Lin Qiangsheng and his entourage got on the plane, and the plan of Dongxing Aviation Industry Company also consulted the central government, and they will introduce F14 fighters to Grumman, as well as the introduction of advanced radar technology, cockpit technology and avionics from the United States!

After studying with China Aviation Technology, Air Force, and other departments, the central authorities approved the plan of China Eastern Aviation Engineering Co., Ltd., and asked representatives of the two departments already in the United States to coordinate their work with domestic aviation manufacturers.

A few years ago, China originally wanted to import an advanced fighter jet from the West with production technology, but the US government at that time only allowed the sale of low-grade goods such as F16/79 to China, and did not provide technology and production lines. The French were enthusiastic about recommending their Mirage 2000 to China, and agreed to sell the production line, but the plan fell through due to the high French asking price.

Grumman has also recommended the F14 fighter to China, but domestic experts are not too satisfied with the oldest model of this third-generation aircraft, and the price is high and does not provide production lines and technology, so there is little interest in it in China.

Lin Qiangsheng has also seen a lot of remarks on the Internet in his previous life, saying that Grumman expressed the sale of a batch of improved F14 in China in 84, a total of 24 aircraft, and replaced with F110-GE-400 engines, with increased thrust, greatly improved performance, and reduced fuel consumption. In the years that followed, there were endless negotiations about performance, price, etc. Grumman had invited Chinese technicians to visit its factories and invited U.S. Navy pilots to conduct flight demonstrations. At that time, the CEO of Grumman also presented a T-shirt embroidered with a 'red tomcat' to the Chinese personnel.

But according to Lin Qiangsheng's actual understanding in this era, there is no interaction between the two sides on this matter this year, Grumman may have mentioned it to the Chinese side, but it is also the original F14, and there is no domestic interest. And the deal also requires authorization from the U.S. government and Congress, and most importantly, a TAA authorization letter for technical assistance. After all, the F14 is a supersonic heavy carrier-based fighter, and Iran relies on it to withstand Iraqi fighters several times its size, and it is difficult for Grumman to pass this hurdle.

Because GM has not yet developed the F110-GE-400 engine, and the F14 has not been replaced, it is unclear whether Grumman will be able to handle the deal.

Several difficulties are in front of him, and for Lin Qiangsheng. It is also necessary to coordinate with the domestic air force, if the air force does not buy it, he will not be able to play. However, Lin Qiangsheng does not just want to contribute to the motherland, he has his own important goals to achieve by introducing F14!

Americans' manufacturing technology is more than a little more advanced than that of Europe, Russia and China, especially military technology, and the long life and excellent stability of its component systems are unmatched by any technologically developed country. Perhaps Japan can be compared in some aspects, because the United States uses a lot of Japanese-made fighters.

As a carrier-based aircraft, the F14 also emphasizes the perfect unity of structural strength, component life and weight, so the manufacturing process is more sophisticated.

Lin Qiangsheng is looking forward to learning from the manufacturing ideas and systems of the United States through the introduction of it, which is of great significance to the technological progress and system progress of Dongxing Group!

If the Eastern Star Group can introduce the F14. Study it, learn from it, establish this big project mechanism, put the production of many subsystems, components and materials in the daily technological progress, do not seek to eat fat in ten or eight years, but use twenty years of determination to do it, step by step, and use the acquired technology and ideas in the production of other technologies and products during this period. Eventually, Dongxing Group will be able to produce a Chinese version of the F14, even if it is more than 30 years late. It's also a huge step forward for us, and of course not all the subsystems produced will be at the level of more than 30 years ago. A little bit of modification, a little bit of improvement. Do not take the imitation of the F14 as a short-term task, but as a sample and a goal for us, to provide an example for the basic industry.

At that time, the quality of the American military industry will be applied to the various products of the Eastern Star Group, and the benefits and significance will be unprecedented, and the significance will be far-reaching and beneficial!

Of course. Lin Qiangsheng also understands how difficult it is to reach this deal, and the success factor is not that he does not work hard, but that the Americans do not agree, and the initiative is basically in the hands of the other party.

The central government also expects that the joint venture of China Eastern Aviation Industry Co., Ltd. can bring something new to China's aviation industry, and focuses on exploring a new route for technological progress.

Lin Qiangsheng knew that Dongxing Aviation Industry Company could not break away from the domestic system. The introduced project requires a good field, without which China Eastern Airlines Industry Company will not survive. He must equip the Air Force with F14 fighters, otherwise it will be impossible to introduce the F14 project, and there will be no possibility of greatly improving the technology of Dongxing products!

