Chapter 124: Twin-Engine Fighter
Of course, taking the patent fee is the patent fee, in addition, Tengfei Group has nothing to bind the Israeli IAI company, otherwise, a few years ago, when the IAI company sold the "Harpy" UAV to China, it would not have been so blatant.
At the end of the day, apart from patents, Israel is completely free.
Fortunately, the Tengfei Group is not bad, and it has taken back the military's "anti-radiation unmanned attack aircraft" project by means of direct operation, and it can be regarded as winning at home for a while.
Unexpectedly, after a few years, the two sides encountered TZB-2000VS "Heron" in the Indian Ocean, and they still pressed IAI's products on the ground and rubbed them.
If this falls in the eyes of outsiders, it is estimated that they will give a thumbs up to the TZB-2000 UAV and shout: Awesome!
However, Zhuang Jianye was very indifferent, not only his family, but also the employees of Tengfei Group at all levels who were arranged in the consulate did not have too much surprise at this result.
The reason is very simple, the basic model of the "Heron" UAV is the TY-2 UAV platform on which Tengfei Group started.
And the platform of the TZB-2000 UAV is the more advanced TY-6.
Israel's IAI company can be shameless, clinging to the old platform and playing all kinds of big knives; Tengfei Group is a responsible enterprise, thin-skinned, and the most productless thing is not that kind of thing, and it is naturally constantly forging ahead.
Therefore, TY-6 almost crushes TY-2 in various indicators.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the TZB-2000 UAV rubbed against the "Heron" UAV.
Although the employees of Tengfei Group think so, they did not fully express this idea in front of Zhuang Jianye, no way, at this moment NB is talking at length about the Israelis selling "Heron" drones to India about the problem of waste utilization.
"When we were in China, people within the group always said, how can we be advanced, not to seek second, but to seek first, and to do everything to the best, so that those things that are rejected by the army should be thrown into the garbage heap of history, and the result?"
As he spoke, Zhuang Jianye pointed to the sky: "Look at other people's Israeli 'Heron' drones, is the platform as good as ours? Is the performance as strong as ours? But people bought a $42 million one, what about us? The TZB-2000 drone is only $20 million, which is half less than Israel's. ”
Before the words fell, Zhuang Jianye glanced at several employees of the Tengfei Group's sales representative office in Pakistan in front of him, and snorted coldly: "I know that you are not convinced, and you think that the unmanned early warning aircraft is just a preliminary verification aircraft for the early warning aircraft project that has been launched in China, and it is not much stronger than the T-500 radar warning aircraft used by the Air Force in terms of technology, not to mention that it has to cooperate with the Dongfanghong 2 communication satellite; the Jianbing optical reconnaissance satellite can play a role, and it is very good if it can be sold for 20 million US dollars, isn't it?"
"This ......"
As soon as these words came out, several employees of Tengfei Group in front of Zhuang Jianye didn't know what to say, they were all honest people, and they really felt that selling a chicken rib model that was abandoned in China for 20 million dollars was simply fooling people.
That is, Zhuang Jianye often instills some shameless corporate culture in them, so that these people are reluctant to flicker, otherwise, it is really the kind that can be sold for a little money.
There's no way, I really think that the semi-militarized equipment launched in the last few batches is really a bit of a pitfall.
With the more in-depth cooperation between Tengfei Group and the army, a major customer, Tengfei Group is no longer satisfied with the old routine of door-to-door customization by the army, but breaks the tradition and uses dual-use equipment as a gimmick to develop new products for the army.
Among them, there are many quite good fist products such as high-performance gyroscopes, missile solid engines, small turbojet engines, and high-precision optical seekers.
But there are also similar helicopter over-the-horizon attacks, long-range shore-based rocket-boosted anti-submarine torpedoes, carrier-based drones, and other verification projects that have been forced to dismount.
If this is placed in other companies, it is estimated that it will pass by issuing a notice and making a face, but if you are born in Tengfei Group, you must create value, otherwise what are you doing?
Since you can't defend your family and the country, you can sell it for money, in short, you can't waste your feelings by lying in the pile of old papers.
As a result, since last year, Tengfei Group has begun to dump a large number of obsolete verification systems and brain-hole equipment on the target market under the banner of military dual-use.
The most critical of these is the Middle East and North Africa market west of Pakistan.
If this was placed a few years ago, when the scale of the group was not large, such an important market development thing, Zhuang Jianye might have rolled up his arms and personally went on it.
Even Israel's "Heron" can be sold for $42 million, but where is the difference between its own TZB-2000 drone? $50 million should be a floor price.
As a result, when I came to Pakistan to see this, I almost didn't get my nose crooked, knowing that Israel was sour when he wielded a knife to slaughter people, and his own group of "sales elites" still held on to the unit price of 20 million US dollars.
Aviation products play is profiteering, dual-use aviation products are profiteering, not to mention the Tengfei Group's dual-use products are very elastic, really how to use can be said, concealment is not generally high, so it is a good thing to make huge profits.
As a result, the price was cheaper than the goods that were a few levels lower, and Zhuang Jianye only felt distressed, you must know that it was money!
"Gu Jingyou, don't pretend to be dead, say, don't you think so?" Seeing that no one spoke, Zhuang Jianye directly ordered Gu Jingyou, who was standing at the front.
Gu Jingyou looked left and right, and found that all his subordinates were silent, sighed in his heart, and nodded dejectedly: "Yes!"
"I'll just say, as soon as you get off the plane, Zarif is enthusiastic like a flower, it turns out that you are indiscriminately kind, and I will make it clear to you, I don't want to be moved, I only recognize money, especially in the face of overseas markets, money is always put first, even if it is a piece of, as long as it is produced by Tengfei Group, it will also sell the price of gold. ”
Before the words fell, Zhuang Jianye picked up a quotation from the table and continued to the people in front of him: "This list is invalid, and the new quotation must be at least doubled." ”
Gu Jingyou has never seen Zhuang Jianye make such a big fire since he came to Tengfei Group, and while slandering Zhuang Jianye's heart is black enough, he is also secretly determined to keep up with Zhuang Heixin.
So he quickly nodded: "Don't worry, NB, we'll come up with a new quotation tonight." Just ......"
Saying that, Gu Jingyou hesitated again: "The new aircraft of the test flight squadron that was just delivered to Pakistan last week ......"
"Will they use it?" Zhuang Jianye didn't wait for Gu Jingyou to finish speaking, and asked a key question.
Zarif said that if there were really no other models, he would have to put the two new planes on top. Gu Jingyou said.
"Then quadruple!" Zhuang Jianye made a decision very unceremoniously.
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At the same time, on the high seas 400 nautical miles from the port of Karachi, Anthony, who was sitting in the command seat of the Il-78 tanker, was in a cold sweat on his forehead, and he looked unrelenting, and the reason for this was simply that two fighter planes painted with the military insignia of the Pakistan Air Force outside the porthole did not know when they suddenly inserted into their formation.
But this is not what frightens Anthony, what really makes the Air Force Major General's back cool is that these two beautiful new aircraft turned out to be a twin-engine fighter!