Looking at the staff of Rolls-Royce who walked away from the side, he asked a little strangely: "Rawls?" ”

"That's right, Rawls. The deputy chief engineer of the EJ-200 project team of Royce has just come to talk about the issue of replacing the engine of the JF-17 lightning fighter jet that we will talk about soon, and they proposed the EJ-200 and RB-199 two power schemes, although it is good, but we also want to hear more about other options, we think the PW-1120 is a good engine. ”

"Lightning? This aircraft has been in the limelight lately, but it is really necessary to replace it with a better engine, and if I remember correctly, the original WS10 engine of this aircraft is strikingly similar to our PW-1120 in terms of size, weight and air flow, if you choose 1120, you can reduce a lot of unnecessary trouble in the process of changing the engine, right? ”

At the beginning, of course, it was Northrop that was responsible for communicating with Pratt & Whitney, after all, both parties are U.S. defense and military companies, and there are many overlaps in business, so it will be very easy for the two sides to communicate, which can be seen from the conversation between the two.

"It seems that Pratt & Whitney pays attention to intelligence gathering, not bad! We have also carefully analyzed the difference between the two engines, it can be said that it is very small, in the process of changing the engine, it is very simple to complete the adaptation of the 1120 and the lightning fighter body, and this is also a point that we are more interested in, so are you willing to provide this engine? ”

This is almost a redundant move, how can this kind of door-to-door business not be done, PW-1120 has not been ordered since it was finalized, the original plan of the Israeli Lion fighter was launched, although the F-4 Phantom 2 fighter also intends to use this engine, but in the end McDonnell Douglas found that the final performance of the Phantom 2 has seriously threatened the F-15, for the future of the F-15, of course, it is natural to give up the Phantom 2 fighter-bomber project.

And those who have considered PW-1120 fighters are also a lot, the typical JAS-39 and the Yugoslav Rafale multi-role fighter that finally chose to cooperate with France but still can't do it, they have all had the experience of being optimistic about PW-1120, but the facts tell Pratt & Whitney that until now in 92, 1120 still does not have any installed customers.

Pratt & Whitney in the development of this engine, those plans for a better future are all shattered, very helplessly, this engine in 85 years to complete the finalization and can be put into production, but are in a state of no one cares, and now how to hear that someone is interested in 1120, Pratt & Whitney is of course willing.

If we don't seize the last chance now, when EJ-200 becomes the climate in a few years, 1120 will definitely not be able to match it.

"Absolutely, we are willing to provide more abundant power for Lightning, the choice of Pratt & Whitney will make the lightning more perfect, I believe you know the technical source of the 1120 engine, based on the F-100 core engine based on the development of continuous deflated turbojet engine, which solves a lot of immaturity on the F-100. And this means that it will have the same spicy thrust data as the F-100. And 60% of all the components can be used with the F-100, and given that these parts are already in mass production, we can keep the production cost of the PW-1120 under control, and the price is only $2.3 million per unit. ”

I have to say that this will be a very attractive data, you must know that ten years ago, that is, in 82 years, the F-404 produced by General Electric was bought at a position of 2 million US dollars, not to mention the depreciation of the US dollar currency ten years later, plus the PW-1120 was originally better than the F-404 in terms of thrust, and it was indeed quite a conscience to sell 2 million US dollars.

This Pratt & Whitney staff does have some ideas in his heart, before he came, he saw the staff of Rolls-Royce taking the lead, he was still very stressed in his heart, in this case, choosing to press the price to 2 million US dollars is also a very helpless choice, now I don't dare to take risks, and I am thankful that I can recover the research and development expenses of 1120.

But even if it is a super conscientious offer of $2.3 million, the vice president of Northrop, who knows Pratt & Whitney, still doesn't believe it, and for the PPW-1120 engine, Northrop was not uninspected when he was developing the F-20, and the offer given by Pratt & Whitney at that time

"Come on! It's not that we don't know about PW-1120, in 85, this engine was only an offer of $1.8 million, and it has only been less than seven years, the dollar is indeed inflationary, but it is absolutely impossible to directly increase it by 500,000, which is unreliable, $2 million is fine. Today, in front of the buyer Greece, we should not ask too hard, you have produced a large number of F-100 engines over the years, and the cost of 60% of the common components has been reduced compared with 85 years, and this is enough to offset the impact of inflation. ”

After telling the truth here, the Pratt & Whitney staff also blushed, everyone is a US defense and military industrial unit, and they usually move around a lot, so it's really not interesting to dismantle my station at this time

The heart is constantly broken thoughts, but the actual situation is another matter, the two sides also started a fierce bargaining around the price of this engine, but Greece is full of joy, if the price of 1120 can be pressed to 2 million US dollars, then the lightning replacement of this engine is too worthwhile, and then it will be necessary to purchase this aircraft in large quantities!