At the end of the 70s, in accordance with the needs of the army's weapons and equipment renewal in the mid-to-late 80s, combined with the development level of the world's fighter aircraft, China put forward the idea of a major revision of the J-8, so as to provide the troops with fighters capable of intercepting high-altitude and low-altitude high-speed invasion targets in the 80s, and its purpose was mainly to guard against the backfire bombers deployed by the Soviet Union in the Far East and northern China.

However, the design of the J-8II platform was very smooth, and the drawing design was completed in 1982-1983, and the test flight was successful in 1984. Under these circumstances, the Central Military Commission decided to take advantage of the favorable international environment to solve the problem of backwardness of the J-8II supporting system by introducing advanced foreign systems.

The Military Commission and the Air Force are very fond of the J-8II, because it is easy to manufacture this fighter by relying on the existing Chinese technical level and technological reserves, and take the opportunity to transform the J-8II by introducing American equipment, and then imitate it themselves, which will easily form combat effectiveness, and the superiors believe that this is a feasible route!

Invisibly, Lin Qiangsheng's plan to introduce F14 collided with the ideas of the Military Commission and the Air Force. The production line cannot be introduced, and the maintenance and maintenance of the F14 is notoriously expensive, and it is still a question whether the Military Commission and the Air Force want this fighter, and as for letting them pay for Lin Johnson, they have not thought about it.

In his view, if the industrial base and ideological system of the Dongxing Group can be greatly improved through the introduction of the US military product management system and technology, he will not hesitate to spend one billion dollars, and if the quality control of the US military industry is applied to the automobile industry and other industrial production, then the market to be won in the future will be limitless!

There were a total of 12 people on this trip, all of whom were aerospace-related R&D technicians except for him and Chen Yao, led by Chief Engineer Yang Wanli.

Nowadays, Dongxing Group is no longer as overstretched as it was a few years ago, when you want to recruit talents, you have to ask the government for special approval, ask grandpa to tell grandma, and want to recruit a college graduate to visit.

In the past four or five years of reform and opening up, Lin Qiangsheng's most obvious feeling is that he is free to do things!

With the return of educated youth to the cities, coupled with the increasing number of people flocking to the cities to make money, the overall employment situation in society has deteriorated. Earlier, the municipal government felt some employment pressure, desperately and rudely stuffed people into the enterprise, but with the increase in recent years, the higher authorities also felt that it was difficult to continue, and at the same time, the enterprise was also overcrowded, not only the economic efficiency declined, but also caused the enterprise funds to dry up, the more people the poorer the dilemma.

At present, the country's economic situation is not good, and it is also reflected in the employment of college students, and there has been a trend in many regions that it is difficult to distribute the jobs of college students. The biggest benefit of college graduates is the distribution of packages, and it is not easy to get employed when they go to college, which makes many graduates frustrated and even complain, but it also makes many people change their thinking and decide not to wait and fight for themselves, plus the national economic reform has gradually taken root in the hearts of the people in recent years, and it has also allowed many college graduates to open up their ideas and have some different ideas!

Now, a large number of private enterprises in the society have sprung up, but the lack of technology of private enterprises is also the biggest obstacle to the development of enterprises, so they have to go to the research institute to hire expert researchers to develop products for themselves, and the researchers also get some remuneration. Of course, these transactions are done secretly behind the back of the public and are risky, but the business owners reap the tangible benefits, and the visionary entrepreneurs also set their sights on the college graduates who are waiting to be employed, and they are not satisfied with temporary work!

Dongxing Group is naturally more attractive than private enterprises, and has continuously absorbed talents from colleges and universities over the years, and the structure of the company's management personnel has undergone great changes. The original management was almost all a natural growth type without much culture, especially the middle-level managers of the group and the factory grass-roots management personnel grew up freely. Now a large number of skilled and literate managers have grown up, many of whom used to be college graduates, and they have grown very rapidly after being exposed to actual work.

Lin Qiangsheng, the old man of the original company, did not give up, Dongxing worked hard to provide them with learning opportunities, by hiring domestic and foreign expert lecturers, groups of employees supplemented the knowledge structure to catch up, these people also play a role in important positions in Dongxing Group.

And those employees who are not smart but are serious and responsible and can complete their own work well, Dongxing still values it, and if you can't learn it once, you can do it twice, and if you don't learn twice, you will do it three times. This is the case with a company that creates learning by respecting its employees and creating opportunities for them. In the era of great technological development at the turn of the century, the upgrading of knowledge and technology is very fast, no one can say when it will suddenly open up in the future, Dongxing has always adhered to the creation of infinite possibilities to look at their employees! (To be continued.) )