The Phalcon early warning aircraft is an early warning aircraft jointly developed by David Aircraft Company and its subsidiary ELLA Company in the late 1980s. The aircraft was modified from a Boeing 707 transport aircraft. Phalcon's English name is the phased radar of the aircraft.

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Abbreviation for Radar.

This system was designed starting in 1987. In the development of active phased array radar, David was also at the forefront. They directly modified a Boeing 707. Of course, this work is long and has been

In May 1993, this advanced airborne early warning aircraft, whose performance far exceeded that of the E-2C and E-3A, finally made its first flight.

Developing such a system must be expensive. Therefore, after the David Kingdom completed it, they hoped to sell it as soon as possible and sell it for money. This is also an inevitable choice for military research and development. Only by selling it and making money can they continue to invest.

Funds for research and development.

Across the world, there are many people who have this need, but very few have the financial resources.

The economy in the East has developed, so if you grit your teeth, you can still purchase Falcon. After all, modern warfare cannot be without the support of early warning aircraft.

This is no longer a cooperation between the two parties. Mr. Wang and others have been here several times and have seen the Falcon early warning aircraft. Now they mainly accompany Qin Tao.

Qin Tao was in high spirits.

"Actually, it is most suitable to modify it with a passenger aircraft, but it's a pity that we can't. When we have our own large passenger aircraft in the future, everything will be easier." Qin Tao looked at the portholes on both sides of the Falcon early warning aircraft and couldn't help but sigh.

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Modifying an early warning aircraft requires a large aircraft as a platform. Western countries generally choose passenger aircraft for improvement.

As an evergreen tree of international passenger aircraft, the Boeing 707 has also undergone a large number of modifications. Whether it is an early warning aircraft, a tanker, or an electronic warfare aircraft, it all has the shadow of Boeing.

However, it cannot be used in the East.

Dongfang has a large number of passenger aircraft, but they are all for civilian use. There was an agreement when they were introduced and they must not be used for military purposes. Therefore, the first problem when building early warning aircraft domestically is the lack of suitable modification platforms.

"Our Falcon system uses a Boeing 707 airliner, which is the same as the E-3, but it has an advanced radar system. A total of six L-band phased array radars are installed on it, which can not only detect the aircraft, but also

It can also detect small targets such as cruise missiles. For targets the size of fighter jets, the search distance is close to 400 kilometers, and it can also handle hundreds of targets at the same time."

Kaz introduced to everyone.

In fact, everyone already knows these data, but I mainly want to introduce them to Qin Tao.

Katz didn't know why Qin Tao came here among the Oriental Early Warning Aircraft inspection group, but he knew that Qin Tao had great energy and must do a good job in reception.

"Yes, it is indeed good, but this installation method will form a certain blind spot at the tail of the aircraft, right?" Qin Tao asked.

"This blind spot is very small. Compared with the Swedish balance beam, our blind spot is almost negligible," Katz said.

It is not only the Kingdom of David that develops active phased array radar early warning aircraft, but the Kingdom of David was the first to develop it, and it is a large-scale strategic early warning aircraft.

Sweden is also a major country in the military industry. The early warning aircraft they build are unique: a "wood" is supported on the top of the medium-sized aircraft. This shape can also reduce the resistance during flight. However, the 60-degree front and rear are blind spots.

, flying the S route to reduce blind spots, this design can be considered unique.

"We don't compare with the balance beam, we need to compare with the E-3." Qin Tao said: "The design of this aircraft cannot satisfy us. We need to have an early warning aircraft with a large plate on the top."

Kaz frowned.

The two parties have been in contact several times, and the David Aircraft Company has told Dongfang the detailed data. This time Dongfang came here to sign the contract. Who would have thought that such a change would occur?

"Mr. Lin, what do you think?" Qin Tao looked at Mr. Lin, who had been silent.

"Is this big plate important?" Mr. Lin asked.

"Of course it's important. Haven't your Air Force done any research?" The two began to sing a double act.

"We have done some research, but since Falcon has made the layout in front of us, maybe..."

"That's because the national conditions are different." Qin Tao said: "Look at the land area of ​​the Kingdom of David and how much land area we have? During the war, the early warning aircraft of the Kingdom of David can fly directly over their territory, butt

Facing a safe place, or even flying to the sea, we can monitor the movement of the target. What about us? Our country is so vast, we must have an early warning aircraft that can perfectly cover the entire airspace. There cannot be any blind spots, otherwise there will be a war.

At the same time, if the opponent flies from behind us and attacks us, our precious early warning aircraft will be destroyed!"

Mr. Lin thought about it carefully, and then nodded seriously: "Yes, we must not make this kind of mistake, Mr. Katz, we need an early warning aircraft with a large plate!"

Kaz's face looked ugly.

"It's getting late, let's meet again tomorrow to discuss the order," Mr. Lin said.

order!

This news made Katz very excited, but the way he asked for a big plate made Katz really embarrassed.