In the end, after Northrop came up with the big killer of small profits and quick turnover, he said that in the future, when new mid-to-high-end users purchase Lightning, the lightning using fly-by-wire flight controller and PW-1120 must be very competitive, and this is definitely more than one order from Greece.

Even Embraer also defected, and suddenly gave a sentence: "That's right, the price of 2 million will be very competitive, and even the carrier-based lightning fighter we are developing is very likely to choose this engine, so let's settle it like this!" ”

This situation is to the side of Xie Lianfa to depressed,Obviously, this PW-1120 to take the road of small profits and quick turnover,The export of the turbofan10 will be restricted,Although the cost of the turbofan10 is low,But it is also close to 1 million US dollars,And the turbofan10It can be said that it is a comprehensive defeat in performance1120,Even the fuel consumption is not comparable,Think about the unit fuel consumption of a turbofan is higher than the turboze,This is simply it

After all, the foundation of the turbofan 10 engine is too thin, and after the domestic restarter to develop the turbofan 12, there is no follow-up plan to improve it, and the future of the turbofan 10 is not optimistic. But fortunately, with the powerful engine of 1120, the lightning in the later stage will definitely be more competitive, as long as more lightning machines are sold, there will definitely be a lot of profits.

In this way, even if you sell less turbofan 10, it doesn't hurt, anyway, the more you go to the back, the tighter the production capacity of United Aero Engines, and you have to learn to give up when it's time to give up.

Seeing that the most worried power problem has also been satisfactorily solved, and according to the quotation given by Pratt & Whitney, presumably the cost of the final Lightning Deluxe Edition will not exceed 20 million US dollars, but what you get is a multi-role fighter that can beat the Mirage-2000-5 and can compete head-on with the F-16C.

And it just so happens that Greece is also a coastal country, and the powerful anti-ship combat capability inherited from the predecessors has been tested by war, and in the face of the Turkish Navy, and the Red Navy threat that will emerge from the Black Sea even when it is not known, this is simply tailor-made for Greece!

"Well, if the final offer does not exceed 20 million US dollars, I believe that the procurement can be directly decided without bidding, we face a large number of F-16C fighters in Turkey, and urgently need a large number of first-line third-generation fighters, if there is no problem in the first batch of use, the number of equipment in Greece is likely to exceed three digits."

Greece, which had been in the last place, has purchased more than seventy F-16s and more than thirty Mirage-2000-5s since the late nineties, and now

When they heard that Greece was going to fight against Turkey's F-16C fighter jets, the Pratt & Whitney staff immediately came to the scene, and their eyebrows fluttered.

"Turkey's batch of F-16C is equipped with F-110 engines, but don't worry, our 1120 has its own killer feature, given that 1120 belongs to the turbojet engine, its thrust characteristics determine that as long as it exceeds Mach 0.6 at low altitude, the cruising thrust and maximum afterburner thrust will have a great increase with the standard data of the bench test, and the maximum increase is at Mach 0.9, and the afterburner thrust can reach 11.3 tons."

That's right, the PW-1120 is so awesome, as long as you find the right combat altitude and speed, this is a pseudo-big thrust engine, which is definitely a big surprise! It would be strange not to scare the Turkish pilots stupidly when the time comes.

Regarding the data given by Pratt & Whitney, no matter who it is, it is not surprising that the turbojet engine can fly out of the stake thrust data under certain circumstances, but the maximum thrust like 1120 can be increased by 2 tons, which belongs to the typical black technology category, it seems that even the early F-100 engine is this data!

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, you know that this time it is the right treasure, this hidden attribute is not EJ-200 can be achieved, after all, turbofan engines are born without this skill, and the adaptability of the different heights of turbojet engines is also a point that turbofan engines are difficult to achieve (except for D-30F6). (To be continued.) )