Recently, an article about the J-35 was published in China's "Shipborne Weapons" magazine, which mentioned the two-seater version of the J-35 for the first time, which also means that the J-35 may be upgraded, and China will develop the world's first carrier-based fifth-generation Half fighter.
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The development history of J-35
The development of the J-35 is relatively bumpy. Shen Fei originally planned to build the FC-31 into an export-oriented twin-engine medium-sized stealth fighter.
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Therefore, based on the development needs of the Chinese aircraft carrier battle group, on the basis of the FC-31, it has been upgraded to become the J-35, and it must be built into an aircraft carrier-based fighter that can compete with the US F35.
Unlike the J-20, the design adopts a conventional aerodynamic layout with a single seat (one pilot), twin engines (two turbofan engines), clam-type air intakes, and double outer inclined fixed vertical tail fins. The J-35 has a swept-back trailing edge Type vertical tail, the top of the trailing edge is also chamfered, while retaining the design of the two vertical tails far apart.
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The J-35 adopts a twin-engine design that is more suitable for carrier-based aircraft to fly and operate at sea. In the future, the J-35 will be replaced with a turbofan-19 with greater thrust, which will surpass the F35 series fighters in terms of total thrust.
Loyal Wingman Mode
Why do you say that the development of the J-35 two-seater version will be a five-and-a-half-generation fighter? Because it has the function of the sixth generation fighter - loyal wingman mode.
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In air-to-air combat, the tactical coordination between the lead plane and the wingman will evolve into the lead plane commanding the wingman remotely and waiting for an opportunity to supplement strikes.
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Therefore, the J-35 two-seater version with the functions of the sixth-generation fighter will become the world's first carrier-based fifth-generation and a half fighter.
Naval warfare will undergo major changes
Aircraft carrier UAV recovery technology is one of its key technologies.
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The two-seat version of the J-35 can extend the combat range of the aircraft carrier strike group to thousands of kilometers in the loyal wingman mode.
In the loyal wingman mode, the UAV shares the brain with the J-35 rear cockpit. Adding synthetic aperture radar and various photoelectric monitoring equipment to the UAV can expand the field of view of the J-35 two-seater version by thousands of times.
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We also look forward to the early release of the two-seater version of the J-35. With the experience of the J-20AS, the progress of the two-seater version of the J-35 will be faster.
