The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 809: Selection of Personnel for J-11 Fighter Improvement

However, the most important thing at the moment is to appoint a leader of the J-11 improvement team.

The original person in charge, 'Pound', had been dismissed by him.

It is not easy to find someone better than Pound.

Because Pang De is second only to Yu Ximing in the entire Guifei Group.

Pound graduated from Harbin Military Engineering College. After graduation, he was assigned to the Aircraft Design Institute of the Sixth Academy of the Ministry of National Defense, where he engaged in aircraft design work. He participated in the design and improvement of the J-7.

In China, Pound is already considered a top aircraft designer!

There are only a handful of people who are more experienced and capable than Pound.

It is precisely because of this that Pound was appointed as the head of the J-11 fighter improvement team, responsible for leading the team to carry out J-11 improvement work.

But no one expected that Pound would be so eager for quick success and was eager to produce the J-11 fighter jet to improve his work.

"Maybe Yang Wei is quite suitable." A person emerged in Liu Tao's mind.

That is Song Wencong’s disciple, Yang Wei.

At the beginning, Yang Wei left a deep impression on Liu Tao. Although he was young, he was very talented.

Now 29 years old, Yang Wei has reached a very high level and has taken on important responsibilities in the J-10 improvement work.

It is obvious that Song Wencong is training Yang Wei to be his successor.

"Anyway, Chief Engineer Song is only 63 years old, which is the prime of his life. He can still work hard for another ten years. Ten years is enough. Yang Wei can also learn more from me and make faster progress." Liu Tao murmured to himself.

As for Yang Wei's youth, he is less than 30 years old, which has never been a problem for Panshan Group.

Even now, the atmosphere of seniority-based promotion is very weak in Panshan Group.

Panshan Group is very young and its cadre team is also very young.

Liu Tao is only 37 years old now!
So, being young is not a problem at all.

As for whether he has the ability to convince the people in the team, that is Yang Wei's own business.

Rongcheng.

611.

Song Wencong put down the phone with a complicated look on his face.

He just received a call from Liu Tao, who was asking him for someone.

Although he was reluctant in his heart, Song Wencong knew rationally that he had to let him go because his disciple Yang Wei would be able to develop better if he went to Guifei Group.

Firstly, Guifei Group is backed by Panshan Group and is very wealthy. The 011 Aviation Base currently under construction is the largest and most advanced aviation base in the country, with an investment of 300 billion RMB in base construction alone. Guifei Group has both the funds and equipment, and has also been recruiting a lot of people in recent years.

In comparison, they are far behind. The J-10 fighter jet was able to make its maiden flight so quickly and is even about to be put into service. The reason behind this is that Panshan Group invested a large sum of money, and Liu Tao helped solve key technologies such as aero engines and avionics systems.

Secondly, Liu Tao is the number one in the field of science and technology. Song Wencong feels this most deeply and admires him the most in this regard. In the field of aircraft design, no one in the country can surpass Liu Tao. Yang Wei can learn more technology by going there.

After calming himself down, Song Wencong asked someone to call Yang Wei.

Not long after, Yang Wei came to the office.

"Old man, ask someone to call me over. Is there something wrong?" Yang Wei poured himself some water.

Song Wencong said, "Yang Wei, Academician Liu just called me and asked me for someone to take charge of the J-11 fighter jet improvement work." At first, Yang Wei was curious about who "Academician Liu" was.

When Song Wencong mentioned the J-11 fighter jet, Yang Wei already knew that Song Wencong was talking about Liu Tao.

"No, I'm doing a good job improving the J-10 fighter jets, why should I participate in the J-11 fighter jet improvement work?" Yang Wei said without hesitation, "I'm familiar with the J-10 fighter jets, but not the J-11 fighter jets."

Song Wencong said, "Not only are you asked to participate in the improvement of the J-11 fighter jets, but you are also asked to be the person in charge of the improvement of the J-11 fighter jets, and you are asked to shoulder the heavy responsibility."

"Why, I asked you to carry the heavy load, but you still don't want to? Do you want to give up?" Song Wencong said unhappily, "When did I teach you how to give up?"

"What? You want me to be the person in charge of the improvement of the J-11 fighter jet?" Yang Wei was shocked.

Although he also participated in the development of the J-10 fighter jet and the current improvement of the J-10 fighter jet, the person in charge was Song Wencong.

In fact, he was just the team leader of the flight control system!

Not even a deputy chief engineer!
"This is a rare opportunity. You have been with me for nearly ten years. You have learned everything you need to learn. I have nothing to teach you anymore," Song Wencong said. "But you know the technical level of Academician Liu. He is the undisputed number one in the country. He is also very good at theory. You have read all the papers he wrote. You can learn more from him and grow faster."

"Here, you need at least ten years to become the chief designer of an aircraft, but in Guifei Group, as long as you have the ability, you can become the chief designer of an aircraft!" Song Wencong persuaded.

At the 611 Institute, Yang Wei is just a diligent, hardworking and capable young man.

But it was different when he went to Guizhou Aircraft Industry Group. Yang Wei was the person in charge of the improvement work of the J-11 fighter jet, which is actually almost equivalent to being the chief designer of an aircraft.

In the future, the fighter jets in China's skies will be dominated by the J-10 and J-11 fighter jets.

Although the J-10 fighter jet made its maiden flight earlier, the J-11 fighter jet entered service sooner.

The performance of the two fighter jets has been highly praised.

But it cannot change the fact that the J-10 fighter is a light fighter and the J-11 fighter is a heavy fighter!

The J-11 fighter has stronger combat capability, and its air control and ground attack capabilities are stronger than those of the J-10 fighter.

Yang Wei couldn't help but be moved.

Yang Wei naturally admired Liu Tao very much.

In just a few years, Liu Tao has developed two advanced trainer aircraft, the J-7A and the Eagle, both of which have received high praise and are loved by pilots. Liu Tao has made great contributions to the development of the J-10 fighter.

Not to mention, Liu Tao is also the chief designer of the J-11 fighter.

In terms of technical level, Liu Tao is undoubtedly the best, and he is also extremely good at theory.

Yang Wei had the honor of reading the papers that Liu Tao had not published publicly in the past two years. He would take out each paper from time to time and read it again, which gave Yang Wei a great shock.

Although Song Wencong is the chief designer of the J-10 fighter jet, there is a big difference between them in theory.

From this point, it can also be seen that so far, Song Wencong has not yet been selected as an academician.

However, Liu Tao is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a true academician of the two academies.

"What will happen to the improvement of the J-10 fighter jet after I am gone?" Yang Wei said.

Song Wencong said angrily: "Go away, old man, I am just old, I am not too old to work yet!"

This matter has been settled.

(End of this chapter)