U.S. 6th generation fighter will be equipped with directed energy weapons, which combat targets against China and Russian

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In today's world only one fifth-generation fighter - F-22 "Raptor"  has been in service later, do the U.S. need to develop the next generation of fighter aircraft? Why do not mass production of the U.S. F-22 fighter jets, which will air supremacy firmly in control in their own hands? The U.S. military did not give any answers on these questions.


However, recently the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) to issue a paper notice, so many people understand what Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordered the closure of F-22 fighter jet production line really want to do.

To find successors for the F-22


According to Reuters reported on November 5th Air Force has begun to look to the future, exploring the production of Lockheed Martin F-22 fighter subsequent models. Recently, the Air Force Materiel Command to the information industry, issued a consultation notice, requiring industry to provide information on available around 2030 initial operational capability of the "next-generation tactical aircraft systems" concept and the ability to form / information technology needs .


Defense experts believe that this "next-generation tactical aircraft systems" is actually referred to the sixth-generation fighter the Air Force, which is the future F-22 fighter "successor."


U.S. Air Force requirements in the circular for companies interested in the Dec. 17 response to the information submitted, and hope that the latter can be related to the cost estimates submitted. Congressional Research Service (CRS), a MiG-American military aviation expert Jeremiah Butler, said: "This is the next generation of fighter jets the United States to quantify the technical and tactical targets may be the first step."


Sixth-generation fighter will be the future look like? What are the characteristics and it will have an unprecedented ability? Some aviation experts in the world after that, the sixth generation of stealth fighter with great ability to effectively carry out several times the speed of sound from the subsonic to all flight modes, with the "variant" capacity; body surface material with intelligence, fighter itself to achieve a high degree of networking; fighters equipped with highly sensitive sensors, the time fighter pilot in the control of arbitrary, to the realm of human unity. Equipped in terms of airborne weapons, directed energy weapons can be a new generation of fighters as "killer."

This time, the U.S. Air Force in the circular of the sixth generation of fighter aircraft performance is also put forward their own demands. The notice said "the next generation of tactical aircraft systems" must be able to have the airborne electronic attack capability, advanced integrated air defense systems, passive detection equipment, the comprehensive self-defense equipment, directed energy weapons and electromagnetic attack capabilities of the enemy network operations, must be able to 2030 to 2050, the "anti-intervention / regional isolation" in the combat environment.

Notice in the U.S. Air Force also made clear that "the next generation of tactical aircraft systems," the main task is to carry out the mission offensive and defensive air operations - that is to destroy or weaken the enemy of the air capacity. The machine has completed the U.S. Air Force would also like missile defense, air interdiction and close air support and other tasks. In this circular, the Air Force also proposed that future fighter aircraft may be prepared with greater than the existing range and longer endurance, and better survivability, situational awareness, weapons performance, and "man-machine one "control coordination and sensitivity.

Three companies competing

Although the Air Force refused to comment publicly on its sixth-generation fighter to make the effort, but from the three major U.S. airframe manufacturer Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman's top aviation Designers say they are very eager to know what the U.S. Air Force requirements for such aircraft.

The sixth-generation fighter the Air Force may be able to like science fiction movies, high-tech products, as more than the fifth-generation stealth fighter, deformation in the flight to seek higher speed or endurance, aircraft engine in flight control to achieve the degree of effect of supersonic or subsonic. Sixth-generation fighter may be equipped with directed energy weapons - that is, high-energy microwave and laser weapons, protects against incoming missiles, can also serve as offensive weapons. Preparation of ammunition they could and are "control" type of weapon, can be played on air or ground targets destroyed from damage to different degrees of damage.

Materials and microelectronics technology will be a sixth-generation fighter large-scale integrated sensor. By then, the nose of the radar may no longer necessary. Moreover, its response may also be highly competent network attacks. However, the construction, use and upgrade costs of the sixth generation aircraft would still be high.

Northrop Grumman said: the development of the next round of aircraft may be dominated by the command and control information. Large amounts of data will be transported to the aircraft pilot. Bank staff will be able to see around the aircraft, "more room." Aircraft will collect their own data and using on-board or off-sensor analysis of these data. In this regard, the sixth generation is different from the fifth-generation fighter aircraft is that the former is more detail and accuracy.


