Chapter 76: You haven't even built an aircraft carrier yet, but you're already building a fifth-generation carrier-based aircraft? Laboratory promotion rules!
Plans unfolded rapidly in his mind.

"I should go ask Lucy about the situation tomorrow," Lu Ze thought to himself.

As a graduate student, he will graduate and return to China in less than two years. Now that he has no worries, his top priority is to upgrade the level of his laboratory so that he can have access to more high-level technological items.

The higher the employee level, the more he can get access to Japanese food such as "Fatty" and "Little Boy".

Even if one could reach the authority of an A-level employee, wouldn't he even be able to access the Ford-class aircraft carrier that is currently being developed by the Eagle Sauce?
If they could bring back the full set of technology and a physical aircraft carrier, Lu Ze couldn't even imagine what a beautiful scene that would be.

In the Northern Province of Daxia, at the 601 Institute, an internal emergency meeting is being held.

"Why do we have to have a meeting suddenly? What happened?"

"I still have to continue ground testing. Isn't this just a waste of time?"

"Why aren't there any Jiang people? Why are there no people from his meeting?"

"And this meeting is of a high level. You're not even allowed to bring any communication equipment?"

Several middle-aged men, most of whom looked to be in their 40s or 50s, started a discussion in the conference room.

They were all team leaders of various R&D groups, and were notified by Jiang Dingqian early in the morning to attend a secret meeting.

Now is the critical moment in the development of the J-15 carrier-based aircraft. It would be strange if they would be happy to be suddenly called over.

Just as they were complaining.

Jiang Dingqian strode in, holding a stack of documents and an encrypted USB flash drive in his hand. He flew back from Xia Ke Institute overnight with the information.

"Okay, the meeting is about to begin. Everyone check if you have any electronic devices on you."

After confirmation, he directly turned on the strongest level of signal interference shielding.

"Old Jiang, what happened?" An old man who looked to be nearly 60 years old asked with a confused look on his face.

As the person in charge of the fuselage and aerodynamic layout, he has the best relationship with Jiang Dingqian on a daily basis.

Not only him, this is also the doubt of everyone at the moment.

This level of confidentiality is unprecedented in recent years. What kind of meeting is this that requires such a high level of confidentiality?
Staring at everyone, Jiang Dingqian announced a piece of news: "Everyone, our J-15 project may have to be cancelled and shelved!"

Cancel the J-15 project?

"What exactly happened? Why is the J-15 project being cancelled all of a sudden?"

"Our J-15 is about to make its maiden flight, but why is it cancelled now? What do the higher-ups want to do?"

"In a year at most, this project will be successfully developed! Lao Jiang, we cannot agree to this at all!"

For a moment, the entire conference room seemed to be in an uproar.

You know, the entire J-15 carrier-based aircraft project has been under development for several years and is about to enter the final stage of the first flight of the prototype verification, which means it is only one step away from success.

How much effort did the entire 601 Institute spend?

Isn't it a joke to put the project on hold at this time?

"Did those bastards from the 611 Institute submit some new plan to their superiors?" The older man just now thought of something.

Hearing this, a research and development team leader nearby couldn't sit still: "Damn it, I'm going to Sichuan to fight with Lao Song's BYD!"

The only thing left for their 601 Institute is the J-15 project. Are they going to snatch it away?

How can you snatch food from a tiger's mouth like this?

Seeing these people excited, Jiang Dingqian asked curiously, "Did I say that the carrier-based aircraft project was snatched away by the 611 Institute?"

"Isn't it?" Everyone was confused.

"The J-15 project has been shelved because our 601 Institute wants to develop better carrier-based aircraft." Jiang Dingqian suddenly smiled.

"We are going to develop the fifth-generation carrier-based aircraft, the J-35 carrier-based aircraft!" (FC-31)

Hear the words.

Everyone present had confusion and disbelief written all over their faces, and the expressions they made when they looked at Jiang Dinggan were even more intriguing.

"Old Jiang, are you feeling provoked?"

A somewhat rude middle-aged man curled his lips and said, "Our Varyag aircraft carrier has not been modified yet, and you want to build the J-35? You are thinking too far ahead."

The aircraft carrier hasn't even been put into service yet, and you want to directly use fifth-generation aircraft for your carrier-based aircraft?
This is simply like you want to take off on the spot before you even learn how to run.

