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Mondo Military Updated on 2024-01-31

In the past two days, a low-visibility livery two-seat J-20 fighter has been set up on the Internet. This shows that the two-seat J-20 has been handed over to the Air Force for test use, or is about to be delivered to combat units for service. There are various theories on the Internet about the significance of the two-seat version of the J-20, and today we look at this incident from the perspective of the development of the world's leading fighter jet.

If the J-20S is born for loyal wingmen, it means that the Chinese industry has created a new era of fighters. The Russian Su-57 did not have a two-seater before, and the American F-22 and F-35 did not.

Some people who admire American technology may say that the F-35 and F-22 can use artificial intelligence-assisted piloting technology, isn't it redundant for two-seater fighters?

The F-22 is a fighter that was put into service decades ago, and it is impossible to develop a two-seater, which is really nothing to say, that is, the United States does not have this capability. However, is it true that the F-35 does not need a two-seater?Of course not, most likely not.

The reason why the rear cockpit of the J-20S is so low fully proves that the best fighter has another purpose for arranging a cockpit without destroying the performance. Moreover, in the era of loyal wingmen, it is impossible for you to replace the back-seat pilot with autopilot technology, which is likely to become the US Air Force also lagging behind China in the loyal wingman program.

In the past two days, it has been proved that the two designs of the Chinese workers have foresight. First of all, the sixth-generation fighter concept sketch released by Lockheed Martin in the United States proved that NGAD will most likely adopt a manned two-seat design.

And Russia is progressing faster than the United States in this regard, because the documents submitted by the Russian United Aviation Manufacturing Corporation to the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property show that the Russian side has completed the design patent for the Su-57 two-seater.

The two-seater version of the Su-57 is basically the same as the single-seat version in service, and it is difficult to understand how the Russian military industry is dealing with the increase in radar reflection area caused by the increase in the rear seat. According to the Russians, the major advancement of the two-seater Su-57 is the use of AI-powered pilot-cockpit engagement, sophisticated communication systems, and the ability to integrate with the loyal wingman S-70 Hunter unmanned fighter aircraft.

According to the progress of the Su-57 project and the pull of the Russian military industry, we can optimistically expect that it will take at least 10 years for Russia to obtain a two-seater Su-57 that can truly command loyal wingmen. As for the NGAD of the American company Loma, if we still develop a single-seat aircraft first, we may have to wait 20 years when we see a two-seat ** fighter.

What does this mean?China in the two-seat fighter and UAV cooperation operations, can be ahead of Russia 10 years, ahead of the United States 20 years for technology accumulation, the so-called "one step ahead" may be "step by step", you think about China's technical reserves in the field of UAVs, the probability will be in the era of loyal wingmen in the world aviation military industry power ahead.

One might say, why didn't the United States develop a two-seater on the basis of the F-35?Don't forget, the F-35 is not just called Lightning, but fat electricity, and its stealth performance is an order of magnitude lower than that of the F-22 and J-20. The F-35 already has a very bad supersonic flight performance, and another two-seater type will inevitably lead to an increase in the body structure and a further decline in stealth performance.

In fact, if you know about the F-35 project, you will understand that the biggest problem of this ** fighter is insufficient engine power supply capacity and insufficient refrigeration capacity, and the latest batch was rejected by the Danish and US Air Forces. The U.S. Air Force has long regarded Loma as a vampire because of the high cost of using the F-35, and may not want this company to develop another two-seater fighter full of problems.

Although the United States may also use the F-15EX to command loyal wingmen, it will become a live target because it is not stealth. We can only say that the US aviation and military industry is really going to lag behind, in the era of loyal wingmen, only in the field of two-seat ** fighters will lag behind China by about 20 years, whether you accept it or not, this is a fact.

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