Boeing believes that the conventional electronic components may also make way for photonic components. The demand for aircraft will be reduced to the wire, connect all the systems will be diverse, fiber optic components, because people that time will be able to use different light. Sensitivity in the sixth-generation fighter on the issue of directed energy weapons play a very important role. "Light" weapons will be "completely denies" the importance of mobility of today's fighters. In the face of modern warplanes attack directed energy weapons, there is no avoiding the time. In addition, the pulse directed energy weapons can also destroy enemy weapons systems - or the enemy ground systems.

Northrop Grumman's current research shows that in the next 20 years, this technology will become a reality. In airborne application engine - may be an auxiliary engine - with the support of directed energy weapons to have an "infinite ammunition."


Russian warplanes target is the sixth generation


According to U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates predicted, Russia's fifth-generation fighters will be deployed in 2016 after the investment, after a few years China is expected to have their own fifth generation fighters. If the mass production of future Sino-Russian fifth generation fighter, then to the mid-2020s, the United States will lose the advantage of Russia's air combat.


It is for this consideration, the U.S. military are determined to stop the expensive F-22 fighter production, the funds for the next few years, the sixth generation fighter development, to ensure that the U.S. has been great emphasis on air superiority .


F-22 fighter early conceptual studies began in the early 80s, when the F-15 fighters just to achieve mass production. The ability of these concepts into the early action took 20 years. The historical experience of industry leaders that the United States, the United States needs another 20 years to develop the next generation of fighters.


Air Force analysts believe that the U.S. Air Force aircraft inventory for the minimum 2250, 2030, when 971 aircraft the Air Force will appear in the gap. Moreover, this is the assumption that F-35 fighters to as scheduled, at an annual rate of at least 48 production to build and deliver on time. This gap is a F-15 and F-16 due to mandatory retirement - these aircraft have exceeded their service life, to continue the flight, then it may be dangerous.


In this case, sixth-generation fighter the Air Force need to speed up the development pace, as expected, the F-22 and F-35 fighter is a fixed quantity and not enough to fill the next 20 years, the gap between the fighters.


It is noteworthy that the U.S. Air Force fighter in the sixth-generation performance requirements specifically referred to "must be able to between 2030 and 2050 the 'anti-access / regional isolation' environment of war", and "anti-intervention / regional isolation" is word several times in recent years, the Pentagon issued "China Military Power Report," appeared, the U.S. military that the PLA is currently under the guidance of this strategic goal to develop all aspects of their operational capability and to use "anti-intervention / regional isolation" will block outside of the Western Pacific or Indian Ocean. Therefore, the United States since last year to throw the "air, sea, one of the war" concept, specifically for China's military rise.

Today, the U.S. fighter in the sixth generation of the performance requirements of the public referred to in the "anti-intervention / regional isolation" combat environment, apparently hoping to become the next generation of aircraft weapon against China's military power, and thus play a role in deter China.


Fighters "from generation to generation spectrum"

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Defined on the generation of fighter aircraft, has long been a controversial topic. Department under the authority of the U.S. Air Force magazine "AIRFORCE" ("Air Force" magazine) gives their generation fighter division of the world, the magazine that the fighter should be in accordance with the following generations by the broad "lines":

1-generation fighter: The most important feature of these fighters is just using jet engines. Models for the United States on behalf of the F-80, the German ME 262.

2-generation fighter: The swept wing, in the airborne electronic systems ranging only equipped with radar, air combat weapons are usually equipped with infrared-guided missiles. Models for the United States on behalf of the F-86, MiG -15 the former Soviet Union.

3-generation fighter: to achieve supersonic flight, equipped with radar, capable of striking targets horizon. Prior to the third generation of fighters known as the largest generation of fighters across, on behalf of models for the U.S. F-105, F-4, the former Soviet Union's MiG -17, MiG -21.

4th generation fighter: fighter equipped with a pulse Doppler radar, high mobility, as can be observed under the use of the missile down the attacks. Models for the United States on behalf of the F-15, F-16, the French "Mirage" 2000, Russia's MiG -29

4th generation fighters: a very high agility, sensor data fusion, reduce the radar reflection signals. On behalf of the European fighter aircraft, "Typhoon", Russia, Soviet -30 and improved F-16, F/A-18 and the French "Rafale."


