Chapter 548: Turboprop Regional Airliner!

Yu Feng smiled and said, "I heard that Bombardier is planning to cooperate with your company to develop a fuel cell version of the turboprop regional airliner, is that the case?"

"That's really the case," Yang Jie nodded with a smile, "Bombardier hopes that our company can provide them with high-power motor propeller systems and fuel cell systems to reduce the noise of propeller regional airliners." ”

Bombardier's Q series twin-engine turboprop regional jet was developed on the basis of the Chong-8 airliner after the acquisition of Canada's de Havilland Company, and although the passenger aircraft was the first to be equipped with noise and vibration suppression systems, Bombardier still wanted to reduce the noise of the propeller as much as possible, so it approached Huaxing Group to develop a fuel cell version of the motor rotor system for them.

Bombardier Group also gave Huaxing Group 40 million US dollars in research and development funds, and will provide a Q400 prototype, but Yang Jie naturally will not say such a thing.

Yang Jie said to Yu Feng with a smile: "I still hope that our joint venture R&D center can undertake the R&D task of the propeller part. ”

Yu Feng said happily: "That's great!"

He knew that Bombardier Group must have taken a fancy to Huaxing Group's fuel cell and motor technology, in fact, Huaxing Group could have won this order by itself, but Yang Jie was also willing to play with Changhe Aviation Group, which was naturally the best.

Yang Jie has never had the habit of eating alone, and Changhe Aviation Group has rich experience in propeller technology, and the cooperation between the two sides in the motor rotor system is very pleasant, Yang Jie naturally wants the joint venture aviation power research and development center to continue to develop turboprop blades.

Yu Feng said with a smile: "It seems that the R&D center is going to increase manpower again." ”

He knows that the Bombardier Group of Companies occupies a large market share in the turboprop regional airliner market, and at present, the global turboprop regional aircraft account for one-tenth of the total number of regional aircraft, and the two giants are atR and Bombardier, Bombardier accounts for 40% of the share, atR accounts for 50% of the appearance, Russian United Aircraft Corporation, Hawker Beechcraft, Sweden Saab, Fairchild of the United States and Xi'an Aircraft Industry of Huaxia Aviation Industry Co., Ltd. carved up the remaining market share.

Bombardier has received more than 500 orders for turboprop regional aircraft, and now basically delivers more than 20 models of this series every year, and the revenue of this type of aircraft alone is 6.7 billion US dollars.

And because of the rise in fuel prices, airlines are hoping that aircraft manufacturers can provide cheaper regional airliners, Bombardier is very optimistic about this market segment, its Q series turboprop regional airliners are very popular, its safe flight time, customers and delivery numbers are at the top of the list, leaving behind the French atR-72 and the Russian Il-114 far behind more than one position.

Bombardier took the initiative to come to the door this time, and it is also reasonable that Huaxing Group can provide fuel cell power packs with lower fuel consumption and lower noise.

Yang Jie said: "Bombardier also hopes that we can provide electric screw and fuel cell systems next year, complete the test flight work the year after next year, and put them into the market the year after obtaining the FAA certification." ”

"With the help of Bombardier Group, it would not have been difficult for the fuel cell system and the motor rotor system to obtain FAA certification. ”

Yu Feng said in surprise.

Bombardier has been producing a wide range of aircraft for many years and has extensive experience in airworthiness certification for Huaxing in electric rotor systems.

At present, Changhe Aviation Group has obtained the domestic airworthiness certificate in the fuel cell power system with the China Civil Aviation Administration, and the next step is to prepare to obtain EASA and FAA airworthiness certification.

However, these airworthiness certifications are only applicable to helicopter platforms, and there is still a lot of work to be done to obtain certification on platforms such as regional airliners.

"Yang Shao, turboprop regional airliners need a higher-power fuel cell pack and a higher-power motor rotor system, if they can obtain airworthiness certification, then they can also provide a power system for the turboprop airliner of the Second Airlines Group Company, but it can change their current dilemma. ”

Yu Feng said.

Yang Jie smiled, he knew that the Xifei Group Company under the Second Harbor Group Company was now the main product in the civilian field was the 50-seat Xinzhou series turboprop regional aircraft.

However, the position of the MA60 series in the domestic regional aviation market can be said to be very miserable, and the MA60 launched was developed on the basis of the imitation of the An-24 transport aircraft of the former Soviet Union, and the central government was also heartbroken in order to develop domestic large aircraft, and specially stipulated that these domestic airlines must purchase a MA60 for every two foreign regional airliners imported at the same time.

However, compared with similar regional airliners abroad, the basic design of the new boat, which has lagged behind for almost 40 years, is seriously backward, and the failure rate is very high, and the only advantage is that it is cheap.

In the face of the above apportionment, domestic companies usually adopt the trick of procrastination, and work hard and seriously to drag it until April in the first half of this year.

In the middle of April, a MA60 operated by Honghu Airlines landed at the airport because the pilot did not hear the English voice prompts, and the landing gear was not put down, resulting in an accident that caused the plane to land on the belly.

This is good, and then the domestic aircraft was banned from flying for several years, these domestic airlines justifiably boycotted the purchase of this aircraft, and Xifei lost all domestic orders, and could only sell to some backward countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Xifei and Changhe Aviation Group are both eating in the same pot, and now that Changhe Aviation Group is in full swing, Yu Feng still has to think about the brother units for the sake of his brother units.

Yang Jie smiled and said, "Let's talk about this when the higher-power motor products come out." ”

Yu Feng nodded, and then said with a smile: "Yang Shao, Mr. Lin of the Second Harbor Group Company also wants to talk to you about the cooperation in automotive technology in detail, he will come over in the afternoon, and I hope you will take the time to meet the previous one......"

Yang Jie smiled and said, "That's okay." ”

Comparatively speaking, the automobile business of the Second Harbor Group began in the eighties, but after more than ten years, it is indeed not very mixed, with Hafei, Changhe and Dongan Power, but the three companies except Dongan Power, the other two are dismal operations.

The Zhongyuan Automobile Company, a subsidiary of Huaxing Group Company, is soaring, the technical strength is the strongest among the domestic car companies, although the sales volume of automobile products is not the most, but the profit is the highest among all domestic car companies, and the reputation is the best.

Changhe Automobile Company under Changhe Aviation Group has been eating the old capital in recent years, insufficient research and development, single product type, and cost control is also very bad, last year's operating income was only more than 1.2 billion, and the loss reached more than 400 million, and the situation of Hafei Automobile Company is not much better.

Yang Jie knew that Ling Daying of the Second Harbor Group Company was determined to promote the development of the automobile industry under the Second Harbor Group Company after assuming the position of general manager, and publicly stated that he would strive to increase the automobile business at a rate of 30% per year from next year, and achieve the goal of achieving sales of 500 billion yuan within ten years.

But for this goal, Yang Jie is very unoptimistic, Hafei and Changhe Automobile are seriously deficient in technology research and development, and the technology obtained is from Suzuki of Japan, and its two automobile manufacturers are also fighting fiercely with each other, competition is greater than cooperation, and internal friction is serious.

The only way out for these two auto companies is to bring in strong partners, or simply upgrade the auto industry, if they still want to rely on the support of national policies to expand and strengthen the auto business, there is zero possibility.

Yang Jie didn't know the specific thoughts of this Mr. Ling, but he knew after meeting him today.

At present, the first airline group company only manufactures, and the first airline only manufactures some passenger cars with a small output, and its automobile industry is almost negligible.

The two automobile companies under the Second Harbor Group Company are also dying, and for more than a decade, these companies can be said to be very unsuccessful in terms of market-oriented operation.