Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 244 The New "Eighth Master" (Subscribe)
After three months of hard work, the Aerospace Research Institute under the Sijiucheng Aerospace Corporation was finally completed.

Different from the previous data research institute which can be accommodated in a small building, the aerospace research institute is more like a small aircraft manufacturing plant integrating research and production than a research institute because it involves the entire process of aircraft design to prototype.

The higher-ups arranged for Yang Ning to be the director of this research institute, which must be a reward for his previous contributions.

"How is it? Do you feel any pressure to be in charge of such a large research institute in the future?"

In order to show his support for Yang Ning, Director Nie actually accompanied him to report in person.

Different from the previous small data processing institute, the Aerospace Research Institute not only covers all aspects of aircraft design, but also has a factory.

This factory is not only capable of manufacturing all aircraft parts, but the equipment inside is also all of our latest research results.

It is not only equipped with high-precision CNC machining centers and other machine tools, but also has a remelting electric slag furnace.

As far as Yang Ning knows, there are nearly a thousand workers in this subsidiary factory alone.

“Is it stressful to manage such a large organization?”

After listening to Director Nie’s introduction to the Aerospace Research Institute, Yang Ning said with a wry smile.

"What are you afraid of? Don't you have other people to help you?" Director Nie said unhappily when he saw Yang Ning's lack of confidence.

Following Director Nie to the conference room in the office building, Yang Ning found that the conference room was already full of people.

After Director Nie and Yang Ning walked in, Director Nie first greeted everyone else, and then pulled Yang Ning to sit in the front row.

"This is Professor Zhu in the field of materials research. He is responsible for the research of high temperature resistant materials and skin materials..."

"This is Professor Huang from the field of thermodynamics, who is responsible for research on aircraft engines..."

"This is Dr. Liu from the field of mechanics, responsible for research in the field of hydraulic technology..."

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As Director Nie introduced one by one, Yang Ning finally understood that this aerospace research institute really includes experts from all aspects of the aircraft field!

Because Yang Ning had focused his main energy on other aspects before, the preparatory work for the Aerospace Research Institute had always been presided over by other people, so he did not know the situation of the institute before.

It was not until now that he realized how high the expectations were of him.

It is true that our main focus now is on missile research, but we cannot fall behind in the accumulation of technology in the field of aircraft.

After Shufei's J-7, we can only equip one model on a large scale in the next ten years.

This model must be able to protect our airspace for at least the next ten years.

The first thing the Aerospace Research Institute needs to do is to develop our own new generation of heavy fighter jets based on the existing information of the Maple Leaf Country's "Arrow" aircraft.

This fighter jet will be the last one that we will equip on a large scale in the next ten years.

After receiving the task, Yang Ning's expression became serious.

He knew that ten years was already a very optimistic forecast, and if things remained the same, this fighter would very likely become our main fighter for the next twenty years.

If we want this fighter to be able to protect the security of our airspace for the next 15 years, then the performance of this fighter must at least be comparable to that of the Eagle's F.

In this case, the Eighth Master in history would be insufficient.

Thinking about the Su-15 developed by the big brother in history to compete with the F27, which is the mother version of our future J-, Yang Ning wondered if he could "borrow" the design ideas of this fighter. Combining the electronic control system of the Maple Leaf Country's "Arrow" fighter and the design concept of keeping the hands on the stick, it is entirely possible to design a beggar version of the J-.

As long as the design concept remains unchanged, in the next few decades, as long as the control system, radar and other components are upgraded from time to time, this fighter will not feel outdated even if it serves for thirty or forty years.

As for why we don’t directly adopt the design concept of the Eagle Sauce F15, don’t ask, the answer is that it is too expensive and we can’t afford it.

"Director Yang, how is it going? Do you have a general research direction?"

In fact, someone proposed the design concept of the J-8 last year. After all, we still don’t have a heavy fighter, and ours is not much behind the Big Brother, so it is not surprising that the design of the J-8 was proposed in advance.

However, this J-8, just like in history, blindly pursues high altitude and high speed. After listening to Yang Ning's prediction on the future development of fighter jets, Director Nie stopped the project before it even started.

The new J-8 project was named after the fighter project that Yang Ning is currently in charge of.

A large part of the experts now summoned to the Aviation Research Institute were prepared for the previous J-8 project.

So they also wanted to see what kind of fighter jet it was that caused their project to be rejected by the higher-ups.

"I have a clue."

Yang Ming also knew that these experts had opinions about him. After all, the chopsticks were already prepared, but you just removed the table. No one would be happy about that.

"Everyone has read the information I gave you before."

Yang Ning did not directly state his design ideas, but asked back.

"I've seen it!" Everyone nodded.

"Since everyone has seen it, what do you think about the fighter jets in the information?" Yang Ning continued to ask with a smile.

The information Yang Ning was talking about was the information of the Maple Leaf Country's "Arrow" fighter.

Although we did not get all the information, we have already obtained the design drawings of the electronic control system and the hands-on control system.

After all, six years have passed since the research on the 53 fighter began.

During these six years, not only did the Iver Aircraft Manufacturing Company invest a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, but even the new head of the Maple Leaf Government, under the influence of the Eagle Sauce, began to feel impatient with the Iver Aircraft Manufacturing Company's failure to produce results.

Although the Arrow fighter has reached the final flight test stage, some people have begun to feel that this fighter may be doomed.

So some people have already started preparing a way out for themselves.

After all, the secrets belong to the company and the money is yours.

"Hi~"

After hearing this, everyone present understood that the new director probably wanted to develop a fighter jet that could rival the one in the data.

Thinking of this, everyone no longer felt dissatisfied as before, but instead became full of fighting spirit for the next research.

When everyone first saw the information about the aircraft's performance, they thought it was a fantasy.

But after Yang Ning gave the source of this information, everyone understood that this is the development direction of future fighter jets.

(End of this chapter)