智邦网
2021-1-27 智邦网
编译 致远
据Flightglobal网1月26日报道
日本防卫省称三棱重工的F-X未来战机项目中，连通性至关重要。
防卫省强调，预计在三十年代取代三棱重工F-2多用途战机的该型飞机能将时敏瞄准信息移交给其他平台，能实现与目标交战。其高度隐身性是关键，可确保其生存能力。
防卫省称“为确保在2035年左右的’空中优势’，有可能实现一种新的战斗方式，而这种战斗方式目前在任何国家都没有实现”。指出到2020年，日本拥有309架战机，其中只有17架是五代飞机。
经过多年开发工作，F-X项目越来越受青睐。2020年12月下旬，洛克希德公司被选中与三棱重工合作开展该项目。
2020年12月，日本在2021财年预算中为F-X项目拨款576亿日元（5.55亿美元），包括发动机设计在内的持续设计工作。
明确拨款49亿日元用于开发F-X，15亿日元被指定用于研究与F-X一起作战的无人机，41亿日元用于日本和英国之间正在开展的先进雷达技术联合研究工作。
这些费用是创纪录的5.34万亿日元国防预算的一部分。
Tokyo sees advanced networks as key for air warfare in 2035
Tokyo has reiterated the critical importance of connectivity in its developmental Mitsubishi F-X future fighter programme.
In a programme update on its website, Japan’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) says that the F-X will operate as part of an “unprecedented large-capacity high-speed network” to collaborate with other F-X jets, unmanned loyal wingmen, and US forces.
In addition, it reiterates that the aircraft, to replace the Mitsubishi F-2 in the 2030s, will be able to hand-off timely targeting information to other platforms, allowing them to engage targets.
It also maintains that it is key for the F-X to have a high degree of stealth, thus ensuring survivability.
“In order to secure ’air superiority’ in the world around 2035, it is possible to realise a new way of fighting that has not been realised in any country at the present time,” says the MoD.
The MoD provides comparative figures for fifth-generation fleets, noting that in 2020 Japan had 309 combat aircraft, of which only 17 were fifth-generation aircraft. It estimates that Beijing had 1,080 combat aircraft in 2020, of which 22 were fifth-generation jets. In recent years, the Japan Air Self-Defence Force has been inducting the Lockheed Martin F-35, while the People’s Liberation Army Air Force has been deploying the Chengdu J-20.
After years of development work, including the X-2 demonstration aircraft, the F-X programme is gaining traction. In late December 2020, Lockheed was selected to work with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on the programme.
December 2020 also saw Y57.6 billion ($555 million) earmarked for F-X work in the fiscal year starting 1 April 2021. This will cover continued design work, including engine design.
In addition, Y4.9 billion was earmarked to develop the F-X’s mission system, and Y1.5 billion for research into unmanned combat air vehicles that are envisaged as operating alongside the F-X. Finally, Y4.1 billion was dedicated to a joint research effort between Japan and the UK that is exploring advanced radar technology.
The commitment was part of a record Y5.34 trillion defence budget, which has a clear focus on countering military advances in China.
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