Chapter 2410: Super Hornet

"Your hornet?" Pellehak's face was distrustful: "What can a big bug do? Can it carry a phoenix? Can it be intercepted at supersonic speed?"
"Our Hornet can be invisible." The other party said: "Now, MacDonald has a new project called Super Hornet. This is the best alternative to make up for this before the Navy’s stealth machine project. A blank space."
The Hornet is only partially invisible. Just like the Han's J-11B, it is unrealistic to carry out a comprehensive transformation of the stealth machine on its original body, but it can be achieved through partial modification. The ability to make up for this gap before the real stealth aircraft is equipped with troops, its biggest feature is that it is naturally easy to modify and will soon be able to equip troops.
The stealth aircraft of the Han State has indeed stimulated the Eagle State. The stealth aircraft project of the Eagle State Air Force continues to develop, but what about the Navy? The Navy’s plan is still unclear, so when the project is successful, I don’t know when. In this case, a simple and improved alternative project to fill their gaps is the most appropriate.
Sure enough, the congressman's words aroused everyone's interest, and then he continued: "Now, I will ask our technicians from McDonald's to explain to everyone."
This time the issue was Grumman’s mistake, and now, the issue has changed, and it has become an evaluation of McDonald’s new project. Pelehak was angry there, but Peleha Ke knew that he couldn't do anything now.
Pelehak had no choice but to continue to listen to the other party, and then put forward some technical objections to get members of Congress to oppose the project. That's all.
Super Hornet? See what a super method you guys are!
"In fact, when our first Hornet debuted, it already won everyone’s favor. This is the world’s top purpose fighter. It has powerful over-the-horizon capabilities and the dexterity of top light fighters. Switching back and forth from time to time to adapt to the requirements of air-to-air and air-to-ground operations, but we will not stop there. We have seen the Navy’s need for new fighter jets and have also made project improvements."
When the other party came up, they smashed the smallpox that Bumblebee was boasting, which made Pelehak couldn't help but make a mouthful. Are you still capable of beyond visual range? Can you shoot undead birds? Can you beat six? You are just fooling around with Congress. In the Navy, you won't have a market.
Many people in the navy are fans of Tomcats, especially the popular broadcast of the top ambitions, which made this aircraft famous.
"Now, we have also seen the needs of the Navy and the development of future air combat, so we decided to enlarge our Hornet to adapt to more tasks." The other party continued to introduce: "We will tilt the vertical tail. , The cross section of the air inlet is turned into a rectangular air inlet with stealth ability, and the zigzag design of each connection gap is used to greatly improve the stealth ability. At the same time, as the body increases, we will have more Large wing root leading edge strip, larger control surface, vertical tail and horizontal tail."
"Our enlarged model will greatly increase the fuel reserve in the aircraft and increase its range. However, we are not prepared to increase the weight. We can maintain the weight of the airframe to the current level by using advanced materials and production technology. , It can even significantly reduce the number of parts."
"You are planning to change a medium-sized aircraft to a heavy-duty aircraft. What engine are you planning to get?" Pellehack asked. Without an engine, everything is useless. If you change to an F100, do you still say it is a simple improvement? The improved task volume is almost the same as that of a newly developed aircraft.
"We plan to use an upgraded version of the F404 engine. This engine maintains the same intake air flow. In this way, the intake duct does not need to be redesigned. However, we can increase the thrust of the engine in other ways to meet the need for increased power. "The other party continued to introduce.
This change is completely reborn. For example, the F414 engine they plan to use will increase the maximum thrust by 35 percent to a level of 10 tons, which will increase the maximum take-off weight by 27 percent to 29.8 tons. Such an aircraft can perfectly replace the Tomcat fighters. Their goal is very clear, which is to completely retire the Tomcat fighters from active service!
The current bear country is getting weaker and weaker. Everyone has seen that the future maritime hegemony will only be the Eagle country. Then the size of the Eagle country’s navy will also be reduced. In this case, the naval carrier-based aircraft will compete It will become more and more intense. Their Super Hornet has great ambitions. It is not only to replace the Tomcat fighter, but even plans to replace the A-12 attack aircraft to take on shipboard attacks, strikes, air combat, and Intercept and other multiple tasks.
"We know that for aircraft carriers, the fewer types of carrier-based aircraft, the lower the cost of operation and maintenance. Our aircraft is improved from the Hornet, and naturally has the advantage of the Hornet's low cost. Its maintenance operation is the same as that of the Hornet, and it can also be easily operated by the air crew. In short, with this aircraft, it will no longer be a headache for the Navy’s growing funding gap in the future."
From the perspective of Congress, this reason is very important. Congress does not care what your navy is. Congress looks at its own pockets.
"Everyone, I hope you can see such a fact." Pellehack finally couldn't help it, and said loudly: "No matter how the big bug improves, it will not be able to fight the Tomcat. You think that the bear country is in decline. Is there no opponent on the sea? Wrong, the future Han country may rise rapidly. If you retire our Tomcat from the aircraft carrier, you will find this kind of clumsy bug, and it will not be able to fight the Han Navy. !"
As the arms dealers of the Eagle Nation, they must find enemies for the Eagle Nation. If there are no enemies, how can they maintain their huge military expenditure? How can you keep ordering advanced weapons? Now, Xiong is still building aircraft carriers one after another, but what about the Han people? Although Han is naively planning to use Iowa to change its aircraft carrier, it can be seen that Han has attached great importance to maritime rights.
Without the Tomcat, the navy would not be able to seize maritime air supremacy! Pellehack became excited, but his words did not make people feel anything. The congressman said coldly: "Whoever leaves, the earth will still turn! Leaving Grumman, the navy is still the most powerful. navy."