F- 18 where is the bumblebee made in China?

F/A- 18 carrier-based combat attack aircraft F/A- 18 is a single-seat dual-engine supersonic multi-purpose combat/attack aircraft developed by McDonnell Douglas (now incorporated into Boeing) for the US Navy. It is mainly used for fleet air defense and also for surface attack. 1974, the us navy put forward the VFAX plan to develop a low-cost light multi-role fighter. 1975 In May, the US Navy selected the YF- 17 aircraft from the YF- 17 candidate scheme, and redesigned it on this basis. The first F/A-18A/B prototype of1978165438+1October18 made its first flight and was delivered to the US Navy in May, 1980. The machine adopts the normal layout of small swept cantilever with double engines, double vertical tails and side strips. The fuselage is semi-hard shell structure, mainly made of aluminum platform gold, and some structures are made of graphite epoxy resin. Two GE F404-GE-400 turbofan engines were installed in the early stage, with a single afterburner thrust of 7 1.2. After 1992, replace F404-GE-402 enhanced engine with afterburning thrust of 78.3kn.. This aircraft is a typical third-generation jet fighter with perfect electronic equipment and electronic countermeasures. The aircraft is equipped with an/APG-65 multimode digital radar, which can search at a long distance and track 10 targets at the same time. All-weather automatic landing system, multifunctional color cockpit display, An /ASW-25 radio data link, An /ALQ- 126B electronic warfare system, An /ASN- 130a inertial navigation system, An /AYK- 14 digital computer, An/ALQ-/KLOC-0. The aircraft has the characteristics of good reliability and maintainability, strong survivability and good maneuverability, especially at high angle of attack. The main types of aircraft are: A type, single-seat combat/attack type; Type b, two-seat combat/coach type; C/D type, improved A/B type, etc. By April 2 1, 1994, * * all types of aircraft were delivered 1263 F/A- 18, which were not only equipped with the US Navy and Marine Corps, but also exported to Canada, Australia, Spain, Switzerland and South Korea. In the Gulf War, 148 F/A- 18 fighter took part in the war, mainly carrying out ground attack missions, and once shot down the Iraqi MIG -29 fighter. Weapons and equipment are equipped with 1 door, 20mm M61-a1six-pipe machine, and 570 rounds of ammunition are reserved. The whole aircraft has 9 external points, two wingtip pylons are respectively hung with an AIM-9L air-to-air missile, two outer wing pylons can be hung with AIM-7, AIM- 120 and AIM-9 air-to-air missiles and various air-to-ground weapons, two inner wing pylons can be hung with auxiliary fuel tanks or air-to-ground weapons, and the engine nacelle can be hung with missiles or AN-AAS-38 forward-looking infrared tracking pods. The size data are 17.07m long, 4.66m high and 1 1.43m wingspan. (including wingtip missiles) 12.3 1 meter wing area 37.16m2 aspect ratio 3.52 weight data empty weight 108 10 dry gram maximum internal oil 4926 kg maximum external oil 3053 kg maximum external load 703/kloc. M 1.8 maximum speed (moderate thrust) M 1.0 service ceiling 15240 m transition range (without aerial refueling) 3706 combat radius of upland rice (ground attack) 1065 km, (air combat) 740 km takeoff and running distance 427. Because they are developed on the basis of the same prototype, that is, an airplane, two models, with exactly the same airframe, but with different weapons and equipment, they are collectively called F/A- 1B and nicknamed "Bumblebee". Just as the U.S air force put forward the "light fighter" plan in1974.5438+0974. The US Navy has also put forward the requirement of developing multi-role fighters. At that time, it was called VFAX Project, and later it was renamed Naval Air Combat Fighter Project. 1974, Northrop's YF- 17 failed in the prototype competition of YF- 16. Fortunately, Northrop's work was not in vain, and their YF- 1975. This is the prototype of F/A- 18. 1976 1 10 In October, the US Navy signed a contract with McDonnell Douglas to jointly develop the F/A- 18 "Bumblebee" with McDonnell Douglas (now merged into Boeing) as the main company. After further prototype flight test, manufacturing and flight test, the operational capability was initially formed in 1983 and 1. The US Navy and Marine Corps * * * ordered 1366, in addition, Canada ordered 138, Australia ordered 75 and Spain ordered 84, all of which have been partially delivered. There are six kinds: YF/A- 18A/B, F/A- 18A, RF- 18A, F/A- 18B, F/A- 18C, f/. F- 18A Hornet is 1 production type, which is mainly used for fleet air defense and ship protection of carrier-based attack aircraft, and some aircraft are also used for air-to-ground attack missions. The main fire control equipment includes AN/AVQ-28 head-up display, AN/AYK- 14 central task computer (2 sets), AN/APG-65 pulse Doppler radar, multi-function display, plug-in management device, AN/AWG-2 1 anti-radiation missile (AGM-78) controller, etc. There are some changes in the display in the cockpit of the aircraft carrying out air-to-ground attacks. It is equipped with forward-looking infrared (FLIR) and laser spot tracker (LST). F/A- 18E/F is the latest modification. Its main feature is that the voyage is increased, and each wing is added with 1 pylon, and the maximum mounting capacity of the pylon in the wing is increased to 2400kg, which increases the bomb load and improves the combat capability. About 90% of its electronic system is common with F/A- 18C/D, and An /APG-73 (the modification of An /APG-65) is selected as the radar. The weapon control system of F- 18A Hornet Fighter includes four main parts: attack display subsystem, data processing subsystem, parameter measurement (sensor) subsystem and external management/control subsystem. The attack display subsystem includes an /AVQ-28 head-up display and three identical cathode ray tube heads-up displays -MFD, main monitor display -MMD and horizontal situation display -HSD. The main monitoring display displays warning information and consulting information of all aircraft systems. It is also a backup device for multi-function display, which can display forward-looking infrared information. The horizontal display is the main navigation display. The data processing subsystem includes more than 30 computers including AN/AYK- 14 central task computer (two computers work in parallel), radar signal processor, radar data processor, external management computer, display computer, flight control computer and air data computer. The total program is about 779K K. Table 3. 1 lists the CPU and storage capacity of several major programmable and ROM computers. Parameter measurement subsystem includes AN/APG-65 radar, AN/ASN- 130 inertial navigation device, AN/AAS-38 forward-looking infrared device, AN/ASQ- 173 laser irradiation/rangefinder and atmospheric data sensor. The store management and control subsystem includes AN/AYQ-9 store management system and AN/AWG-2 1 missile controller.