The visitors from the East went to the hotel to rest, and Katz reported to the company leaders and relevant experts in the company's conference room.

"How is this possible?" Radar engineer Omri Afiq immediately objected: "We have no relevant development experience at all, only the United States and Da Mao have. Moreover, after the collapse of the Red Empire, Da Mao also lost this ability.

There is no way we can order radomes from the United States for them to use!"

Why do they want to build an early warning aircraft with a big nose and big cheeks? It’s not because they themselves are too scared to develop that kind of radome, so they simply use the characteristics of phased array radar to simplify the design. Now, the Orientals actually want a big dish

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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! They can make the radar antenna inside, but they cannot make the radome outside.

Don’t underestimate such a radome. After the electromagnetic wave passes through the radome, it must be completely and evenly scanned 360 degrees, and its thickness must gradually change according to different electromagnetic waves. At the same time, the wind resistance, pressure resistance, and loss rate of the entire radome must also be the highest.

It is not easy to design according to the standards. It is much more difficult than the radome of a fighter jet!

"Even if we can make a radome, it's impossible to solve the matching problem between the airframe and the radome. That big plate will cause huge aerodynamic problems." Another person said.

To add a large plate, the aircraft must be modified, otherwise, the maneuverability will be seriously reduced, and even threaten the safety of the aircraft itself!

Their IAI company doesn't have that capability.

"I think the related work will be left to the Easterners. We are only responsible for installing the equipment!" Finally, Boaz, the head of the Davidic Aircraft Company, spoke.

"Orientals, can they solve it?"

Afiq was a little worried: "What if they can't solve the problem and then stop cooperating with us? This is a contract worth hundreds of millions!"

"They have no choice but to cooperate with us. After all, they do not have the ability to develop early warning aircraft. Looking at the world, only we can provide them with qualified early warning aircraft radar equipment." Boaz said.

This is indeed true. There are few countries in the world that can independently develop early warning aircraft. Even the United Kingdom has given up its own research and purchased E-3 early warning aircraft directly from the United States.

Orientals have no other choice!

"If we put the radar antenna into a large plate, we still need to modify the software, but this technical difficulty is not very difficult." Afiq said: "We are confident that it can be completed within three years."

"Let's give it four years. We have to leave enough time to avoid defaulting on the contract," Boaz said.

Everyone nodded.

In this world, the shrewdest businessman is of course David. They will never make any mistakes in business, and this business is the same.

"That Mr. Qin is very powerful and always likes to deceive others. We must be more careful in our negotiations with them," Boaz continued.

"Sneeze!" Qin Tao sneezed.

"This season is really not suitable for coming to the beach."

This was Qin Tao's first visit to the Kingdom of David, and since the Air Force provided travel expenses, he was not polite. Of course, he wanted to walk around, especially the beach.

The seaside here is also a very famous tourist destination, and there will be many boldly dressed women to feast your eyes on. Who would have thought that this is the wrong time of the year.

Although this place has a Mediterranean climate, it is still winter after all, and the outside temperature is only a dozen degrees, so no one comes here to show off their bikinis. The beach is deserted, except for a few soldiers with live ammunition.

can not see.

The sunset shines on the beach, and the scenery is quite nice.

"Yes, Mr. Qin, let's go back." Xu Zhengyang said to Qin Tao, "This is not a place suitable for you."

Qin Tao nodded: "Okay, let's not cause trouble for the security personnel. It's true that Mossad didn't send an agent to get close to me. It's boring."

Xu Zhengyang was speechless for a while. Everyone was worried about your safety. Unexpectedly, you actually wanted to use yourself as bait to catch a Mossad agent? Aren't you looking for trouble?

"However, they will definitely install a listening device in our residence, so that's good, we can lay the groundwork first."

the next day.

"After careful study, we believe that the early warning aircraft plan proposed by you will significantly increase our development time. In order to ensure our development progress, we recommend that you carry out the modification of the aircraft body and you will be responsible for it.

Install the radome, backup generators, cooling systems, etc. We will install the radar equipment."

It was still Katz who spoke, and he was the main representative responsible for the negotiations.

"If that's the case, I hope you can lower the price." Mr. Lin said: "According to the previous modification plan, you gave a quotation of 250 million US dollars. Now that the modification of the airframe is entrusted to us,

, can the modification cost be reduced to 200 million?"

The Falcon that I inspected before had a big nose and big cheeks, and David Aircraft Company could directly modify it. Now that it is required to be a large-scale model, the modification unit has also changed, and of course the price has to change accordingly.

"We can reduce it by one million dollars, and those modifications don't cost much at all. What we sell are mainly the most advanced active phased array radar systems in the world, and these are the most critical." Katz said.

"How much does it cost to modify it? Then we won't bother, just fly over the Il-76 and you can modify it." Qin Tao said: "We don't have to do our own research just to save a million dollars."

"But this will extend our construction period."

"How much can it be extended? Can half a year be enough? A simple radome, half a year is enough, right?" Qin Tao said, "We can afford to wait."
To be continued...