Jiang Dingqian was unconvinced and said, "Why? Their 611 Research Institute can build the J-20, but we can't build the J-35?"

Someone nearby retorted: "The J-20 is a heavy air superiority aircraft. How can we compare it like that? Can that thing even be put on an aircraft carrier?"

Jiang Dingqian glared at him and said, "Do you think this technology can be used to build the J-35?"

Without waiting for their reply, he directly pressed the switch of the projector.

A line of headings appeared on the screen.

【Titanium alloy frame and wing-body integrated manufacturing technology.】

【Gallium arsenide component avionics technology..】

"Hmm, Gallium Arsenide components? Which radar research institute came up with this?"

"An integrated iron alloy frame? Can our 30,000-ton die forging press make it?"

"This forging technology is pretty good. Once the 80,000-ton die forging press at the Second Heavy Industries is built, it should be able to come in handy."

"Old Jiang, you want to build the J-35 with just these two technologies? Isn't it a bit early?"

Several R&D team leaders expressed their opinions on this.

It can be made, but only a little.

To build a fifth-generation carrier-based aircraft, much more technology is required than this.

however.

"Then this technology cannot be used to develop fifth-generation carrier-based aircraft?"

After Jiang Dingqian finished speaking, the projector refreshed once again.

【New super-large thrust engine technology! 】

[Total thrust: 191KN Military thrust without afterburner: 128KN]

【.】

Looking at the lines of data and detailed descriptions above, the entire audience fell into a long stagnation.

There was a sudden surge of shock in my heart, as if a huge surprise had fallen from the sky.

"Where did this engine technology come from? Isn't this performance too outrageous?"

"If there is such engine technology, I think it will be no problem to develop the fifth-generation carrier-based aircraft." "It still doesn't work. You forgot that we are a carrier-based aircraft. How can the Varyag withstand the take-off and landing requirements of the fifth-generation aircraft?"

“That’s true.”

For a moment, the hopes that had just risen up in many people dimmed again.

After all, the J-15 is an improvement over the Su-33 and J-11. Who among them doesn't want to develop a fifth-generation carrier-based aircraft?
However, when it comes to carrier-based aircraft, the first thing to consider is not their own performance, but whether they can be used on an aircraft carrier.

Even after the current modification, the deck of the Varyag aircraft carrier cannot withstand the take-off and landing requirements of such fighter jets. Are you planning to return for maintenance every few months?
Is this still an aircraft carrier?

However, this feeling of loss did not last long.

"Who said there's no way to get on board?"

Jiang Dingqian glanced at everyone and said, "Why don't we develop a vertical take-off and landing version of the J-35?"

After that, a brand new technology was displayed on the projector screen.

【New super-large thrust engine technology! 】

[Maximum thrust: 182KN Military thrust without afterburner: 120KN]

[Total hovering thrust: 180kn Main engine hovering thrust: 83kn, lift fan: 83KN, roll control nozzle: 14.6KN]

Everyone's eyes widened when they saw this technology, and their heads were buzzing as they sat in their chairs.

This aircraft engine actually has a vertical take-off and landing version? Doesn't that mean it can even be used on amphibious assault ships?

As for aircraft carriers, that is naturally not a problem at all.

Old Jiang would never use these technologies to joke with them, does that mean?

This is real!

They could naturally see that this engine was obviously the F135 engine of the Eagle Sauce, and even the vertical take-off and landing version was the F35-B, while the carrier-based version was the F35-C.

But so what? Who cares about such trivial issues as where technology comes from?
They are R&D workers, not intelligence personnel. As long as the technology is real, isn't that enough?

"We want to build the J-35!"

"It will definitely work this time. Our 601 Institute is going to build the fifth-generation carrier-based aircraft!" Everyone said excitedly with red faces and thick necks.

Being surpassed by the 611 Research Institute that we cultivated, others are now developing the J-20, but we are still making imitations of the J-15. Who can feel good about this?
This time, we must build the J-35 to bring honor to the entire 601 Institute!

As for the J-15? Not familiar with it, they really are not familiar with it.

When it was late at night in Daxia.

It's still ten o'clock in the morning in California, inside the LLNL laboratory.

Still in the rest area of ​​the main laboratory building, two "big Buddhas" sat on the sofa as still as a mountain.

"Lucy, do you have a poor appetite today?" Lu Ze asked with some concern.