4-generation fighter: with the active phased array radar, to further reduce radar reflection signal or by a number of "active" invisible means (using the reflection of radar absorbing materials), and some time to achieve supersonic cruise. Model is representative of Soviet Russia and the United States -35 F-15SE.


5th generation fighter: The internal weapon outside of the body in order to achieve full stealth, with very excellent flexible capabilities, fully integrated sensor data, with the integration of avionics, in part or whole range supersonic cruise. Models for the United States on behalf of the F-22 and F-35.

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Recently, Dr. Vyacheslav of Russia, deputy technical expertise in the Russian newspaper "Independent" article, the fifth generation of Chinese J-XX fighter development of the analysis, said China's 5-generation machine in order to fight against F-22, will not go to imitate Russia Test-drive road 144; Chinese designers will be headed by the outstanding air combat performance to design goals, and give up the other multi-functional to ensure the "air-to-air" combat capability to achieve the level of F-22.

F-22 on its performance so far can be considered in terms of near-perfect, then a reasonable question is the design of the Chinese aircraft maker will be how to counter the F-22? The answer is not surprising, not at all difficult. Five multi-purpose fighter aircraft are usually, but every fighter in the plan are not the same degree of versatility.

F-22 multi-function of the original program the least, the program revised its versatility is greatly increased. Revised by the U.S. F-22A and began to accept bulk equipment. However, the improved "Raptor" a sharp increase in weight. Early in 1990 from the normal take-off weight of 22.7 tons to 29.6 tons now.

It is easy to understand, a feature of every fighter, take-off weight to be increased in some.

This fact limits the use of more advanced aircraft technology. In short: to aircraft equipment, more features will greatly increase the load when the plane took off, we can see the aircraft take-off weight increased the realization of these features is a prerequisite, not only there is only one type of aircraft such as JSF (Joint Strike Fighter) this need Development of three fighters of different functions is the same type of project.

Chinese designers have mastered the current technology, only in terms of combat capability, you can create a very high standard of fighter, the only question is how the Chinese people in the sky show the strength of military technology, like the Americans to drive F - 22 fighter planes in the Chinese border have begun to show it.

Combat capability and application of technology has determined the weight-level fighter. It can be said that the designers of the development in China, the performance of the fighter program, its goal is not the current F-22A, but in 1995 the "air-to-air" tasks as the main design goals of the YF-22.

Available through the existing 5 on behalf of China's intelligence machine pneumatic appearance of view, this thesis is correct. Based on these data, the main tactical and technical parameters are for the current long-range fighter and close air combat capabilities, which are tactical and technical parameters of the primary consideration is the stealth and mobility.

In any case, the designer of China's very clear the hands of only the existing resources (technical and perhaps funding) to copy the Americans simply will not work. China has always been to find a solution in the development of 5th generation fighter all the way to problems.

China will not publicize the ongoing development of 5-generation machine, the real lack of information (although very large degree of concern) caused some confusion. Chengdu, one of which is that the designers of the Group is well-known in the imitation of the Russian prototype test 1.44. This hypothesis is the one by the U.S. Center for Strategic and International Studies in its report referred to. Subsequently, the hypothesis has been reproduced in several major foreign publications, and then become a matter of course to the "facts."

Author of a reason to object to this widespread view, and is prepared to put forward a view of the logical "facts" is to some extent caused by the Chinese side. But the headache is on the Chinese network of several under construction in Chengdu Group 5 on behalf of the picture plane with a well-known prototype of the test the same as 1.44.

After detailed analysis of the allocation map information, it is clear that the development of the Chinese people in the Five Dynasties and machine plan, both the F-22 will not go this route, it would not go this route 144.

China's next generation of YF-23 fighter and the most unique things are designed to dump the whole dynamic of the V-shaped tail, replacing the vertical tail fin + level of the traditional structures. However, the use of the YF-23 outside the side of a significant tail design, to ensure that the stealth capability, but the efficiency of the corresponding lower tail. In contrast, China's adoption of next-generation fighter extraversion small design, the minimum requirements in stealth, is a comprehensive trade-off the stealth and mobility results.

