If I'm reading this right, the article is about Mr. Zhao from Chengdu receiving a commendation for his work on a networked management system (?) for an important new aircraft. Specifically, an extensive high-speed communications network (?) encompassing flight control, avionics, and mission control (?) within the overal safety-critical system (?).
Looks like one of the twenty flying wing drones being pitched.Again something strange .. Anyone with idea what's this??
Posted by LKJ86/PDF in the "China Civil Aviation" section, but IMO looks more like an UCAV than a civil project?
(Image via @航空工业气动院 from Weixin)
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Hypersonic missile is what the front of the object looks like. Behind it is the rocket it is attached to.
That isnt a rocket. It is a model support or .
There was an unmanned flying wing transport concept as well.
The rest of the class must hate class reunions...I've tracked down the . This is not a civilian project. The explanation accompanying the photo says the following:
So, it would seem the model is a Shenyang project.
Interestingly, Zhao Xia was a classmate of both Yang Wei (designer of J-10, J-20, etc.) and Tang Changhong (designer of Y-20 and JH-7A). All three were in the "class of 5381" at Northwest Industrial University; that class was dubbed the best aviation class in history. Yang Wei and Tang Changhong were also dorm mates. Below is an image of class 5381, dated July 12, 1982.
Maybe some of their classmates are working under them now.I've tracked down the . This is not a civilian project. The explanation accompanying the photo says the following:
So, it would seem the model is a Shenyang project.
Interestingly, Zhao Xia was a classmate of both Yang Wei (designer of J-10, J-20, etc.) and Tang Changhong (designer of Y-20 and JH-7A). All three were in the "class of 5381" at Northwest Industrial University; that class was dubbed the best aviation class in history. Yang Wei and Tang Changhong were also dorm mates. Below is an image of class 5381, dated July 12, 1982.
