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Japan’s “mind “demonstrator the

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The implication of Japan’s R & D,

six generations of fighters

Xuyong Ling Chen Jiming

technical indicators ahead of advanced, override the Five Dynasties and stealth fighters. “This is the description of the Japanese” military research “magazine article on the six-generation fighter in Japan.

since Japan’s defense ministry began to replace the F-2 fighter, fighter envisaged since all kinds of speculation about the fighter of the fifth generation of “mind” has been uproar. At this time, Japan has launched the sixth generation of the “i3″ fighter concept, called in full swing to try it.

so-called “i3″ refers to information, intelligence and agility. Which contains exactly what kind of tactical concepts and technology vision? From the fifth to the sixth generation, the Japanese would like to tell the world what? See the Air Force Flight Test Xuyong Ling’s interpretation of experts.

F-3 “: name Sort strange

after the media disclosed for the first time since 2005, Japan’s fifth-generation fighter” mind “of the topic heard the “i3″ six-generation machine, and now has caused the world wide concern.

Interestingly, the network of military fans to confuse the “mind” Five fighters and the “i3″ six-generation fighter. Here, the Japanese media on behalf of the sequence divided fighter apparently with reference to the Russian system. According to the U.S. on behalf of the sequence divided system, “mind” regarded as the fourth generation, “i3″ be regarded as the fifth generation. This paper tentatively unified reference to the Russian fighters on behalf of the sequence division system.

when the “mind” is technically, no substantive progress of Japan Next aviation weapons development strategic vision is too early to guess or expected. In my opinion, “mind” in the transmutation of too many variables affect its future development.

It is noteworthy that Japan’s technology vision for the next generation of fighter seems to contain quite innovative.

F-3 “- Japan, to its next-generation fighter, dubbed a rather strange name. Sequence point of view, it is the F-2 heritage; from the technical and tactical point of view, “F-3″ seems more innovative than the four-generation machine – “before the enemy found before the enemy launch, the first enemy to destroy.” The concept reveals the essential characteristics of modern fighter planes.

as a technology power in Asia, Japan is destined to the field of aviation equipment make a difference. Mind “has yet to take off,” i3 “came knocking at the door, fully expressed the determination of the Japanese, rather than some people have said what distracted.

IT era, the road of the development of equipment, has been completely different from the age of three generations of machines, to come up with a new fighter is over in three to five years on the battlefield adaptability and superior lethality technical guidelines for modern aircraft, the use of any technology need to go through the elaborate planning and complicated trial.

“mind”: technical validation difficult

In order to achieve the tactical concept of the future fighter, the Japanese began the real journey of technology. They had already begun to put into the development from 2000. In 2005, a model prototype was sent to the French radar signal Electronic Proving Ground, stealth technology demonstrator validation.

the Japanese has always been low-key style of doing things, we can not as understanding of the F-22, know their program to determine the specific trade-offs, technical details, but in 2006, the Japanese finally announced the “mind” of the overall exterior design.

media for the evaluation of the aerodynamic shape of the mind has a lot more than go into this, however. I would like to point out that yes, 8 t of the order of the overall design, fully proved this aircraft is only Japan’s next-generation fighter technology demonstrator program, it might make 2-3, but its purpose is not like the YF-22 as verified overall technical and tactical performance of next-generation fighter, but In order to validate the key technologies of the next generation of fighter: the stealth technology, aerodynamic layout, sensor technology, information technology, the integration of fly-fat control technology and fighters supporting technologies, such as information networking, command and control, electronic warfare, the new data link.

caring people will notice that the “mind” and the F-22 the biggest difference is that the nose section. In fact, this modification is not a new technology initiatives, but because of the middleweight limit of the overall tonnage of an expedient. Japan does not like the United States and Russia to complete the aerodynamic test facility, its aerodynamic design, or derived from creative ideas and technology to imitate. To top optimization of the aerodynamic layout design, aerodynamic test facilities, and apparently can not imagine.

“I3″: seven kinds of technical advance

However, the technical superiority of the Japanese is absolutely not be belittled. The latest issue of Japanese military research magazine published in the March article deserve serious consideration. Mentioned in the next generation “i3″ seven technical concepts of the fighters told us that Japan has made substantial technical progress in the development of “mind”.

– the so-called “cloud shot” idea comes from the fact, the development of data link technology. Computer technology and information fusion technology has developed to the cloud era, by the previous local individual’s information processing to information sharing to modern information fusion, “cloud shot” technology has been completely breakthrough in the “sensor – goal – destruction” of traditional intrinsic mode to achieve a goal – destruction, “the possibility of cloud shooting will greatly enhance the performance of the air damage the target, while reducing the attack of weapons and ammunition consumption, will allow air combat low damage to the low loss.

– “crowd control” technology to solve complex pattern of three generations of aircraft fire control system “sensor – weapon – Target – Ballistic Control arms control people at the center of the ring mode to change the network-centric model, truly network-centric warfare concept. Group control technology can be achieved will be the design philosophy of the fighters back to nature, return to the pursuit of a high degree of speed and maneuverability of the fighter by the focus on the sensor configuration.

– directed energy weapons technology, over-the-horizon radar era triggered by the development of weapons have a profound impact. Encountered in the development of radar technology and air-to-air weapons technology bottlenecks, the technology space is difficult to expand R & D cost cycle problem difficult to resolve, the contradictions of the weapon mount and stealth technology paradox is difficult to go beyond four generations of machine, such a background, select new weapons research potential of the inevitable.

– light manipulation is nothing new, light pass with a large information capacity, difficult to interfere with energy consumption and low, has been rapid development in the civilian field, but by the information sent to the electrical and mechanical control the conversion of its key technologies still in research and development. With the emergence of new types of weapons of the electronic pulse bomb, the flight control system of protection is particularly important. Light not easily interfere with the characteristics of the flight control system can greatly improve survival, reduce the aircraft battle damage. Moreover, the light information transmission quantity is needed to fly integrated control system.

– stealth and lethal conflict, the layout design of modern fighter-consuming effort, technology convergence and greatly increase the difficulty, the difficulty and cost of the aerodynamic shape of stealth is getting higher and higher, if from stealth materials to achieve a breakthrough on stealth and mobility paradox can be solved. As we all know, the materials technology has become the key technology of the 21st century, this area of ??research and development has aroused great concern of all countries, technological breakthroughs are endless. Metamaterials to achieve stealth in the foreseeable future, will be successfully developed, will also lead to a complete revolution of the air weapons technology.

– the last two: high-power radar and engine. This is the traditional weaknesses of the Japanese military aircraft research and development. Japan to achieve the military aircraft field of independent research and development capabilities in the true sense of the technological breakthroughs in these two areas. From the strength of Japan may not be a problem, the key is time.

“i3″ is the idea of ??a real tactical significance of technology. With the Japanese exploration in the “mind” program on continuous, in the next six generations on the technology to go beyond that is not impossible. In my opinion, a country’s equipment research and development of its defense strategy to choose. Japan’s problem is how to get rid of the United States to achieve the independent voice of the strategies and equipment research and development. From a strategic perspective, the United States control of the Japanese equipment and technology development are not freely give up. In this sense, Japan’s six-generation function of how far, is not entirely decided by the Japanese themselves.

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