating in Project No. [-] ([-])

Since both adopt the duck-type aerodynamic layout, the aerodynamic aspects of J-4000 and Phantom 4000 have many similarities, and the experience accumulated in the process of developing J-[-] can be reverse engineered to understand the technical key of Phantom [-]. Then, here Based on that, make improvements.

The Mirage 4000 is produced in Iraq, but many of its components still need to be imported. Some of them will never be decrypted by Dassault. For example, the source code of the flight control system and fire control system is only open to the fire control system. The interface allows Iraq to modify other missiles by itself.And these are the key technologies of a fighter.

When the No. 4000 project is completed, the Iraqi technicians can easily use these technologies and apply them to the Mirage 4000. For example, they can optimize the flight control system, rewrite the source code of the flight control, and increase the static stability.For another example, with the rapid development of science and technology, a new onboard computer can be used to replace the original computer.During the mid-term upgrade and life extension of the Mirage [-], the French left aside and went it alone.

A lot of experience has been learned from a newly designed air superiority fighter. These are what Iraqi engineers who lack masters can't wait for. If Qusay now asks Iraqi engineers to order a model and develop a fighter by themselves, it is tantamount to ambitious goals. , Iraq lacks this kind of ability, and after participating in this project of Chengfei, it already has enough research and development strength.

At that time, I am afraid that the Soviet Union has already disintegrated, and Iraq has absorbed a large number of outstanding Soviet engineers, plus the existing team, plus Iraq's strong economic investment, then, the development of Iraq's own fourth-generation fighter jets will no longer be possible. It is impossible.

When the F-22 stands out from the crowd in the sky, when the U.S. is self-preserving and fooling a large group of allies with the joint fighter F-35, but does not export a single F-22 for its own use, Iraq can already proudly confront it in the sky!

Thinking of this, Qu Sai's heart fluttered a little.

Aircraft design is a huge system engineering, materials, technology, metallurgy, optics, electronics, involving all aspects, and it also has a very good promotion effect on improving the overall scientific research level of Iraq.

Therefore, Qusay is very willing to participate in this project in his heart.

It's just that this project is a project with a high degree of secrecy in the big eastern country. At the top level, apart from the special personnel in charge, I am afraid that only the deputy prime minister knows about it.Are they willing to share such a project with Iraq?

"We in Iraq are very willing, but we don't know whether Chengfei is willing to share all the scientific research results with us. However, if you really want to develop a medium-sized fighter jet, the turbofan six engine and the new The avionics equipment can be used on the new fighter plane." Qu Sai said.

In the later generations, one of the major problems restricting the J-[-] is the heart and engine problems. Now, the turbofan-[-] has been successfully developed, and the booster type is being developed to further increase the thrust-to-weight ratio and improve the lifespan. This fighter is gradually maturing. .

Watching the other party ponder for a while, he finally agreed to participate in the research and development. Xiao Dangsheng knew that with the funds provided by Iraq, this fighter would definitely be developed soon.

Chengfei proposed to complete the model development in 1990, manufacture the prototype in [-], complete the first flight in [-], and strive to finalize the plan for service in [-]. It will definitely be completed on time, or even completed in advance!

After Kusai's visit was over, Xiao Dangsheng began to send Kusai's answer back to China, so that Director Song, who was in charge, knew that as long as the senior management agreed, this cooperation would go smoothly.

However, just after Xiao Dangsheng left, Farooq, who stayed behind, asked: "President Qusay, I have no objection to us investing money and participating in the development of this fighter, but the fighter we jointly developed, Shall we equip ourselves?"

Now, the Iraqi Air Force is equipped with multiple types of fighter jets, which is a logistical nightmare.Therefore, Iraq is replacing the old-fashioned Soviet fighters with the new Mirage 4000 and F-20 for storage or friendly support or low-cost sales. In the future, Iraq will form a high-level combination of these two main fighters.And now, if Iraq participates in the development of this fighter, will Iraq equip it?This kind of fighter is different from the Super Seven. When the Super Seven was designed, it was aimed at the export market, and this kind of project that was extremely secret in the East must be their main fighter for the next few decades, and it cannot be exported to earn foreign exchange.

Investing a lot of money just to learn skills from teachers is still not in line with the Iraqi style.

And if Iraq is equipped, will it overlap with existing models?

Qusay looked at the Iraqi chief engineer of the F-20 fighter jet, and his thinking had reached a new height, which was for the overall interests of Iraq and the national interests of Iraq!

"Yes, it will conflict with our existing fighter jets, but our existing F-20 fighter jets are also flawed," Qusay said.

When the F-20 was first equipped with troops, it solved Iraq's urgent needs. It possessed a strong medium-range air combat capability and could launch sparrow missiles. Iraq used it as its main air superiority fighter to compete with the Iranian Air Force for air superiority.

But now, due to the addition of the Mirage 4000, the F-20 is more used to carry out precise strikes on the ground. At this time, the disadvantages of the F-20 have also emerged. Still too small and limited ammunition capacity.At this time, Iraq's combat mission has changed. What Iraq needs to face is the Soviet Union, Turkey, and Western countries dominated by the United States. It needs to protect the skies of the entire Middle East region. ground bombing capability.

The J-[-] has relatively good short-range combat capabilities and medium-range capabilities, especially the third-generation fighters that emphasize the instantaneous pointing ability of the nose, and heavy fighters will not lose in close-range combat.The amount of external devices is relatively large, and after being improved to the J-[-]B, the ground attack capability has greatly increased. Therefore, it also has a certain position in the Iraqi Air Force.

"Your Excellency, I have another proposal." Farrug said.

"Let's talk." Qusay felt that he would have to come here often for inspections in the future, and unconsciously, the eyes of the Iraqi military personnel were constantly widening.

"If we have our own research and development capabilities, we can develop an advanced trainer aircraft." Farrug said: "With the increase in the number of advanced fighters such as the Mirage 4000 equipped by the Air Force, the training of our pilots is becoming more and more important. They They are all trained on two-seater fighter planes, which is very expensive, if we can develop an advanced trainer plane with similar operational performance, we can save a lot of training costs."

Trainer!Faroog's proposal is also very representative. Now, Air Force pilots have gone through the primary propeller trainer, and after the jet trainer, they fly directly to the two-seater aircraft, which is very expensive. Therefore, In later generations, advanced trainer aircraft have gradually been accepted by more countries. Using the fly-by-wire operation system, through different software designs, it is possible to simulate the flight characteristics of different aircraft. This is a great progress.

Moreover, the advanced trainer aircraft can also be used as an attack aircraft by mounting ground attack weapons, so that one aircraft can be used for multiple purposes.