Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 747 Near and Mid-range Plans for Aviation Development
After talking about the situation on Gulfstream, let's talk about the general situation of communication and negotiation in other aspects.After all, this is a business negotiation, and you can't just rely on one company, right? On the one hand, there are risks, and on the other hand, there is a saying, which is called shopping around and comparing prices.

In fact, there are two other companies that occupy the world's business jet market with Gulfstream, one is Bombardier Aerospace in Ghana, and the other is Bassie Aviation Industries in Bassie.These two companies are very powerful, respectively the third and fourth largest commercial aircraft manufacturers in the world.Of course, the first is Airbus and Boeing, and Gulfstream is not counted at all.Fatty and the others contacted the two companies separately.Bombardier Aerospace has a good attitude, and they are still negotiating with Fatty.But this Baxi Aviation Industry Company is a bit unsatisfactory.First of all, people are unwilling to contact Jiang Chen and the others. One thinks that Jiang Chen and the others are not strong enough.The other thinks that this airline cooperation should be a negotiation between countries, and company dramas like Jiang Chen and the others should not be involved.Regarding the news that Fatty and the others fed back, Jiang Chen was both angry and funny.The one who is angry is that nothing has happened yet, the spectrum is very big, and the one who is angry is of course that the other party is defiant and arrogant.Regarding this, Jiang Chen made a decisive decision and decided not to contact this Banxi Aviation Industry Company any more, but to concentrate on contacting Bombardier Aerospace, trying to make a choice between the two companies as soon as possible.

Of course, whether it is Gulfstream or Buddy Aerospace, they are all medium-sized business jets, and they are all equipped with turbofan engines. If Jiang Chen wants to produce them, they must invite bids, and foreign countries can provide corresponding engines. There are other core components that are then organized.However, if Jiang Chen and the others want to master and produce completely independently, it will take quite a while. The results will not be seen within one or two years, and the initial results will be seen in five years, and it will take about ten years to have an initial stage. the results.Although the development cycle is so long, it still has to be carried out, otherwise it will never stagnate and fail.So this is one of the reasons why Jiang Chen is gritting his teeth and wants to start now. Although Jiang Chen and the others are limited in their abilities and it is relatively difficult to carry out, no matter how difficult it is, it must be carried out. First the bitterness and then the sweetness, there will always be results. that day.

Of course, there are medium and long-term plans, and there are also short-term goals.Jiang Chen and the others have two short-term goals. One is a light fixed-wing aircraft powered by a traditional piston engine.This kind of aircraft is simple in structure and cheap, and is very suitable for purchasing and using by middle-class families.In later generations, in some traditional agricultural and animal husbandry areas abroad, such as Australia, North America, and South America, this kind of light fixed-wing aircraft has been used on a large scale for transportation or work.You must know that in these countries with relatively large territories and relatively small populations, except for a few large major cities, the rest are sparsely populated areas, and some farmers and ranchers or some people are scattered there.If these people want to get to a big city, they have to drive for a long time, sometimes it takes one or two days or even three or four days to get there.So in this way, this kind of light fixed-wing aircraft with simple structure, easy operation, convenient maintenance, and low price naturally enters the field of vision of everyone's choice, and gradually develops and grows.It can be said that in these areas, owning an airplane is as easy and common as owning a car in later generations.As Jiang Chen remembers, the popularization of this light fixed-wing aircraft was from the middle and late 80s to the early 90s.So for Jiang Chen and the others, it is very suitable to develop this kind of light fixed-wing aircraft. Jiang Chen naturally does not want to miss this opportunity.

The other is a medium-to-light fixed-wing aircraft with a twin-engine turboprop engine. Compared with the previous piston engine, the turboprop engine is more efficient, which means that it is faster and has a higher load.The medium and light fixed-wing aircraft equipped with this engine can fly higher and farther than the turboprop aircraft, and the carrying weight has also been greatly improved.Therefore, this type of aircraft is more suitable for some slightly long-distance flight missions, such as transportation between islands in the deep ocean, such as air traffic in sparsely populated areas, such as for some material transportation, emergency rescue and disaster relief, patrolling, etc. work.And aircraft like this are very suitable for the growing air logistics express work.Because of its fast speed and relatively cheap freight, it is definitely an excellent choice for this urgent shipment.

Another option is the turboprop engine. Compared with the turbofan jet engine, it has relatively simple technology and is easier to develop and master.So this turboprop engine and the models equipped with it will be one of Jiang Chen's key research and development projects.If the previous business jet equipped with a turbofan engine is Jiang Chen’s mid-to-long-term development plan, the piston light fixed-wing aircraft is a stepping stone for Jiang Chen to enter the aviation manufacturing industry.Then this turboprop engine and its series of models will be the main force of the company's research and development and production for a period of time in the future, even for a long time.

In Jiang Chen's plan, the development of the aviation manufacturing industry naturally adopts the direction of dual-use military and civilian use. On the one hand, it is necessary to develop military aircraft, and on the other hand, it is to meet the needs of national defense development and seize the arms sales market.On the other hand, it is to develop civil aircraft. One is to serve the country's economic and social development, and the other is the huge aviation market, which Jiang Chen definitely does not want to let go.Through the research of military aircraft, a large number of advanced technologies have been accumulated, so that they can be applied to civilian aircraft to better seize the aviation market.And the other obtains enough funds through sales in the civilian market to support the research and development of advanced technologies.Mutual support and common development is the way to grow and develop.

Because the piston engine technology is relatively easy, and the technology and production threshold of the light fixed-wing aircraft equipped with it is relatively low, and the price is relatively easy, so Jiang Chen and the others are easy to obtain.In fact, there is no need for Jiang Chen and the others to import technology in this area.Because in terms of engine technology, the company's power research and development laboratory has developed a high-horsepower engine.The piston engine equipped with an aircraft only needs to be deformed and redesigned accordingly, and the technical difficulty is not very high.As for the aircraft, these old people and researchers are experts in the field of aircraft, so it is naturally not a problem to develop such an aircraft.

However, Jiang Chen still disregarded the opposition of the old people to buy all the technology of a piston-type single-engine four-seat fixed-wing aircraft from Italy, and the cost was not high, only 60 US dollars.When these materials were in hand, the old people were naturally taken aback when they studied them. It turned out that they were so far behind the advanced aircraft technology.Don't look at it as a light fixed-wing aircraft with a simple structure, but it is small and complete.Whether it is the fluid design of the fuselage, the avionics, the flight control, the materials, or the engine, the experts have been greatly shocked.So these experts didn't say anything. After occupying a conference room in the hotel, everyone started to study as nerds.

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