Full-Motion V-tail design features to improve the stealth aircraft is extremely beneficial. And as a result of a reduction of control surface and the corresponding control, but also help to reduce weight and reduce aircraft drag. However, apart from the control surface load problem, this design is bound to face a test of the flight control system is complicated.

V-shaped tail of the deflection control is very complex, a more complex design of flight control system will certainly increase the level of complexity and development risk. And flight control software is precisely the preparation of the flight control system design is one of the difficulties. Since the wire flight control system applied to the third-generation fighters, most first-class fighters, have been planted in the fall above. YF-23 has not been conservative in favor of the U.S. Air Force, one of the reasons it is so important.

However, the Chinese J-10 aircraft development test set "0 crashed" the development of third generation fighters miracle, have reason to believe that China's aviation science and technology personnel in the flight control software has been used to prepare the level of the ability to respond to this challenge.

If the use of V-shaped tail of the aircraft are used for the thrust vector engines, more than a series of issues may be alleviated, to improve the mobility and agility are also good.

YF-23 but does not use a thrust-vectoring engines, one at the time the United States, the engine thrust vector did not fully mature, the development will further increase the risk, and the other is thinking of its design capacity of over-the pursuit of stealth. YF-23's on the rear-mounted vent groove from the end of the post-B-2 fuselage designed to reduce the aircraft radar reflectivity to the cross-sectional area and improve the ability of infrared stealth. This design is suitable for the bombers, and fighters are not necessarily the. Home-style groove on the end of the engine vents makes no vector nozzle deflection.

The present situation, Russia's thrust-vectoring AL-41 engine has been basically mature, and if the Chinese to adopt the next generation of Russian-made fighter planes of domestic major thrust or thrust vector engines, then the ability to achieve stealth, mobility and the harmonization of agility. Seen from the diagram, the tail of the China Next Generation aircraft have been earmarked for the end of the thrust vectoring nozzle engine room for maneuver.

Based on current information disclosed by Fei Shen developed the next generation of fighter planes in China was closer to four generations of the United States competitive selection of local losers of YF-23, but add a duck wing

This is a public media aerodynamic heating simulation of early map (source:the "International Air" magazine of the first aviation group )

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In addition, the wing has also reduced the size of the wing main fuel tank a corresponding reduction in volume. Because, taking into account the issue of stealth, combat aircraft and most of the next generation of plug-ins can not drop tank, all fuel tanks must be loaded by the machine. For the play "world police" the world's intervention in the United States, inter-theater range fighter relatively high requirements; and on the air and the surrounding territory of the Chinese Air Force in terms of operations, there is no need to pursue a range of particularly large. This choice is acceptable.

Compared the two, China's next generation fighter aircraft significantly longer than the length of F-22, which means that even in the largest cross-sectional area equivalent aircraft, China's next generation of fighter planes can be more smooth distribution and the rate of change of cross-sectional area, means a smaller cross, supersonic resistance. It is easy to see that China has chosen the next generation of supersonic fighter planes performance, obviously reflects the high-speed attack the idea of high-speed pursuits.

In the overall appearance of the next generation of fighter planes in China and is very similar to YF-23, the fuselage looks like the beginning of the fuselage and the former two separate nacelle directly embedded into the wing as a whole.

Set up before the main fuselage radar cabin, cockpit, cabin before the landing gear, avionics and missile equipment cabin space. Before the fuselage cross-section of the previous upper and lower approximation of a rounded hexagonal symmetry, and then gradually transition to a circular cross-section, and finally in the middle of the fuselage with the wings fully integrated.

The back part of the inlet and engine compartment, and its still a trapezoidal cross-section, and a very smooth curve after the transition to the wing or fuselage, this program will help reduce the resistance, is also a very good stealth design.

Tail arrangement of the use of wide-spaced to avoid the body of harmful vortex, and take full advantage of the duck-wing vortex useful, so a dramatic improvement in motor state of pitch, roll and yaw control.

More YF-23 advanced F-22 program was defeated, mainly due to the U.S. Air Force of the conservative strategy. And the development by leaps and bounds in the Chinese Air Force and the aviation industry, it is bound to be a comprehensive summary of the F-22, F-23 and 1.44 characteristic of Russia on the basis of their more advanced development of next-generation fighter.

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