After dealing with the news about aero engines, it is natural to allocate funds and start the 624 plan, and there is no need to say anything else, just watch, wait, and work hard.

During this period, there was good news in May, from the former Soviet Union's important republic of Ukraine's Novo Kramatto Heavy Machinery Factory got the 7.5-ton heavy-duty die forging hydraulic press built by the Soviet Union in 61 years, and the 600-ton die forging hydraulic press also sold by the factory to France in the 70s.

Even, this time also hired a group of senior engineers and deputy chief engineers from the factory, and jointly came to the southwest of the Republic to design and build the 80,000-ton heavy-duty die forging hydraulic press, of course, this time is already the 90s, naturally can no longer be different from the pure mechanical equipment produced in the sixties and seventies, the basic numerical control device is also essential, anyway, the last thing to build the world's most advanced die forging hydraulic press.

After discussing with Southwest Aluminum, the new die forging hydraulic press will be installed on the other side of Guiyang Aerospace Industrial Zone, which is about five kilometers away, which is also isolated from the Aviation Industrial Zone and can be close to the titanium alloy processing base, which is more convenient when forging titanium alloy parts in the future.

After all, the 80,000-ton die forging hydraulic press this time, 40% of the time is used for forging titanium alloy parts, such as fighter jets, heavy transport aircraft, passenger aircraft load-bearing partitions, heavy-duty rotor machinery wheels, and even titanium alloy blades, etc., these parts are forged with titanium alloy if they have weight requirements, and ordinary alloy steel is forged without strict weight requirements.

All of the above businesses are related to the aviation manufacturing industry, so it is no exaggeration to say that the 10,000-ton large pressure machinery is completely for the aviation manufacturing industry, and it is logical to install it near the Guiyang Aviation Industrial Park.

The only bad thing is that when this thing moves, you will feel a "slight" ground shake within a radius of a few kilometers, which is unavoidable.

In addition to the aviation manufacturing industry, it is also necessary to use a large die forging machine of 80,000 tons, which is probably the shipbuilding of the ocean, and some heavy metal forgings on the ship can only be manufactured here, such as the special small submarine under water when manufacturing the pressure-resistant shell, if the titanium alloy shell forged by the large press is used, the diving depth data is absolutely leveraged.

As for another planned 15,000-ton free forging hydraulic press, in order to save infrastructure costs and form a cluster effect, it is also installed not far from the hydraulic press

Cairo, Egypt

Regarding Egypt's international tender plan for a new generation of fighters released in 91, after a whole year of open and secret competition in all aspects, the Tornado fighter was first ruthlessly cut, and the MiG-29, which originally had a glimmer of hope, was also kicked away for various reasons.

The last three remaining aircraft are the Mirage 2000-5, F-16C/D, JF-17, the first two fighters are naturally not uncommon, and the most surprising thing for the international aviation community is that the JF-17 aircraft can also be shortlisted, although this does not mean that the JF-17 can be comparable to the first two aircraft in terms of combat capabilities, but with its own unique advantages, it still stands out.

At the time of the final round of the tender review committee, there were still two voices in the meeting, one side was in favor of the F-16C/D, and the other side was in favor of the JF-17, which happened to represent two different interest groups.

The support for the F-16 is to take into account the strong combat capability of this fighter, the air and ground are not bad, especially this time provided to Egypt is still the C type with the use of medium-range air-to-air missiles, coupled with the strength of the pro-American forces in Egypt at this time, the forces that originally used the F-16 in the Air Force asked for a unified model, so the F-16 can be described as a big voice.

The forces behind the F-16 are strong enough, but the forces supporting the JF-17 are also not weak, first of all, the domestic industrial sector in Egypt fully supports the JF-17 project, after all, the JF-17 is committed to establishing a production line in Egypt, at least 50% of the parts can be produced in Egypt, and then with the increase in orders, it is not excluded to reach 80% of the Egyptian localization rate.

These commitments have brought a lot of effect on Egypt's local economy, especially the good performance of the Hongdu L-8 trainer aircraft production line that Egypt has just built, and many basic aviation manufacturing industries supporting L-8 can also play a role in the JF-17 project, so Egypt's local economy, industrial sector, and even the Egyptian prime minister are also shouting for JF-17 on the sidelines, shouting "Give me the JF-17 project today, and tomorrow ensure that the country's GDP grows by five percentage points"

This slogan is really loud enough, and many people who don't know the truth are also shouting JF-17 long live! And the Egyptian army is not without voices supporting JF-17, at least the Egyptian Navy believes that JF-17 with strong sea attack capabilities is the first choice, after all, Egypt can also be regarded as a "two-ocean country", guarding the Suez Canal, the world's most important waterway, anyway, the Navy is quite optimistic about JF-17.

In the Egyptian Air Force, it is some units that have used Chinese-made fighters before, and after being invited to visit and test fly the JF-17, the new flight experience is not inferior to the fighters of Western countries, and the long-buried C-series fighter complex has been revived again.

The most important thing is that one F-16 can purchase two JF-17s with funds, and only such an aircraft can ensure that the Egyptian Air Force will not shrink in number.

But this situation will not last long, with the announcement of the joint purchase of two 27,000-ton light fleet aircraft carriers by Brazil and Thailand, which not only caused a wave of turmoil in the international shipbuilding industry, but also the stock of Bazin shipyard was red for several days, and the news even affected Egypt.

In the procurement project of a new generation of fighters, JF-17 finally has the absolute upper hand, the reason is very simple, the current JF-17 is the only multi-role carrier-based fighter in the world that can catapult and take off on a light fleet aircraft carrier, and this aircraft and the light aircraft carrier produced by Spain can be effectively matched, so what does Egypt purchase if it does not purchase JF-17?

"Look, this is a message from the Saudi side, asking if we are willing to cooperate with them, and Saudi Arabia will purchase a light fleet aircraft carrier from the Bazin shipyard, and then we will send carrier-based aircraft units to jointly build a modern aircraft carrier with strong combat capabilities, and the most important thing is that this aircraft carrier will be stationed in our military port in Egypt in peacetime."

Although Mubarak has been vigorously developing the economy during his tenure, it does not mean that this guy has relaxed his military ambitions, at least this guy was also leading the fourth Middle East war at a perfect start, and then the defeat and the signing of a contract to recognize Israel's national identity, Mubarak is still bearing the burden of humiliation.

Now that Egypt has the opportunity to build a powerful navy, and at a modest cost, Mubarak certainly has something in mind. Moreover, if the JF-17 fighter is chosen for the new generation fighter project, it means that the carrier-based version of this aircraft in the future is also logical, and it can also be produced domestically, thereby stimulating the development of Egypt's economy and military industry. (To be continued.) )