Although there is no confirmed order at the entire air show, there are still a lot of corresponding intention consultations, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the lightning fighter has made a name for itself, and at this time, Northrop and Pratt & Whitney are still discussing some non-technical external factors that must be considered.

For example, Pratt & Whitney heard the news: "Have you heard? Because in the previous competition for Egyptian orders, GM's F-16 fighter finally lost to you, and they have now begun to contact Lockheed to prepare to sell their combat business, and if Lockheed gets the F-16, I am afraid that this fighter will be more difficult in the international market, and even they will use their huge influence in Congress to promote the introduction of many policies that are very unfavorable to lightning on the White House side, so"

In the dull conversation, it led to an even more dull topic, which made Northrop lead the vice president quite difficult, for this kind of knife from the back, it is not unseen in the United States, it is nothing more than their own interests.

And when it comes to the issue of interests, since the lightning and the F-16 have come to this point, the two are the most direct competition, and the increase in the interests of the F-16 means the loss of the interests of the lightning, so Northrop must stand up and fight against each other to defend his legitimate and legitimate interests.

And this is not only the interests of Northrop, but also the interests of the entire group around the Lightning Fighter, which of course also includes Pratt & Whitney, a giant with a large business.

Northrop was very unhappy with Pratt & Whitney's non-salty tone: "Yes, I know that your F-119 won the ATF project power system, and will also provide a large number of Lockheed engines of this type in the later stage, but will not carefully consider the current more realistic P-1120 engine?" Essentially, Pratt & Whitney is now also a power provider for the Lightning fighter camp, shouldn't it be in the United States to share some of the pressure on us Northrop? ”

Northrop has talked about this Cheng dù here, and Pratt & Whitney just wants to play haha, so you have to show it.

"There is no problem with this, our F-119 and Lockheed's F-22 projects are contracted with the Air Force separately, and the engines are provided to the military instead of Lockheed, so Pratt & Whitney does not need to worry too much about the relationship with Lockheed, as for the P-1120 on the Lightning side! As I said, Pratt & Whitney even hopes that Lightning can grab all the export orders for the F-16, then it will definitely stand on your side in China, so don't worry. ”

After several excuses and exchanges, the things discussed between Northrop and Pratt & Whitney about how to establish relations in the United States are not known for the time being, and even if they know these things, in fact, whether it is AVIC Southwest or Embraer, the two companies can only watch, because these two companies have not yet influenced the decision-making of the top level in the United States.

Similarly, this is the reason why Yang Hui has painstakingly engaged in various cooperation with Northrop to bring Northrop to the camp of the Lightning Fighter, not only because of the need for Northrop's technology, but also in sales channels, public relations, and even to solve the resistance from the United States.

With the end of the Farnborough Air Show, the open and secret battles between the major international aviation manufacturing giants can be regarded as temporarily quiet, as for the unknown contests between the parties in private, it seems to be more exciting, but this is not so easy to see!

However, Greece has rarely shown high efficiency, probably because of the huge pressure from Turkey's huge fleet of F-16C fighter jets, Greece must come up with the fastest solution to this, and it is also when the Greek government raised the first batch of funds at home, the Air Force took the lead in sending an inspection team to Embraer to discuss specific lightning improvement plans.

Although Greece is a very small country, it is a developed country at all, and it can also enter the top few in the ranking of military power in southern Europe, and it is also a NATO country, and some weapons standard interface issues still need to be talked about again, and with Northrop joining, it is not much of a problem.

After the Greek Air Force visited Embraer's JF-17 production line, it arranged for the test pilot to fly an entry-level version of the Lightning, which can be regarded as finally experiencing the feeling of the third-generation aircraft.

The first thing a test pilot who has completed a test flight is when he steps off the plane is, "It feels good!" Although this is a primer or performance gelding for the research and development of countries that are not under too much pressure on the national defense military, or whose economic strength is not strong. Cut version of the Lightning, but since your test flight was carried out without external weapons, you can probably imitate part of the flight performance of the Lightning after the P-1120 is launched with full fuel and ammunition, and there is no problem at all when used against the Turkish F-16. ”

Looking at the fighter behind him, thinking about the luxury version of the lightning fighter equipped by Greece in the future, he is quite satisfied: "Satisfied, very satisfied, even this entry-level lightning far exceeds all the fighters that our Greece has equipped before, even including the F-5!" ”

Hearing that the lightning is better than the F-5, although I feel a little uncomfortable, but I quickly adjusted, no matter what, the F-5 is already a thing of the past, and the lightning is the future of Northrop.

"That was Northrop's glory days, and it was a good aircraft in its time, but we have to admit that times have changed, which is why the new Lightning fighter was introduced, and I absolutely believe that the Lightning will continue the glory of the F-5."

The test flight experience work here is good, and on the other hand, the targeted improvements in accordance with the requirements of Greece are also in full swing.

Starting from the power system, the P-1120 will replace the turbofan 10, and then the corresponding composite pylons will be developed according to the requirements to solve the problem of fewer lightning hanging points, and the NATO standard detachable fixed refueling pipe will be installed, and the fire control system that can adapt to more NATO airborne weapons will be able to adapt to the fire control system of more NATO airborne weapons, and then even Northrop will take the initiative to replace the DSI intake channel for the Lightning, so that the empty weight of the lightning can be reduced again.

When these news reached Yang Hui's hands, seeing the Lightning fighter that had been changed to the extreme by Northrop and Embraer, Yang Hui knew that this aircraft was already the configuration of the previous standard Thunder Block2, and because the P-1120 engine was more powerful than the RD-93, the Lightning also adopted more weight reduction measures than the Thunder in the early design.

The current deluxe version of the lightning is a little more powerful than the full-body Thunder, and it is also a good choice for Greece to use this guy against the Turkish F-16C, this dog really has a vision! (To be continued.) )