Rebirth Technology Power

Chapter 194 Restart the F22 production line?
United States.

a factory.

This is where Lockheed Martin and Boeing jointly developed the F22.

Since 2011, they felt invincible in the sky, the performance of F22 was too advanced, and the unit price was too high. The military decided not to purchase F22 fighter jets, and then the United States closed the production line of F22 fighter jets and turned to develop and produce F35.

At that time, the F35 was undoubtedly much cheaper, and it was adequate.

Therefore, Lockheed Martin officially closed the F2011 production line in 22 and sealed up related technologies and equipment.

Air Force chiefs, procurement chiefs, et cetera come here.

As the world's first fourth-generation fighter, according to the latest classification method, it is the fifth-generation fighter, and the F22 is still very advanced.

Many people compare the F35 with the F22, and think that the performance and cost performance of the F35 are better than the F22.

In fact, this is not true, because the F35 is a multipurpose fighter, while the F22 is a heavy fighter!
With the advent of the J-20 and Su-57, the U.S. Air Force also felt the pressure.

So I want to restart the F22 production line.

This time they came to inspect and talk about the order.

In fact, Lockheed Martin wanted to restart the F22 production line a few years ago, but it has not been successful.

Although the relevant drawings and technologies of the fighter planes have been completely preserved, the production of the fighter planes is still full of difficulties!
Lockheed Martin has calculated that resuming production of the F22 is not much easier than re-developing a new fighter jet by the US military, and requires a lot of investment.

According to the estimates of Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force, if the F22 production line is really restarted, it will cost at least 150 billion U.S. dollars. In addition, the U.S. Air Force cannot continue to produce F22s endlessly, and at most dozens of them will be discontinued. This makes the unit price of the fighter seem extremely uneconomical.

And even if 150 billion US dollars is invested, it is only to restart Lockheed Martin's production line, which does not mean that F22 can be produced!

Modern fighter jets are a highly systematic project, and there may be thousands of different suppliers and contractors behind one fighter jet!
Since the closure of the F22 production line, the original suppliers and contractors have either gone bankrupt or transformed into other businesses.

If you want to re-produce F22 fighters, you have to get all suppliers and contractors together, and the funds that need to be invested in it are far more than 150 billion US dollars.

This time, the military has made great determination to restart the F22 fighter production line and re-produce F22!

No way, the number of J-20s in China now, according to speculation, has exceeded 200!

And this is the most conservative calculation method, the real data may be 250 or even 300.

"Paul, to be honest, you shouldn't have listened to that boss Zhang at the beginning. You made the biggest wrong decision in history and shut down the F22 production line." Lockheed Martin President 'James' said angrily.

Although the F35 had been fixed at the beginning, Lockheed Martin was not willing to shut down the F22 production line.

After all, you can make money at the same time!

There are only multiple choice questions in the world of children, but in the world of adults, everything is always needed.

Lockheed Martin is no exception.

As the world's number one weapons manufacturer, Lockheed Martin's status in the world's arms dealer can be imagined. How could Lockheed Martin be unwilling to make more money.

在整个二战期间，洛克希德·马丁公司共生产了将近2万架飞机，占二战期间美国飞机制造总量的60%，包括2600架文图拉、2700架B-17飞行堡垒、2900架哈德逊和9000架闪电。

Since the war, Lockheed Martin has developed the C-130 'Hercules' medium transport aircraft series, the C-141 transport aircraft long-range jet transport aircraft, the C-5 transport aircraft 'Galaxy' heavy transport aircraft, and the C-2 transport aircraft 'Greyhound'.

这仅仅是军用运输机领域，在战斗机领域，则是研制了F-16、F-117夜鹰隐形战斗机、F-22猛禽、F-35、P38闪电式战斗机。

In the field of rockets and missiles, the P38 Lightning fighter has developed the Hercules rocket, the HGM-25A ballistic missile "Hercules" intercontinental missile, the Trident_II missile, and the UGM-96A ballistic missile Trident series submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

In the field of reconnaissance aircraft, there are U-2 reconnaissance aircraft and SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft 'Blackbird'.

In the past, Lockheed Martin controlled 40% of the world's defense market, and one-third of the Pentagon's annual procurement budget was used to pay for its orders. At the same time, it almost took over the production and launch of all military satellites in the United States. It is a veritable and indisputable "No. [-] giant" in the world's arms!
At this time, James couldn't help but take the opportunity to pour out his bitterness.

To be honest, it was reasonable for the relevant departments to consider it. After all, with the F15, F16, F18 and other third-generation aircraft, plus 187 F22s, the U.S. military really does not need too many F22s. It only needs to gradually replace the third-generation aircraft with the F35. Can continue to dominate the sky for decades.

But no one thought that the J-20 and Su-57 would be born one after another, and the number continued to grow rapidly, especially the former, whose number growth was extremely terrifying.

But now, James has to play the role of the sufferer and get more benefits.

"President James, this time we are here with sincerity." Peter said with a smile: "We will allocate 300 billion US dollars for you to restart the production line, and we will allocate 1000 billion US dollars to support those suppliers and contractors." !"

"I believe that with this money, the Raptor fighter jet will definitely be able to look like a new machine."

There was no change on James' face. How deep Lockheed Martin's network was, he had all of these before.

"What about the order? How many orders are you willing to provide?" James said.

"300 F22 orders, I think this is enough for you to produce for more than ten years!" Peter said.

James suddenly smiled.

In 22, an F2010 fighter jet cost about 3.3 million U.S. dollars. Considering inflation, a 4 million U.S. dollar is not too much.

300 F22 fighter jets, that's a $1200 billion business.

Sure enough, we still have to sleep on the bridge, so that everyone can have a good life.

Look at that political amateur who knows everything, even forcing them to lower the unit price of F35, this is simply preventing them from making money.

Subsequently, the two parties signed an agreement. In any case, it is most practical to get the special allocation of 300 billion U.S. dollars first.

The past few years have been difficult for everyone.

That is to say, this year, there is a place to balance accounts, and life will be easier.

After the news was reported, many people were in an uproar.

Unexpectedly, the U.S. military would spend such a high price to restart the F22 production line.

Military experts one after another have commented on the restart of the F22 production line, analyzing the reasons, prospects, and possible impacts.

After all, no matter what, the reputation of F22 is there.

Even if the F22 production line has been closed for 11 years, the F22 is still the most prestigious fourth-generation fighter in the world, and it has also been ranked first in the list of combat effectiveness over the years.

(End of this chapter)