Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 88 Laser Cannon
After Zhong Cheng picked up Jiang Yan and took her to meet Director Qian and Director Luo, he took her to the special meeting room for the project team on the ninth basement floor of "Tianwaitian" that afternoon.

Zhong Cheng introduced the project team members to Jiang Yan, and Jiang Yan then introduced himself.

She is a graduate student majoring in aviation weapons at the University of National Defense Science and Technology. She is currently the chief designer of the Weapon R&D Center of the Air Force 911 R&D Center of the Ministry of National Defense. She has dabbled in all kinds of weapons carried on aircraft.

Of course, Zhong Cheng and others thought she must be modest when she said "something involved".

Zhong Cheng introduced the situation of the Jingwei drone to Jiang Yan, which aroused Jiang Yan's great interest, just like a child saw a novel toy.

Jiang Yan couldn't stop asking about the various performance parameters of the Jingwei drone, until he knew that the fighter hadn't come out yet, so he stopped asking questions.

"Major Jiang, what do you think about the weapon system of the Jingwei drone, oh, just say whatever you want, don't worry!"

Seeing that Jiang Yan had finished asking, Zhong Cheng hurriedly asked, holding back for hours.

Jiang Yan didn't shirk, she stroked her ear hair and said:
"The advantage of the Jingwei unmanned fighter is that it is small in size and light in weight, so that it can fly at supersonic speeds, and because it is an unmanned fighter, it can achieve various difficult air maneuvers."

After a pause, "But the disadvantages are also obvious. It is also because of its small size and light weight, so it is equipped with a high-speed aviation cannon. Launching a missile while flying at hypersonic speeds creates very complex aerodynamic problems."

"Then what should I do?" Liu Yuzhu was very cooperative and helped everyone to ask questions. This doesn't work, and that doesn't work.

Zhong Cheng asked, "How about the electromagnetic gun?"

Jiang Yan shook his head, "Electromagnetic guns are also kinetic energy weapons, but rely on electromagnetic fields to generate propulsion. To make the initial velocity of the shells reach supersonic speed, the shells are very huge and can only be equipped on large warships. Recoil is also a problem."

Jiang Yan dispelled Zhong Cheng's thoughts in a few words.

Zhong Cheng frowned, and asked hesitantly: "Then only the legendary laser weapon is left?"

"That's right, I'm going to equip the Jingwei drone with a laser cannon!" Jiang Yan waved his arms excitedly, his eyes glowed, and he completely lost the image of a kindergarten teacher.

"Perfect!"

When everyone in the meeting room looked confused, Liu Yuzhu suddenly said something that attracted everyone's attention.

Yang Xi first questioned, "Zhuzi, you have to talk about which point is perfect. The size of the laser weapon is also not small, and it is too affected by the weather conditions. The transmission efficiency will be greatly reduced in bad weather."

Zhao Wei also added, "The energy consumption of laser weapons is also very large. The power of a 50KW laser cannon is great, but the power battery of the Jingwei unmanned fighter jet is very tight to drive, so I am afraid that it will not be able to fire a few shots. We have to return."

Li Mei went on to say: "For laser cannons to be used on a large scale, high power does not mean everything: long-distance aiming and focusing capabilities and the residence time of laser beams are also the two biggest bottlenecks."

Although everyone didn't talk about it on the surface these days, they have conducted some research on the aviation weapon system in private. The issue of the weapon system is uncertain, and participating in the military exercise at the end of the year is just empty talk.

"You don't need to look at Brother Zhuzi, his mind is empty now, let Jiang Yan's sister answer it, I think since she said it, she must have considered these issues."

Seeing this, Zhou Hu quickly made a joke to ease the atmosphere, and "Sister Jiang Yan" called out.

Liu Yuzhu smiled awkwardly, staring at Jiang Yan, not daring to say anything.

Jiang Yan smiled calmly, "I dare say that the laser cannon on the Jingwei UAV is based on two points."

She raised a finger, "The first point: only by using superconducting technology to create a superconducting energy storage device to store super-intensive currents can high-intensity lasers be produced. This is what the Jingwei drone itself has."

Everyone's eyes lit up, yes, isn't the Kuafu power battery able to meet this condition?
Jiang Yan raised another finger, "Second point: we don't need the 50-kilowatt ultra-high-power laser generator for the time being, and we don't need to directly attack targets dozens of kilometers away. It only needs to attack targets within 10 kilometers, and a 10 kilowatt laser generator is no problem at all.”

"When attacking targets within 1 kilometer, the weather effects, long-distance targeting and focusing capabilities you mentioned, and the residence time of the laser beam are much easier to solve."

Zhong Cheng slapped the table, "That's right, with the hypersonic speed of the Jingwei unmanned fighter jet, and equipped with a laser cannon that hits the target at the speed of light, it can basically be understood as a pointed strike, and the point of the cannon is destroyed instantly, without delay and without delay. Caton, no preview advance, even if the attack range is a bit smaller, it is compensated by the speed of the fighter itself.”

(PS: The current air-to-air missiles in various countries are about 2-3 times the speed of sound, and the speed of individual types of surface-to-air missiles can reach 5 times the speed of sound. It can be understood that the 8-times-sonic Jingwei drone itself is a super high-speed missiles.)
"Kung fu in the world, the only thing that can't be broken is fast!" It turned out that 9527's task prompt was like this, and it also learned how to play charades.

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After the weapon system plan was finalized, Jiang Yan and Liu Yuzhu were responsible for the transplantation of the laser cannon, and Zhong Cheng had time to consider the stealth function of the Jingwei fighter.

Although the Jingwei unmanned combat aircraft is designed according to the idea of ​​not being afraid of "sacrifice" and winning by numbers, it is still necessary to strengthen the survivability of the battlefield.

After all, it is also an "expensive" fighter that costs several million yuan, and it is a saving for the country to lose one less.

He referred to the stealth technology of fighter jets from various countries in the "Great Power Heavy Industry System". In addition to the conventional shape design, he also planned to adopt a new stealth technology that charges on the surface of the aircraft.

After being charged by a 24-volt power supply on the coating material of the UAV casing, a protective layer that can absorb radar waves can be formed on the surface, which can reduce the radar detection range by 40% to 50%.

After charging, the case also has a color-changing feature, that is, the color of the surface changes with the background.Viewed from the ground, the drone will appear the same blue as the sky; viewed from the sky, the drone will appear the same color as the earth.

Let the Jingwei unmanned fighter have the stealth ability to resist radar and visual reconnaissance at the same time, greatly enhancing the survivability of the battlefield.

This kind of technology seems very mysterious, and it is very simple to pierce the window paper, which is somewhat similar to the imaging principle of the LCD screen.

……

The arrival of Jiang Yan made up for the last shortcoming of Zhong Cheng's team. It is a certainty that the Jingwei drone will be released before the end of the year.

(End of this chapter)