As the winter jasmine blossoms and the peach blossoms burst into bloom, February slips by silently and March arrives quietly. Spring is already in full swing in Shangjing. Even though there are still some late spring chills, the eager young people have already begun to shed their bulky winter coats and put on bright spring clothes.
In this beautiful springtime, with flowers blooming, Wu Tong's overall research and development progress was declared complete. The complete design and development plans for the PL-17 air-to-air missile, with a range of 800 kilometers and a speed exceeding Mach 6, and the DF-17 hypersonic missile, with a range of 3,000 kilometers and a speed exceeding Mach 10, were both finalized.
Hypersonic penetration, terminal maneuvering and trajectory change, Qian's trajectory, precision strike range controlled within fifty meters, waverider warhead, from the initial concept, has become a real detailed design. It is truly a complete and mature design that has been tested in physical assembly simulation in her deduction space and can be directly developed and prepared!
"Teacher, Brother Xu, Tao Ran, I'm sorry to trouble you again. I need your cooperation to research and develop new materials!
"Integrate into groups and prepare for experiments. Based on the need for heat resistance, I've developed a metal-based heat-resistant material with tungsten as its core. This is the material research and development plan, and I need your cooperation to tackle the material challenges! Tao Ran, you're familiar with this challenge, so you'll lead the team in conducting experimental verification!" With the plan in place, Wu Tong immediately convened a core team meeting to begin material preparation and verification.
This was the first time that the entire institute worked on metal-based heat-resistant materials, and the institute did not have much experience. While Wu Tong was sorting out the main points of the entire material preparation, he also explained the core of the metal-based heat-resistant materials to the two key players, allowing them to grasp it in their hearts, deeply implement the strategy, and cultivate their own team and principles without wavering.
"Brother, you previously worked on the development of T5 blade materials for single crystal technology. This time, you'll lead the team and conduct experiments in single crystal tungsten preparation!" Wu Tong didn't hesitate to give Ruan Chengxu the assignment. Since they had previously worked on single crystal technology, Brother Xu could take the lead. For now, they would establish two experimental preparation teams, allowing Wu Tong to monitor both teams and address any issues as they arose.
"Brother Xu, does Tao Ran understand everything?" Wu Tong looked at the two people who were entrusted with the important task. Success or failure depends on their management and operation.
"Let's go down and prepare for the experiment!" Tao Ran and Ruan Chengxu took the order and started to carry it out immediately without any hesitation.
Less than a month after the New Year, President Wu had already completed several new material R&D designs. They were truly proud of such achievements and the care he had put into training them. As the pillars of the research institute, they had received such meticulous training, and they must give their all. Wu Tong's training shouldn't go to waste.
After the meeting, Wu Tong stayed to talk. She needed to consult with her professors about external connections. She was never afraid of research, but arranging external liaisons was her weakness. She had risen too quickly, and excelled at independent research. Beyond the senior colleagues with whom she had become familiar through collaborating on projects, she hadn't had much contact with the scientific community, and needed to catch up.
"Teacher, since the beginning of the year, I've been busy with missile upgrades, and things have been going pretty smoothly. With the breakthroughs in the PL-17 air-to-air missile and the DF-17 supersonic long-range ballistic missile, it would be best to work with President Hua on the air-to-air missile project. Who's currently in charge of the DF series?"
"Ballistic missile? Intercontinental ballistic missile?" Cheng Huanan was surprised. Even though he always knew that Wu Tong had a wide range of interests, he was still surprised by Wu Tong's scope every time.
He knew his young apprentice had the ability to develop the PL series of air-to-air missiles, and it was only natural for her to further upgrade it and develop the PL-17. With the successive arrival of two powerful fighters, Wu Tong must have been adding further strength to Kunpeng and Canglong. However, he never expected that Wu Tong would also cross over into another major area and achieve a breakthrough in ballistic missiles.
The difficulty of this wasn't something Wu Tong could describe simply in a few words. Well, perhaps for a young disciple like him, whose abilities transcended human imagination, it really wasn't that difficult.
"Yes, for ballistic missiles, I combined some of the cruise missile's trajectory-changing capabilities and relied on Qian's ballistic diffraction to make the design, taking the best of both. It took me almost a month to break through all the barriers. Brother Xu and Tao Ran are responsible for the W-1 single crystal tungsten material and the new metal-based material W-2, respectively. These are auxiliary materials developed to meet the needs of the new DF-17 hypersonic long-range ballistic missile!" Wu Tong breathed a sigh of relief.
Throughout mid-to-late February, and even the beginning of early March, she was busy preparing for research and development, and finally got it done!
Well, it was not easy. Others had a hard time, taking three to five years, or even ten years to finally achieve a small breakthrough. Wu Tong's was also not easy, achieving two major achievements in just over three weeks and less than a month. Sure enough, this era belongs to the young!
"The DF series is currently being developed primarily by the Second Research Institute under the Aviation Group. The current persons in charge are General Manager Zhu Dingjun and General Manager Hua Yanxing. They are known as the two iron ladies in the missile industry and are also heroines who are as capable as any man!" Cheng Huanan raised his eyebrows and sighed in his heart, then pondered and recalled, and gave Wu Tong an affirmative answer.
He has been active in the materials circle for many years and has been involved in many R&D projects in the aerospace sector. Although he knows all the information in this circle by heart, he is quite familiar with it.
"These are all confidential units. Contact Chu's department and have them act as intermediaries and make the necessary introductions!" Cheng Huanan instructed Wu Tong. The young apprentice's achievements were astonishing, and a top-down approach was the fastest way to advance the project. If they were to go through the process on their own, they might not be ignored, but at the very least, the level of cooperation would definitely prevent Wu Tong from taking the lead.
Although he hadn't seen the DF-17's design yet, Cheng Huanan had witnessed many of its achievements firsthand and was convinced that Wu Tong's work was anything but ordinary, so he offered her direct and sincere advice. In a scientific research project, only by taking full control could the project proceed according to her vision.
"Okay, teacher, I will contact Director Chu later to coordinate!" Wu Tong nodded. She thought so too. However, Wu Tong did not think it was that complicated. Instead, once there were results, Wu Tong was used to reporting to Director Chu and arranging the project progress.
These two projects, judging by the appearance, are two large projects that must be approved. Minister Chu must be informed so that he has room to prepare. We also hope that the scientific research department will allocate funds!
The little money in her institute's account is enough for starting material research and development temporarily, but it is just a drop in the bucket to support the development of these two major projects.
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