He glanced at the food piled in front of Lucy. How come there were only two Big Macs, a serving of French fries and three egg tarts?

Not right.

This is really too little. Is she sick? How come she eats less than half of her usual amount?

"The vacation is less than three weeks. It's really too short." Lucy lay on the table, like a salted fish without dreams.

Listening to her complaints, Lu Ze finally understood.

After learning about the laboratory's holiday arrangements for graduate students, Lucy expressed serious dissatisfaction with the short vacation.

After all, compared to the two or three-month summer and winter vacations she had in college, doesn’t this mean she has no vacation at all?
Lu Ze couldn't help but laugh and said, "We are lucky to have a summer vacation. Most labs don't have a summer vacation at all."

If the laboratory and supervisor do not want you, as an intern graduate student, to take a holiday, then you will have to stay in the laboratory during Christmas and the New Year, not to mention the summer vacation. This is a universal rule in all universities around the world.

"I want to go to Daxia with you during the summer vacation. How can such a short vacation be enough?"

Lucy said with some resentment: "Aren't pandas in Sichuan? Shouldn't I be able to see them?"

She remembered that Lu Ze's hometown was thousands of kilometers away from Sichuan and Shu. Adding the various flights and the time difference, it would take several days to get there.

Even if she could barely travel around Sichuan, there would definitely not be enough time to visit other attractions. She was also very interested in the murals in Mogao Grottoes.

She finally got the chance to travel to Daxia with Lu Ze to explore the cultural relics, only to be told that the vacation time was not enough?

How could she eat this?
"Just for this." Lu Ze said with a frown: "Who told you that pandas are only found in Sichuan?"

"what???"

"We also have a panda house in the zoo in Northwest Province. There's definitely enough time."

"Really? That's great, remember to take me with you to Daxia when the time comes." Lucy's eyes lit up.

As long as she can see the pandas, she doesn’t care whether it is in Sichuan or not.

You know, when the panda named "Meilan" was born in the Atlanta Zoo a few years ago, she was directly elected as the "Person of the Year" of Time Magazine in 06. Millions of people watched her birth online, and the waiting time for tickets was one year later.

Even now, more than two years have passed, and tickets are still hard to come by.

If Atlanta wasn't more than 4,000 kilometers away from the Bay Area, Lucy herself would have been among those frantically scrambling for tickets.

Just as she heard the good news and her appetite was whetted, she was ready to eat like crazy.

"Lucy, do you know the rules for promoting employees in the laboratory?" Lu Ze looked at her and finally asked the question in his mind.

"Laboratory promotion rules?"

Lucy ate her ice cream and tilted her head thoughtfully: "If you want to be promoted from D-level to C-level, it's very simple. The years of work experience, the number of papers published, etc. can all allow you to be promoted smoothly."

Level D can only be said to be a formal employee, while Level C is similar to an intern researcher at the Daxia Academy of Sciences and has initially entered the scientific research position of the LLNL laboratory.

"As for B-level, the requirements are the number of SCI Zone 1 and Zone 2 papers published, breakthroughs in scientific research, more than ten years of laboratory work, etc. As for promotion to A-level, a joint review by the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Energy is required."

Generally speaking, most of the R&D personnel in the laboratory will stop at the B-level authority. Entering the A-level employee level is similar to the second or third level title of senior researcher in Daxia. As for the first-level researcher, they are basically academicians of the two academies.

"For example, the papers you published at Duke University can actually be promoted to C grade."

"I understand." Lu Ze nodded.

It would not be too difficult for him to be promoted to C grade or B grade. For him, a time traveler more than ten years later, wouldn't it be easy for him to publish a few meaningless SCI Zone II papers like he did before at DUKE University?
They are even able to publish papers that are difficult to distinguish between true and false, just like shameless South Korea and India in later generations. This is a very common problem in the scientific research community. For example, the proportion of fake or fictitious papers in the field of neuroscience exceeds 30%, and there are even Nobel Prize winners in the medical field who got their prizes through fraud.

After thinking this through, he finally knew what to do next.

'How about publishing some papers related to hydrogen energy vehicles?'

"Those empty papers on space-based weapons seem pretty good. Wasn't this something that the Eagles had proposed before? Isn't it time for them to implement it now?" Lu Ze thought to himself.

If this really leads the Eagle Sauce down a path of no return, then his efforts will not be in vain.

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