Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 1470 Building a multi-purpose airborne platform

Hearing Jiang Chen's words, everyone turned to look at Mr. Cui.Cui Lao thought for a while and then said to Jiang Chen: "If the engine problem is really solved, then there is no problem for this airliner to complete its first flight before the end of next year. Now in order to speed up the development of this transport aircraft , let it guarantee its first flight before the end of the year. Our strength and resources will be tilted towards the transport plane, so the passenger plane can only be temporarily stopped. Of course, this is just a conservative estimate. If everything goes well, It may be the fall of next year at the earliest, and our airliner will be able to make its first flight."

Hearing this, Jiang Chen nodded and said, "Okay, with these two planes, it means that we have really started to enter the aviation field. Finally, we can produce one, no, two of our own things. This plays a vital role in the development of our aviation manufacturing industry."

"Hahahaha,,," everyone laughed.It can be seen that they are also very happy about the upcoming successful development of these two aircrafts.

Afterwards, Jiang Chen had an in-depth exchange of views with Mr. Lu and Mr. Cui on some aspects of the two planes.As for Jiang Chen, he also tried his best to tell his future generations what he saw and heard, or some things about this aspect, so that they could also be inspired.For example, what Jiang Chen proposed is to turn the transport plane into an airborne platform.Various equipment can be added according to different tasks or different combat objects.For example, this type of tanker, electronic warfare aircraft, patrol aircraft, early warning aircraft, anti-submarine aircraft, and so on.

Of course, this airliner can also be modified accordingly.Although foreign engines cannot be used, it is also possible to install your own propeller aircraft.Moreover, this airliner can also serve as an air platform for various missions, and can also be modified accordingly, such as electronic warfare aircraft, patrol aircraft, early warning aircraft, anti-submarine aircraft, and even refueling aircraft.And foreign countries have already had successful experience in this regard, that is, they have been modified accordingly on the basis of civil aviation airliners.Moreover, compared with transportation models, passenger planes have great advantages as an airborne platform, the biggest advantage of which is that they have a longer range and are more fuel-efficient.

As for the airliner, Jiang Chen also put forward many suggestions.For example, this airliner can be divided into various models from low to high, which is convenient for users to choose.For example, ordinary models, which are no different from ordinary airliners, are of normal layout and are also mainstream models.The lower ones are low-end aircraft, or cheap airliners. Although the model is the same, the cabin layout is also very different.The business class and first-class cabins on ordinary passenger planes have been cancelled, and all of them are set as ordinary cabins, thereby increasing the number of passengers, and the maximum number of passengers can reach 110.Of course, as a cheap airliner, it will not be too particular about the interior, but use general interior materials, so as the cost decreases, the price will also decrease.

The higher one is a business jet, which reduces the number of seats, thereby increasing the comfort in the cabin.In terms of interior, there will also be upgrades and improvements, basically reaching the level of business class.And then a higher level, that is the private jet.This is also a market that Jiang Chen wants to develop. You must know that the profits of private jets are huge.The most famous of them should be Gulfstream, which developed by making private jets, so that it can compete with the two major aircraft manufacturing giants in the field of private jets.

As for this kind of private jet, all of them adopt the private customization mode, and customers can make corresponding requirements and arrangements for the interior of the plane according to their own needs.Moreover, you can also hire a dedicated designer to help them design accordingly.The manufacturer makes corresponding changes according to the requirements of customers, so as to produce aircraft that meet the requirements of each customer.Under such a model, although the cost will increase very high, the profit will definitely be very rich.You know, private jets like this in later generations are the best match for the rich.So for the rich, what does more money have to do with less money?Moreover, it is better to make money from the rich than to make money from the people.

These whimsical ideas of Jiang Chen naturally aroused great interest from everyone.This made everyone admire and be curious about Jiang Chen. They really don't know how his brain grows.There are so many things coming out, I want to take a look at them.And what Jiang Chen didn't expect was that he was pestered by so many scientific researchers and asked questions.Jiang Chen didn't get away until night.

After returning to the company, Jiang Chen started to arrange this matter.After discussing with Dongzi and Fatty, Jiang Chen and the others finally decided that Fatty should be responsible for this matter.After all, it is Fatty who mainly deals with foreign countries. He is more familiar with Western companies and the environment, so it is most appropriate for him to come forward.However, he is only in charge of business negotiations.As for the technical field, the person sent by the aviation industry development leading group is in charge.But this time, Mr. Lu and the others also attached great importance to this matter.In addition to sending Zhicheng who is in charge of specific matters to participate, Mr. Du himself is free to lead the team and is responsible for technical checks.

After Jiang Chen and the others released the news, many aircraft engine manufacturers were very interested in it, and they also actively contacted Jiang Chen and the others.Among the most important manufacturers, there are four in total.Among them, the old US company * Electric, Pratt & Whitney, the United Kingdom's Rolls-Royce and France's CFM company.These four companies are also one of the most important manufacturers of engines in the world.Originally, Russian and Ukrainian aero-engine companies contacted them to seek relevant cooperation.But they were rejected by Jiang Chen, because they are not suitable for this kind of commercial airliner development.As for other engines, Jiang Chen and the others have no cooperation plans in this area yet.

These four aviation development companies are very interested in this project, and within a few days after the news was released, they sent people to the country one after another.Fatty, Mr. Du and the others met with them in the magic city, and immediately communicated with them about the possibility of cooperation in this regard.However, the initial contact situation was far from ideal, and the negotiations at the beginning were in trouble.Although these four companies all have the willingness to cooperate, it is just that there are restrictions on the price, which is very outrageous, even unimaginable.

In terms of price, the quotations of these four companies are very inflated, basically the unit price is more than 1000 million US dollars.You must know that it is only the early 90s, and the US dollar is still very strong. More than 1000 million US dollars, this is definitely a sky-high figure.According to relevant information obtained from Jiang Chen and the others, the CFM737 engine sold by GM to Boeing 56 was only less than 300 million US dollars during this period.Even in later generations, aviation engines like this are worth 700 million US dollars, which is far from that high.But now, the prices these companies sold to Jiang Chen were unexpectedly so high, no doubt they wanted to take advantage of the fire and plan to make a fortune.

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