The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 836 Improvement Work
There are not only J-11 fighter jets, but also a batch of J-7, J-7A, Eagle advanced trainer aircraft and "Ray Eagle" helicopters.

The Air Force is now not burdened with debts and is willing to accept all applicants.

Then before the Spring Festival, when the Ministry of Finance came to Panshan Group to settle profits and taxes, they couldn't help but slam the table and curse.

The Air Force, Navy, and Army are all piled up in debt every year.

The leaders of the Ministry of Finance have complained a lot about this.

But the army doesn't care. Money has to be invested in military construction, and the army will be dumbfounded without enough money.

Make bricks without straw!

In the past, the military would be secretive and embarrassed, and military spending would tend to be focused on armaments.

Up to now, all equipment updates related to Panshan Group have to be paid first.

This is also the fundamental reason why the military has been updating its equipment at a rapid pace in recent years.

In 1990, China announced the completion of the construction of semi-mechanized troops.

The shadow of Panshan Group is clearly behind this.

Under the condition of limited military expenditure, the Army owes billions or even tens of billions to Panshan Group every year.

This year, for example, the navy, army, and air force owe Panshan Group more than 30 billion yuan.

A large number of tanks, armored vehicles, military transport vehicles, advanced training aircraft, fighter jets, helicopters, various warships, etc., are continuously entering service in the military.

For example, the price of a Type 818 electronic reconnaissance ship given to the navy is 25 billion yuan.

For example, the price of a Type 816 electronic reconnaissance ship given to the navy is 10 billion yuan.

The price of other small electronic reconnaissance ships is no less than 1 million RMB.

This is because Panshan Group did not ask for an exorbitant price, otherwise the price would have doubled or tripled, which would have been a piece of cake.

The delivery of aircraft is much easier than that of tanks and armored vehicles.

The pilot received a period of professional training at Guizhou Aviation Industry Corporation and was now capable of flying solo. He flew away directly.

The flight test institute of Guizhou Aircraft Industry Group has not only test pilots, but also pilots sent by the military for training.

These pilots fly various types of aircraft.

After the pilots completed the oath, they began to put on flight helmets. The flight helmets of these fighter jets are very advanced, much more advanced than the flight helmets of previous aircraft.

Plane after plane took off and flew into the sky.

As for helicopters, there is no need to go to a runway, they can just take off vertically from the spot.

Liu Tao came to a workshop where the J-7 series aircraft were produced.

Now, except for the last two improved models of the J-7, the earlier ones are no longer produced and equipped to the Air Force, and the earlier series are all exported.

In addition, it is responsible for modernizing the existing J-7s of the troops and enhancing the combat effectiveness of the J-7 fighters.

At this time, there was a latest improved model of the J-7 in the production workshop, and Yu Ximing spared no effort in improving the J-7.

According to his own words, he is too old to develop a completely new fighter jet. What he wants is to continuously improve the J-7 fighter jet.

He believes that the J-7 fighter still has potential to be tapped, even though the latest improved version of the J-7 is already a second-generation and a half fighter.

The two latest improved models of the current J-7 can be said to be two different aircraft compared to the original J-7.

Even the materials used for the aircraft are different. The radar, IFF, etc., are all changed.

Liu Tao admires Yu Ximing's persistence. He 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 would be better to produce more J-10 and J-11 fighters.

No matter how much it is improved, can the J-7 fighter be improved into a third-generation aircraft?

impossible!
But for Yu Ximing and others, they believe that any improvement is better than nothing.

This is just like Zhu Yusheng and others, who have an obsession with improving the Type 59 tank.

In Liu Tao's opinion, the Type 59 tank has inherent qualities and no matter how it is improved, it cannot compare to the Type 81 medium tank.

However, they have been committed 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, its combat effectiveness has been greatly improved over 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 produce fire tanks based on the Type 59 tank and earn some OEM fees.

Liu Tao then went to inspect the Flight Test Institute, which is an extremely important unit of the Guizhou Aircraft Group.

Various aircraft models will definitely be developed in the future, and the flight test work will be carried out here at the Flight Test Institute.

All the test pilots here are treated as senior engineers, and the test flight team leaders are treated as professor-level senior engineers.

As for military ranks, they are all implemented at a relatively high level.

The test pilots at the Flight Test Institute are not just test pilots, they are also researchers who participate in aircraft research.

After all, they are the ones who fly and know the most about aircraft. They understand the situations they may encounter better than the scientific researchers.

For example, at this moment, here at the Flight Test Institute, the "Eagle" advanced trainer aircraft improvement team is holding a seminar here.

For each aircraft, there is an improvement team that is responsible for continuously improving the aircraft.

Trainer aircraft are no exception.

The 'Eagle' advanced trainer is excellent, but that doesn't mean there is no room for improvement. On the contrary, there is a lot of room for improvement.

As a third-generation advanced trainer aircraft, the "Eagle" advanced trainer aircraft has very advanced performance and even possesses strong combat capability on the battlefield.

As a twin-engine, two-seat advanced trainer aircraft, the 'Eagle' advanced trainer aircraft has a lot of room for improvement, and improvements can be made in the performance of the aircraft engines and the avionics system.

For example, if the performance of aircraft engines is improved a little, then the performance will be further improved.

Of course, no matter how much this advanced trainer aircraft is improved, it is, after all, an advanced trainer aircraft, not a fighter aircraft, and its combat effectiveness cannot compare with the J-10 fighter aircraft.

Liu Tao also saw a group of young faces receiving theoretical knowledge training.

These are all newly graduated college students selected from major aviation colleges this year. Although these college students are young, they have relatively high academic qualifications and strong learning abilities, and will be able to grow more easily.

When they grow up, maybe they will continue to be test pilots here, or maybe they will join the Air Force as pilots.

The test pilots here at the Flight Test Institute have communication with the Air Force, and the channels are very smooth.

However, no test pilot would want to leave at present, because they have all the honors they deserve, and the treatment in the Air Force is far worse than that here at the Flight Test Institute.

Liu Tao came to another place, where a high-simulation flight simulator was being built. Once it was built, many flight training subjects that originally needed to be carried out on combat trainer aircraft could be carried out on the simulator, thereby improving the pilots' abilities and their ability to deal with special situations.

The high-simulation flight simulator here belongs to the pilot unit. After practice, if the effect is really good, it will be built in the Air Force.

(End of this chapter)