Bachelor's degree upgrade: Development of the Tu-160 bomber begins

Seeing this extremely impactful title, Lu Weimin thought he had made a mistake at first, his brows jumped, and he hurriedly picked up his reading glasses from the table and put them on.

"Young people nowadays, do all the bells and whistles. "

Lu Weimin was a little disdainful in his heart, but he still clicked on the email and slowly checked it.

At first, I didn't pay much attention to it, but as I deepened, my expression gradually became serious.

On the computer screen, there is a complete set of drawings of the overall design of the Tu-160 bomber, each part of which is marked.

This is followed by detailed drawings of the subsystems and structural components.

"Drawings for the manufacture of the NK-32 turbofan engine?".

Lu Weimin's eyes suddenly lit up, and he exclaimed, and the hands holding his glasses began to tremble a little.

The drawings not only specify in great detail the specific steps of manufacturing the NK-32 turbofan engine, but also the substitutions for some of the new materials in the production.

Then, he saw that the back of the email was listed with dense reference data, as well as formulas, including data obtained from various tests, etc., which fully verified the authenticity of the engine production drawings.

Professor Lu Weimin was not the slightest impatient, on the contrary, his eyes suddenly lit up.

With this detailed data, it is enough for him not to doubt the authenticity of this email in the slightest!

As an expert in the field of aircraft construction, he knows all too well the importance of this drawing-160.

So, he grabbed the phone on the desk and dialed it quickly.

"Ministry, Minister, I received a letter here...... Email, you see, I'll send it to you now. "

While speaking, Lu Weimin had already sent the email.

Fifteen minutes later!

A military helicopter, which stopped on the square of the institute.

Several young soldiers, escorted to Professor Lu Weimin, took off directly from Hojing overnight and flew to Beiping.

At the same time, big bulls from all over the country, in the fields of engine manufacturing, aircraft manufacturing, machining, electronic circuits, and materials science, have boarded military planes and gathered in the same place like radiation.

It is destined that this night will not be peaceful!

Peiping.

A thousand-year-old capital.

Located in the center of the city, the Ministry of Science and Technology building is brightly lit.

A large conference room.

Experts and professors from various fields arrived one after another, looking excited, finding a place to sit down, waiting for the meeting to begin.

"Click!".

As the door to the conference room was closed and the radio signal jammer was opened, security measures were in place.

The meeting was also officially opened.

"At this late hour, I also invited you to my Ministry of Science and Technology, just to let you take a look at this drawing. "

Minister Zhou, who was sitting at the head of the conference table, surrounded the crowd and made an opening remark, and with a wave of his hand, he drew drawings of the Tu-160 bomber and the NK-32 turbofan engine, which were projected onto the big screen on the wall.

"Ministry, minister, this is the design drawings of the entire Tu-160 bomber?".

Everyone here is a super celebrity in all aspects, and the lowest is also a professor, so they can naturally see at a glance what these two design drawings are on the big screen.

"That's right. "

Minister Zhou nodded.

It's just that it doesn't make them much interested.

The difficulty in developing a military heavy bomber lies not in the design drawings, but in the engine.

It also lies in the breakthroughs in various materials science.

The reason why China's new bomber has not yet come out is precisely because it is stuck on the available engine, as well as the research and development of various materials.

A heavy bomber alone manufactures hundreds of thousands of parts.

The engine occupies the key of the key, and is called the crown of the aviation industry.

It is useless to have the manufacturing drawings of the Tu-160 bomber, and the corresponding engine material problems must also be solved.

It's like building a building with a frame in place, but also with key things like water and electricity to make a house truly livable.

The meaning of both is just too great.

It is very difficult to build an engine!

"With these two drawings alone, naturally I can't invite all the experts and professors overnight, please continue to look down. "

Minister Zhou sold it, and then everyone signaled for them to continue to concentrate and keep watching.

The assistant pressed the remote control in his hand and turned the page.

"Shhhh

Soon there was a gasp in the conference room.

This is where the focus of the manufacture of bombers comes.

"Ministry, minister, this is the drawing for the manufacture of the NK-32 turbofan engine?".

Someone stared at the big screen and asked in a trembling voice.

With the design and construction drawings of the NK-32 turbofan engine, as well as the lines of indicators, there are many dense data.

All the experts present had a surprisingly unanimous result in their hearts.

It is clearly written on this, how to create the NK-32 turbofan engine, some key materials that have not broken through, and there are also effective alternatives.

There is also a large amount of experimental data to prove the reliability of this material.

"That's right. "

Minister Zhou nodded, "It's the NK-32 turbofan engine manufacturing drawings." "

Even though he had seen the drawings several times, he was still a little excited.

The assistant continued to turn the page.

Then another cry rang out.

Large-size 3D titanium alloy printing technology, and the manufacturing drawings of the variable sweep wing are also presented on the big screen.

They watched intently and held their breath.

"Now let's look at the feasibility of this drawing. Minister Zhou finally said the purpose of the trip.

A group of experts immediately entered the state of research.

The office fell silent.

An hour later, the faces of all the experts and professors present were ecstatic.

They saw the hope of the rise of heavy bombers!

A detailed drawing of the Tu-160 bomber, engine manufacturing drawings, lines of data, lines of formulas, and detailed experimental data.

As long as this is followed, engine technology will no longer be a bottleneck restricting the development of China's bombers.

Some core materials that take decades to polish are also 3D printed in large sizes.

It can be said that this is equivalent to moving the entire set of processes produced by the Tu-160 of the Mao Bear Country.

Once it spreads, I'm afraid that the woolly bear country will go crazy!

As long as it is used properly, it will greatly promote the development process of China's heavy bombers.

"Whew!".

A gray-haired expert took a long breath and stared at Minister Zhou with burning eyes, "Minister, where did these drawings come from? I haven't heard of China's trade with Mao Xiong's state-owned strategic bombers." "