There was very exciting good news a few days ago.
We have been developing it for more than ten years. On the Chinese domestic passenger plane C919, which was the first flight five years ago, officially obtained the airworthiness qualification certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
That is to say, in our domestic civil aviation market, C919 can be officially put into operation and use .
So far, C919 passenger aircraft has received 28 customers' orders of 815 orders , and will soon become a model that cannot be ignored in the civil aviation market.
C919 is a narrow body single-channel passenger aircraft. In the international market, it is on the same order as the C919. has the 737 series of the US Boeing , and the A320 series of the European Airbus series of the .
Among them, the Boeing 737 series passenger aircraft in the United States, has derived many military aircraft products due to its excellent platform performance.
For example, the US military's most advanced anti-submarine aircraft P8 anti-submarine aircraft is transformed with Boeing 737.
The last time the US House Speaker Pelosi visited Taiwan, the US Air Force C40 special plane was also transformed from a Boeing 737.
This shows that passenger aircraft of a size like C919, has very sufficient military modification potential .
So, what military aircraft can the C919 passenger plane be converted into? If you want to convert it into a military aircraft, what difficulties do need to face?
The author believes that it is best to use the volume of the C919 passenger plane to be modified into our high-tech series aircraft .
Our high-tech series of aircraft are a series of aircraft for special purposes such as electronic warfare , electronic reconnaissance , intelligence support, anti-submarine , special warfare and command and support and other special purpose.
For example, the High-tech No. 6 in the High-tech series is our anti-submarine patrol aircraft . High-tech No. 4 is our air command plane.
The current high-tech series of aircraft use the Y8/9 platform, and there are problems such as taking off weight and slow speed .
C919 is modified into a high-tech series aircraft, which can be modified into several models:
The first C919 modified model: anti-submarine aircraft .
At present, our Hi-Tech No. 6 anti-submarine aircraft has dozens of aircraft and is put into use in the waters of East China Sea , South China Sea and other seas. Compared with the Yun9 transport aircraft, the maximum take-off weight of is nearly 10 tons, and the flight speed is 200-400 kilometers per hour.
In other words, the anti-submarine aircraft modified by C919 can carry more anti-submarine equipment, anti-submarine weapons and ammunition , and fly faster.
Our main imaginary enemy in anti-submarine operations is the US Navy, which is updating their nuclear submarine units.
The newly put into service "Virginia" class nuclear submarine is better than the older generation "Los Angeles" class in terms of silent performance, and the difficulty we need to find is higher . The main solution of
is to replace our anti-submarine aircraft with more powerful anti-submarine equipment , such as more sonar buoy and more sensitive magnetic detectors.
But these improvements will increase the weight of the anti-submarine equipment . For the Yun9 platform with limited load capacity, the improvement work is relatively limited and performance improvement is difficult.
If you use the C919 platform, can relax the weight limit , thereby obtaining stronger anti-submarine performance.
and C919 is an jet , and the flight speed is much faster than the propeller aircraft such as Y9.
This means that for a sea area of the same size, C919 can complete search and detection in less time, improving the efficiency of anti-submarine search.
So, if C919 is militarized, anti-submarine will be an important mission direction for it.
The second C919 modified model: electronic reconnaissance aircraft .
Our current high-tech electronic reconnaissance aircraft uses the Y8/9 platform. For electronic reconnaissance aircraft, the disadvantage of the Y8/9 platform is that the speed is too slow and .
Electronic reconnaissance aircraft is very important to us. It can to spy on and collect enemy electromagnetic signals, radio information, satellite signals, etc. .
The collected intelligence can not only analyze the enemy's communication methods and frequency characteristics , so as to prepare for electronic warfare, but also cut off the opponent's intelligence transmission and analyze the enemy's combat plan.
It can be said that in the modern battlefield of informationization, electronic reconnaissance aircraft is one of the most important and powerful reconnaissance forces .
Such a powerful aircraft will inevitably be targeted by the enemy.
electronic reconnaissance aircraft have more or less certain electronic warfare capabilities, so that they can have certain self-defense capabilities in enemy attacks.
Generally speaking, electronic reconnaissance aircraft can collect enemy intelligence information without flying too close. so you can fly behind the front under the cover of fighter .
But once the enemy fighter breaks through the defense line, the electronic reconnaissance aircraft must be able to quickly evacuate and transfer , which requires sufficient flight speed.
As a propeller aircraft, our Y8/9 platform has a maximum flight speed of 500-700 km/h , while as a jet passenger aircraft, the maximum flight speed can reach 1000 km/h .
, and because the passenger plane is designed for high subsonic speeds, the flight ability of in this speed segment is better than that of fighters .
There have been several cases abroad. The cruising speed of the fighter jet cannot catch up with the cruising speed of the passenger plane. It is necessary to turn on the afterburner from time to time, and supersonic flight for a period of time before continuing to track the passenger plane.
Therefore, the conversion of C919 to an electronic reconnaissance aircraft is also a very suitable option.
In addition, the C919 can also be modified into a high-tech series aircraft such as psychological fighter jet, command aircraft , etc., or like the C40, it can also be modified into a special aircraft for the Air Force's key personnel transportation.
It can be said that if C919 joins the army, will have a wide range of "employment" .
If C919 is to be changed to military use, the main problem we face is "full domesticization" .
However, technically, this problem is not difficult to solve.
The current domestic production rate of C919 has reached 50% , including the most important design and avionics systems, we have all achieved domestic production.
's most important engine, we also have the domestic CJ1000 engine that can be replaced at any time. Currently, the use of foreign engine is mainly for commercial considerations .
Other foreign components are also based on commercial considerations.
passenger aircraft is a commercial product. As a commercial product, , , , must pursue the optimal solution of efficiency and cost.
So when we look at any successful passenger plane, is built on a global supply chain system , and is manufactured based on products from all over the world, and C919 is no exception.
And if we want to use C919 as military use, it will be different.
Military products must be firmly grasped in your own hands , so national production needs to be achieved. And our engine problems have been solved, and it is not difficult to achieve the national production of C919.
Of course, it is hard to say whether C919 will continue to be called C919 after national production. may be given a new number for XX .
So, my friends, do you think joining the army in C919 is a good choice
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