During the visit on the second day, the minibus delegation obviously showed a stronger interest in COMAC than before, and they even offered to visit the production of commercial aircraft and general aircraft of COMAC.

To be honest, the achievements of COMAC in the field of civil aircraft have brought a huge shock to the minibus delegation!

Looking at the six planes that started work together in a row on the Fokker F120 production line, I was listening to Wang Dazhi's introduction: " Our aircraft production plant has been able to do 2 aircraft per month, that is, 24 aircraft per year, but thanks to the support of our domestic vigorous development of the civil aviation market, this production speed is far from meeting the needs of the market, we are building the fourth production plant, in this fourth factory that has started construction, we have introduced the most advanced international pulsating collinear production technology, which can make Fokker F100, F120, F150 and Tu-204 aircraft co-production at the same time......"

It's not a big deal to produce 24 aircraft a year, but COMAC is preparing to start construction of a fourth production plant that can produce different models on the same production line, which is amazing, Imran Ismail sincerely admired: "This is really amazing, this is already the most advanced factory in the world today, right?"

"Thank you," Wang Dazhi shook his head slightly in the face of Imran Ismail's admiration: "It's still far from the world's advanced, but as far as Asia is concerned, this is indeed the most advanced and largest production factory." ”

"That's amazing," Imran Ismail shook his head and sighed, if only we had such advanced aircraft manufacturing capabilities. At this point, Imran Ismail finally made up his mind and asked Wang Dazhi: "Mr. Wang, can we introduce your Z-10 gunship?"

Wang Dazhi was not surprised by Imran Ismail's question, and when he saw the Pakistani delegation drooling over the Z-10B design drawings yesterday, he knew that the Pakistani side could no longer resist the temptation of this helicopter gunship. He immediately replied: "You shouldn't ask me this question, you should ask our competent authorities, and if they say it's okay, our COMAC Group is very happy to cooperate with our Pakistani brothers." ”

Imran Ismail was waiting for Wang Dazhi's words!

Hearing this, he immediately asked Wang Dazhi eagerly: "Wang, if it is Type B, can we cooperate?"

"Z-10B?" Wang Dazhi was a little surprised, he didn't answer this question immediately, but frowned, and said suspiciously: "Mr. Ismail, with all due respect, Type B is still only on paper, from the completion of the design to the creation of the prototype, to the test flight, and the improvement, it will take at least 3 to 4 years during this period, this ......"

Before Wang Dazhi's words were finished, Imran Ismail's eyes widened in surprise: "Only three or four years?"

Compared with the Z-10, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Z-10B is a new armed helicopter, not only with a higher power engine and a more efficient rotor system, but also with a comprehensive upgrade of the protection system, electronic systems, weapon systems, and induction systems...... There are so many problems that need to be solved urgently, but for COMAC, they can solve them all in just three or four years?!

Imran Ismail felt that his mind was a little messy.

But in the next second, Imran Ismail slapped his head with a bit of self-deprecation on his face: "I forgot that with top experts like Mr. Kapaya and Mr. Rabinovic, three or four years is enough." ”

Wang Dazhi smiled and said nothing, whatever you say is what it is.

However, Zhang Ying was a little curious, and he interjected and asked Imran Ismail: "Mr. Ismail, do you want a Z-10 or a Z-10B?"

Imran Ismail said: "We want both. ”

What？！

Imran Ismail's answer greatly surprised Wang Dazhi and Zhang Ying: Do you want both?

"We want to be able to make the Z-10 and Z-10B match," Imran Ismail said: "For the Z-10, we don't really value its combat capabilities and protection capabilities, and we hope that you can help us strengthen our capabilities in battlefield reconnaissance......;

Without waiting for Imran Ismail to finish speaking, Zhang Ying said: "It's like in the U.S. Army, they paired 'Apache' with 'Kiowa Samurai'?"

Imran Ismail's eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded hurriedly: "That's right, that's it, we're going to use the Z-10 as an OH-58D 'Kiowa Samurai'." ”

Many people, even those who are not military fans, have heard of the Americans' "Apache" and "Cobra" gunships, but even many military fans do not know that there is another type of gunship in the US Army: the OH-58D "Kiowa Samurai" gunship.

Strictly speaking, the OH-58D "Kiowa Samurai" is not a pure gunship, but an armed reconnaissance helicopter, although it can carry "Stinger" anti-aircraft missiles, "Haierfa" air-to-surface/anti-tank missiles, multiple rocket nests and 12.7mm aviation machine gun pods, but as a light aircraft with a power value equivalent to the turboshaft-8A turboshaft engine (Z-9 and Z-10 also carry two), OH-58D "Kiowa Samurai" Its main combat mission is to accompany the "Apache" helicopter gunship to provide target indication and battlefield information for the "Apache", while the OH-58D "Kiowa Samurai" helicopter gunship has the most powerful ability to lie in the battlefield reconnaissance capability, which is related to the "ball" above its head, and the mast sight system integrates a TV camera, a thermal imager and a laser range/target illuminator.

The OH-58D "Kiowa Samurai" observation and sighting system is very powerful, not only can it provide field artillery and helicopters with observation, target designation, and ranging functions, and then transmit target information through satellite communication facilities, so that ground artillery can launch real-time and accurate attacks; in addition, it can also form a "hunt-and-destroy team" with armed helicopters such as "Apache" and "Cobra" to complement each other and complete ground support tasks It is also possible to attack with the weapons it carries, which is an important tactical component of the U.S. Army.

And Imran Ismail's idea of developing the Z-10 into an armed reconnaissance helicopter similar to the OH-58D "Kiowa Samurai" made Wang Dazhi, Zhang Ying and other leaders of the COMAC Group shine in their eyes: Huh? This is a good idea.

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PS: Sorry brothers, I want to go out for a while, and the update time of the second chapter may not be until after 21 o'clock.