Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 1476 The "Honest" Rolls-Royce Company
Jiang Chen was not surprised by Philip's decision to adjourn the meeting. Instead, he happily agreed to their request.Jiang Chen and the others also knew that a negotiation like this was not something that Philip, a senior business representative, could decide.It must be decided by his job, he is just an executor, and this is what Jiang Chen wants to see.In the short term, the longer this matter drags on, the better for them.We must know that they are the selectors now, and these four companies are really anxious.

Originally, Jiang Chen planned to stay with the representatives of Luoluo Company, but he couldn't bear the anxiety, so Jiang Chen and the others met with them the next day.Of course, the thinking and steps of negotiating with General Electric are the same. Jiang Chen also emphasized the huge potential of our domestic market, as well as their company's advantages and strengths in this regard.

So although these people in the United Kingdom are a bit arrogant, they are not fools, especially when they are lagging behind their old rival General Electric.So they seem very anxious, and the conditions are better than those given by General Motors, their so-called 'sincerity'.

Rolls-Royce mainly recommended two engines to Jiang Chen and the others this time. The first one is the most successful engine series developed by their company, the RB211 engine. RB211 is a series of high bypass ratio turbofan engines produced by Rolls-Royce with a thrust between 166-270 kN.The purpose of the initial development was as a power plant for the L-1011 Tristar airliner of Sid Company.It has been in service since 72 with the launch of the Tristar airliner and is the only source of power for this type of aircraft.

However, the road to research on the RB211 engine was not smooth sailing. The huge amount of money spent on its research and development made Rolls-Royce go bankrupt in 71, and it was later nationalized by the United Kingdom authorities to enable the company to survive. RB211 is the first three-rotor turbine engine, which also enables Rolls-Royce to transform from a small player into a world-class competitor in the field of aircraft engines. It can be said that this engine is an honorary work of Rolls-Royce, and its comprehensive performance is in commercial use. It is also unique among aero engines.

And this time, in order to be able to obtain this order, or to compete with General Electric.In order to be able to take the lead in entering our domestic market and occupying the domestic market, Rolls-Royce has made great determination this time.As for this RB211 series engine, they recommended two models to Jiang Chen, one is RB211-535E4.This engine was put into the market in 757 and has been used in Boeing series 200-300/211 models.The other is its improved model, which is RRB535-4E192B.The thrust of this engine is more powerful, and its static thrust can reach [-]kN.And it has been optimized in many other places, and it is currently the most advanced engine model of Rolls-Royce.

Of course, Rolls-Royce also has models with higher thrust, such as RB211-524H, whose static thrust can reach 270kN.Mainly used in Boeing 747-400, 767-300 and other large passenger aircraft.Although the power is strong, it doesn't meet Jiang Chen's current needs.Firstly, the thrust is too high, which is inappropriate, or wasteful, for a medium-sized airliner like Jiang Chen and the others.Second, the size is relatively large, which does not match the overall size of the airliner they are developing.

Of course, the two signals provided by Rolls-Royce are only basic models.If the two parties reach an agreement, Rolls-Royce will further improve the engine to make it more suitable for their use according to the requirements of Jiang Chen and the others.

The other engine is the V2500, which is a twin-rotor, axial-flow, high-bypass turbofan engine developed and produced by IAE.It began to be developed in September 83, and the first engine began to operate in 9. On April 85, 88, it obtained the type airworthiness certificate of Laomei, and began to install it on the Airbus A4 for test flight in July of that year. It is mainly used for A24 series aircraft.Its biggest advantage is that it has three major characteristics: the fan blade with no boss, wide chord and hollow, "floating wall" combustion chamber and high fuel efficiency.

Although it is said that the manufacturer of the V2500 engine is IAE, Niello is also an important shareholder.In other words, this company was specially established by Rolls-Royce and the old American Pratt & Whitney to counter General Electric and its joint establishment of CFM with SNECMA, as well as the CFM56 series engines.There are five main shareholders. In addition to Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney, there are three other companies from other countries.And this V2500 engine is also a product jointly developed by these five companies.

Different from CFM company, this time IAE company did not participate in the negotiation process for some reason.Therefore, Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney are specially authorized to represent their products, that is to say, there is genuine authorization, and there is no problem in this regard.On this point, it is more kind than General Electric.

This time, Rolls-Royce mainly recommended to Jiang Chen and the others the V2522-D5 engine, whose thrust can reach 97.8N.Although the thrust of the previous two engines has decreased, it is just suitable for Jiang Chen and his airliner.Of course, Rolls-Royce promised that as long as an agreement is reached, they will improve on the basis of this model so that its maximum thrust can reach 120N, which can fully meet the needs of the passenger plane developed by Jiang Chen and the others.

As for these three engines, Rolls-Royce's quotation is much lower than before, and it is also much lower than the price quoted by General Dynamics.Among them, RB211-535E4, the price of this engine is 560 million US dollars, while RRB211-535E4B is 600 million US dollars.As for the V2522-D5, its price is 520 units.For Jiang Chen and the others, this is still a reasonable offer.

It's just that Jiang Chen and the others are not too satisfied with this price.Regarding these three engines, Jiang Chen and the others have also done a lot of work before.In other words, they also know a lot about Rolls-Royce's products.Therefore, their psychological price for these three engines is about 320 million to 380 million US dollars, which is also a relatively normal price in the current market.

Although the price of Rolls-Royce is much lower than that of General Electric, it is still about 50.00% higher than the market price, which is obviously impossible to agree to.You know, now that the exchange rate is gradually liberalized, the more than 100 million US dollars is more than 1000 million in China, which is definitely not a small number.At present, our major airlines do not have much money, so the gap of more than 1000 million will definitely affect Jiang Chen's market competitiveness.Moreover, as far as Jiang Chen and the others are concerned, they are also unwilling to be that foolish and rich Kaizi (fool).

Besides, now that Rolls-Royce has loosened up, the other companies will soon know the news, and it won't be long before they bite each other.The so-called crane and clam fight, the fisherman benefits.Jiang Chen and the others were also happy to see this lively scene of competition.And for them, the more intense their competition, the more beneficial it would be for Jiang Chen and the others.

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