I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

The money earned from the new generation aerospace fighter project is second to none. The total funding given by superiors for this project is only 20 billion yuan, which includes the money for building the first four fighter jets!

The profits are good, but the biggest attraction for Xinyuan is its advantages as a defense contractor.

Xinyuan will obtain a huge aerospace license, which is larger than that of some national units. It can manufacture aircraft and spacecraft of any level on its own and test-fly in designated airspace without formalities.

In addition, commercial operations can also use internal channels to issue licenses and establish connections with the national talent system, which is far beyond the capabilities of ordinary enterprises.

That's the reward for being involved in cutting-edge engineering, it's not much money, but it's more useful than money.

Lin Ju himself sat with Xinyuan senior executives and the main developers of the Shenlong Project to listen to the ideas brought by Guo Shen.

Lin Ju noticed that most of these R\u0026D personnel were in their thirties. They were obviously the best scientific researchers in the country, and they might all have system A levels.

It's a pity that there are no A-level skill cards in the system mall. If I could have A-level or above engineers under my command, they would probably be national treasures.

B+ engineer Guo Shen is standing at the front, telling his views on the Shenlong Project:

"With all due respect, the Shenlong Project was unqualified from the very beginning. It was too small in size and weight and had no actual combat value at all."

This was said very rudely, but no one at the scene stood up to refute, only a few people showed some dissatisfaction.

Because this is a fact, the Shenlong Plan actually has no combat capabilities.

Its 8-ton body can only perform some reconnaissance missions. If it wants to carry weapons, its size and weight are very small. Carrying ordinary missiles is simply not worthy of its positioning. If nuclear bombs are to be used, why not just use ballistic missiles? missile?

But the Shenlong Project is not without attack systems. It is designed to use lasers to attack enemy satellites and spacecrafts. However, the power required is very high. The launcher cannot fit into the narrow body, and the power system does not know how to solve it. …

Strictly speaking, Shenlong is just a pioneer, this is the consensus of everyone.

Fortunately, Guo Shen did not harp on the Shenlong Project, but turned around and posted his own PPT:

"'Xuehu' is a manned near-space hypersonic vehicle:

It has a length of 42 meters, a wingspan of 19 meters, a maximum take-off weight of 74 tons, and uses four combined power turbofan-ramjet WCR-09 engines. It has a maximum speed of Mach 10 and can fly to near space. It has a combat altitude of 52,000 meters and a range of 30,000 kilometers.

It has a bomb load of 12 tons. It can carry hypersonic missiles or change the bomb bay into energy supply equipment. It is equipped with laser weapons and can attack low-Earth orbit satellites! "

Guo Shen introduced the parameters in one breath, released an imaginary picture, and finally added:

"Don't think this is an exaggeration. The power system WCR-09 turbofan-scrambus engine is in the final stage and will be finalized soon."

Base researcher: "..."

Dou Ping: "..."

Dou Ping looked at Lin Ju who was still at ease, coughed twice and said to Guo Shen:

"Chief Commander Guo, it's not that we doubt it, but are Snow Hu's indicators a bit... too advanced? The world's highest flying altitude is 26,000 meters of the SR71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft. Snow Hu's data is twice that, and it's actually To be able to reach 10 times the speed of sound is incredible."

Another researcher also spoke:

"Are you also studying a combined power engine? Or a scramjet? How many kilonewtons of thrust?"

Guo Shen: "It can continuously output 90KN. It is not a big problem to increase the thrust a little more. The original progress is already very high. The prototype has been manufactured and is not far from practical use. This is part of the new Far Future aerospace aircraft plan. "

Since the opening of the mall, Xinyuan Company has carried out research on multiple projects, one of which is the aerospace aircraft.

However, the priority of this plan is not high. After all, reusable rockets have reduced the cost enough, and the aerospace plane is not as sci-fi as the NAPE spacecraft XN90.

It's just that now in order to participate in the military's plan, it has been brought forward again.

Dou Ping and the researchers at the base took a breath of cold air. They only knew that Xinyuan was very powerful in aerospace, but they did not expect that the aircraft in the atmosphere could travel so far.

There are three major difficulties in hypersonic aircraft: design, materials, and power.

The design is easy to say, even if you don't have an aircraft design genius, you can optimize it with a little bit of wind tunnel blowing; the materials are often not available but the cost is too high or there are other problems. Power has always been the biggest problem in China's aircraft research.

But Xinyuan will tell you first, I have completed the most difficult part of motivation...

Dou Ping and a group of researchers finally experienced the treatment that only foreign colleagues had before: designing an aircraft based on the engine first, instead of waiting for the engine to be designed and waiting until the project was cancelled.

After a long time, someone finally said:

"We are responsible for the design part. You can leave it to us. How about the body materials are co-operated by both parties? Only special grades of steel and titanium alloys can withstand this speed.

Snow Hu... We have also used this codename, just think of it as a rebirth. Her data is so beautiful, it reminds me of the goddess of dawn. "

Dawn Goddess, a hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft developed by Ami after the SR71, was claimed to be designed to fly to Mach 8 at 30,000 meters. However, with the sudden collapse of the alliance, there was no follow-up, and only a few imaginary pictures were revealed.

Snow Hu's indicators are higher than Dawn Goddess, but with the latter in front, it doesn't seem so exaggerated, and it is in line with the imagination of future high-speed fighters.

The development of fighter jets is like a circle. At first, propeller aircraft competed for maneuverability. Later, with the emergence of energy air combat theory, they began to develop to high altitudes and high speeds, reaching their peak in the jet age.

Those second-generation aircraft and interceptor aircraft can easily fly at twice the speed of sound and more than 20,000 meters. However, in the era of third-generation aircraft, due to the maturity of missiles, the requirements for speed and altitude have been reduced, and mobility has begun to be emphasized.

When it comes to fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-generation aircraft, all countries are developing at high altitudes and even competing for space.

"What about low-Earth orbit? Although Snowbird can theoretically attack satellites with lasers, the variables are too great. We still need orbiters."

Guo Shen: “Then let’s use the unmanned version of H1. Such a large space is very abundant. It can stay in space for several years, and can also use the space station for refueling and maintenance.

By the way, we have a condition. "

Lin Ju, who was sitting, was shocked. He suppressed his doubts and expressed shock. He had not negotiated any terms with Guo Shen.

Dou Ping: "We will meet any conditions that are not excessive. This is also normal business behavior."

Guo Shen: “We want laser technology.”