As the results of the review came out and passed smoothly, the jury and Qiu Shi also left.
Wang Bin and Tiangong technology have also started the formal trial production of the prototype, and the trial production speed is very fast.
But what Wang Bin didn''t know was that during their review of Tiangong technology, there was great good news at a large military aircraft manufacturing plant in the northwest, that is, the two improved No. 6 bomber aircraft they transformed before were finally officially released and began to test fly after this period of manufacturing.
First of all, the nature of the test flight is that after the transformation, the tg-s002 large bypass ratio turbofan engine is used, which is the No. 6 aircraft. During the test flight, the situation of the aircraft is very good, although it is a little full compared with the model using the original engine in terms of speed.
However, with the use of tg-s002 engine, due to the fuel saving performance and the increase of the internal fuel carrying capacity after the aircraft transformation, the endurance mileage of this aircraft has nearly doubled compared with the original, reaching 15000 kilometers, and the bomb carrying capacity has also increased by nearly one-third compared with the original.
This makes the manufacturer of this aircraft extremely satisfied. After all, in this case, the efficiency of this aircraft will be greatly improved in combat. At the same time, it will also be greatly improved in use. It can not only be used as a bomber platform, but also be transformed into a large tanker early warning aircraft, etc.
Therefore, when the flight test data of the No. 6 aircraft came out, the factory director of the aircraft manufacturer immediately reported all the flight test data, and his superior was very satisfied with the data reported by the manufacturer and immediately placed orders for dozens of this aircraft.
Although the number of dozens of aircraft does not seem to be a lot, you should know that there are already a considerable number of various types of No. 6 fighters equipped by Huaxia, so generally, orders will not be placed on a large scale. Therefore, recently, there have been few orders for this aircraft, which can only maintain the most basic production of the production line.
As for the other one, that is, the one with tg-wsx1 small bypass ratio turbofan engine.
Although the factory has just started the flight test of this No. 6 aircraft, the manufacturer has been very excited by the data just obtained from the flight test.
Because this modified No. 6 fighter has comprehensively exceeded the original No. 6 fighter in terms of flight speed and altitude, and even the number of serial bombs.
According to the test flight data, the maximum flight altitude of this aircraft has reached 22000 meters, the maximum flight speed has exceeded the sound speed, reaching Mach 1.15, the maximum bomb load has reached nearly 20 tons, and the maximum endurance mileage has reached about 1100km, although it is lower than the previous modified model.
Therefore, after the transformation, this fighter can be said to be a real strategic long-range bomber.
When these flight test data were released, the employees of the No. 6 fighter production plant were excited. After all, it was a flight speed of Mach 1.15 and a bomb carrying capacity of more than 20 tons!
You should know that even the maximum payload of the 22 supersonic medium bomber in the Arctic country is less than 15 tons, and the maximum payload of the 160 supersonic bomber is only about 40 tons.
This modified No. 6 fighter has achieved the ability of supersonic flight. At the same time, it has reached half the level of No. 160 fighter in terms of bomb carrying capacity, which is absolutely a matter of pride for this factory.
At the same time, the successful R & D of this new type of No. 6 fighter also gives this large aircraft manufacturing factory greater confidence in transforming a more powerful fighter on this No. 6 fighter.
In fact, the factory has long planned to design and develop more advanced conventional bombers on the basis of No. 6 bomber.
However, due to various factors, especially the engine and materials, they have not made a decision, so in the past, they basically only repaired and modified the original aircraft, and this transformation of these two models is the largest improved model.
However, both the senior management of the factory and the employees of the factory are very aware of the achievements made by Huaxia in the field of aviation and stealth.
In the future, the demand for this aircraft will gradually decrease, even if it is this improved aircraft.
Therefore, once there is no order for this aircraft, it can be predicted that their factory will eventually be cancelled.
You know, their factory is no better than other factories. The fighters produced by this factory are just one model.
Because of this, there are only two ways for their factory to maintain long-term stability. First, it is natural to start the production of new models from the superior, that is, to obtain the production of the fighter that the official is developing from the superior.
However, unfortunately, due to the production equipment required by the new model, their factory does not have it at all, that is to say, even if they get the production order of the new model, their factory is unable to manufacture, and they must update a large number of equipment.
However, the capital needed to update the equipment is very huge, and the manufacturing of the equipment is not what you want.
It is for this reason that their factory has the idea of developing new conventional bombers.
Now, as for the engine, Tiangong technology has been developed, and its performance is very excellent. In addition, the materials of Tiangong technology are also very excellent, which can be used in the bombers developed in the future. It is precisely because the conditions in all aspects have been mature that their factories are also interested.
However, unlike private enterprises, even if their factories want to develop new models, they can''t start research and development immediately.
As an official enterprise, they must also apply to the superior department for approval before R & D.
Therefore, when Tiangong technology just completed the review, the senior management of the factory also discussed this, and finally submitted the application for developing a new conventional supersonic bomber to the superior department.
For the application report of this factory, as the superior department of this factory, after several meetings, they decided to agree to their application. However, due to the model applied by this factory, it seems to the superior department that it has fallen behind.
Therefore, although the superior department agreed to the factory''s application, it did not allocate R & D funds, but let the factory bear the R & D funds. If the R & D is successful and can be affirmed by the superior department and the military, it will be supplemented at that time.
The factory, after obtaining the consent of the level department, immediately launched the research and development of new models. As for the capital, they were not worried, because the order profits of the two improved No. 6 machines were enough to support the research and development of new models.