Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

In later years, Rolls-Royce once again encountered a massive economic crisis, followed by layoffs, asset sales, government assistance, and so on, but none of these fundamentally solved the problem.

Afterward, Rolls-Royce, seeing no other way, turned its gaze towards the East. After all, the East had already developed its own large passenger aircraft, the C919, and was continuing to develop the even larger C929. These passenger planes had numerous orders, and everyone wanted a piece of the pie. To get a taste of this meat, it decided to set up a factory in the East!

Even under the complex conditions of later years, Rolls-Royce could compromise for the sake of the market. How much more so now, in the 1980s, with good relations between the two sides, Rolls-Royce not yet recovered, being able to develop in the East and still make money? Why not?

Therefore, there was no major problem in getting this project approved; the only remaining issue was the equity stake.

On this point, Qin Yang was firm. The equity stake could not be changed; it should be whatever it should be. If it were changed, how would they operate in the future?

At this moment, listening to Qin Yang's reply, Kenneth and the others also began to waver. If it was a government requirement, then there really would be no choice. If they didn't agree, the cooperation would not proceed.

"Everyone should know that we in the East do not yet have qualified marine gas turbines. In the future, when this engine is produced in the East, we may even be able to ask your technical personnel to help convert this engine into a gas turbine to meet our naval needs," Qin Yang continued, adding to the bargaining chips.

Currently, the British only have Spey-modified marine engines, and the power is not great. In the beginning, this engine could dominate the world, but as the United States developed the LM2500 gas turbine, their market was snatched away.

To regain this market, they needed more advanced gas turbines. Except for the old Soviets, gas turbines are developed based on aero-engines. To have advanced gas turbines, they must have advanced aero-engines.

After a long period, Rolls-Royce's aero-engine was finally developed. They had also considered modifying a gas turbine based on this engine, but they didn't have the money! In later years, Rolls-Royce didn't start modifying gas turbines on their Trent 800 engine until the 2000s. Once modified, it became the world's most powerful single-unit marine gas turbine, with a power of up to 36 megawatts at 26 degrees Celsius.

The appearance of this gas turbine finally allowed the British to hold their heads high. Their Queen-class aircraft carriers were equipped with two of them, becoming the world's first gas turbine-powered aircraft carrier. The American amphibious assault ships also used this gas turbine as power, and Rolls-Royce once again began exporting gas turbines, finally able to overshadow the LM2500 gas turbine.

And this Trent 800 is actually improved on the basis of the RB211. Now, using the RB211 aero-engine to modify, you can also get a 30-megawatt gas turbine!

"If this aero-engine is used for improvement, then our naval power will also usher in a breakthrough. Just one unit can drive a 5,000-ton warship, and two units can drive a 10,000-ton warship. This engine will definitely become a rising star in the future."

"That's right," Hooke swallowed.

"You're right. For our future, we are willing to agree to your conditions!" Kenneth nodded.

The cooperation looked like there was no accident, and he couldn't think of a reason to refuse.

Old Ma's hanging heart finally fell.

"Now that we've decided to cooperate, we can first purchase two engines back for installation and testing on our Y-10 passenger plane," Qin Yang said. "We hope that these two engines can be purchased at our future production price."

Their production cost is only 230,000 pounds. Now, buying them back for 300,000 pounds, they won't lose money. And there's future cooperation waiting. Can't they earn a little less?

"President Qin, after all, these are produced locally by us, and the cost is too high. However, since you've brought it up, then it will be cheaper. How about 500,000 pounds per unit?"

"Okay, deal," Qin Yang nodded. Although it was much higher than the price he initially proposed, it was not particularly outrageous and was still within an acceptable range. First, replace the engine for the Y-10, replace it and try it out to see how much the performance improves.

With a British engine, no one will complain about the Y-10's power problems, and putting it into passenger service will be just around the corner.

Old Ma was even more excited.

The Y-10's mission to obtain an airworthiness certificate here is about to be completed. They can go back and devote themselves to new work, replacing the Y-10 with two engines to give this aircraft even more powerful performance!

"President Qin, the Y-10's airworthiness certificate will be issued in the next day or two. Are you waiting to receive the airworthiness certificate before going back?"

"Is that so? That's really good news," Qin Yang said. "Then I'll wait."

European airworthiness certificates are not difficult. After the collapse of the red empire in later generations, the old Soviets' Il-96 passenger plane still obtained a European airworthiness certificate and could fly in European skies. However, the American airworthiness certificate is indeed very difficult. There is no way, after all, the United States is separated by the ocean on both sides. To fly to the United States, you must obtain the approval of the United States.

However, we'll talk about future matters later. After all, this is a good start.

This time when going abroad, Nie Xiaoqian's grandfather said that he wanted them to travel and do some things along the way. Now that the business is done, only traveling is left.

So, in the following time, Qin Yang took his wife, under the protection of Lin Heping, and left footprints in the British attractions. As for the photos, not many were taken, after all, there was no need to go back and show off.

Then, he attended the airworthiness certificate awarding ceremony.

In those years, in order to compete with the United States, Europe formed Airbus and also formed the European Joint Aviation Authorities, referred to as JAA. This agency is responsible for the formulation of airworthiness technical requirements for large transport aircraft and engines. Their own Airbus, of course, can be issued after it is manufactured. As for the Eastern Y-10, coming here to seek an airworthiness certificate can also prove the authority of their agency. They are also happy to do this, plus Airbus's orders, both sides are happy and cooperate for a win-win situation.

This is different from later generations. In later generations, the C919 wants to grab orders from Airbus and Boeing, and naturally no one is willing to give an airworthiness certificate.

The awarding ceremony was held in a lively hall. Many reporters came to the scene, taking pictures with a click. The meeting was hosted by an old woman with deep wrinkles on her face, and she spoke with great strength.

"Now, on behalf of the European Joint Aviation Authorities, I issue an airworthiness certificate to the Eastern Y-10 passenger plane. This passenger plane fully meets our requirements and can fly into European skies!"