An important purpose of the United States to develop the sixth generation machine first is to explore and determine the standard of the sixth generation machine. There is no accurate standard for the sixth generation machine at present. Whether it is unmanned driving or flying into outer space, the stealth ability is enhanced, the endurance is improved, and the supersonic cruise is faster. Everything is being explored.
Take F22 as an example, the project was established in 197 1, the development time was 1985 -200 1, the first flight was 1997, and it was commissioned in 2005. At the time of development, there were two projects competing, one was Lockheed? Martin's YF22, and one is Northrop? Grumman's YF23 finally won the YF22 project, which is the strongest fighter F22 at present.
At present, the US Air Force and the US Navy have different requirements for the use of aircraft, and the two services have developed six generations of aircraft respectively. At present, the first flight is the sixth generation aircraft of the US Air Force, which is an experimental verification machine, and there is still a long way to go before it is finalized. Third-rate enterprises sell coolies, second-rate enterprises sell products, first-class enterprises sell patents, and super-first-class enterprises sell standards. The practical significance is to advertise well in advance.
The Sixth Generation refers to fighters that are more advanced than American F-22, F-35, Russian Su -57 and China J -20. Compared with the fifth-generation aircraft, the performance, combat capability and versatility of the sixth-generation aircraft should be comprehensive and leading. What exactly is the sixth generation machine like?
(1) Super stealth ability. The first is the stealth shape, which has a better aerodynamic layout, and will be sprayed with more advanced radar absorbing coatings, greatly reducing radar reflection signals and infrared thermal signals, making it difficult for opponents to find their traces. It is also speculated that the Sixth Generation will adopt plasma stealth technology. ?
(2) Laser weapons will subvert the air combat mode. The US Air Force proposed to equip fighters with laser gun pods from 202 1, which has a certain dazzling killing ability. In the future, the laser cannons equipped by the sixth generation aircraft will be more powerful and have complete hard killing ability, which can not only intercept incoming air-to-air missiles and air defense missiles, but also attack the fighter planes and ballistic missiles of the other side quietly in the rising stage. Therefore, the future sixth-generation aircraft may also have anti-missile capabilities. ?
(3) Super mobility. In terms of maneuverability, compared with the fifth generation machine, the sixth generation machine can complete some more difficult movements. Due to the variable camber wing and high thrust-to-weight ratio engine, the sixth generation aircraft will be able to show superior maneuverability in subsonic and supersonic flight. Future fighters are super smart. Artificial intelligence will assist the pilot to control the aircraft, and the pilot only needs to make more decisions. This sixth-generation machine with AI can't be defeated by ordinary fifth-generation machines and fourth-generation machines. ?
(4) Hypersonic cruise. The sixth generation fighter of the US military will adopt the shape of double engines and no vertical tail, and the speed will be higher than Mach 5. If the subsonic cruise mode is adopted, its cruising time will be as high as 50 hours and its combat radius will reach tens of thousands of kilometers. If hypersonic cruise mode is adopted, its operational radius will exceed 1600 km. ?
(5) The radar is more powerful. The sixth generation machine will adopt smart skin antenna technology. By embedding antennas, sensors, transmitters, receivers, signal and information processors, radio frequency cables, power cables, electric control cables and temperature control equipment into the aircraft skin, fighters can detect the enemy farther away and find the enemy earlier and more accurately. Network combat capability is more prominent. Through various built-in data links, the Sixth Generation computers will be able to perceive the battlefield situation more comprehensively and collect information from the nodes of land, sea and air. Know yourself and know yourself, and fight every battle? Comprehensive combat capability. ?
Airborne weapons are more advanced. Compared with the current fifth-generation aircraft, the sixth-generation aircraft can not only mount more advanced omni-directional attack missiles, but also be equipped with laser and microwave directed energy weapons for close-range self-defense and can perform various tasks around the clock. By using laser or microwave directed energy weapons, the sixth generation machine can reach a range close to that of the fifth generation machine? Spike. So that the five generations of machines can't be prevented.