"Even so, let's not be blindly optimistic. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 "Although we have won orders from Saudi special forces and our performance in the past six months has been very good, in the eyes of BAE Systems, D&F is still a small company with the nature of a handicraft workshop. Even if we had sufficient liquidity and could get more financing through Prince Waleed, we wouldn't be in a position to negotiate with BAE Systems on a reciprocal basis, unless we had what BAE Systems could only dream of. ”

"We really have."

Hearing this, Wang Dong looked at Zhao Yu.

"Although I don't know much about the business side of things, I think that BAE Systems' attitude towards FN is not only because the UK has left the European Union, nor is it just to prevent the German group holding company from taking a big seat, but also because it has something to do with another thing."

"What's the matter?" Luo Qing asked directly.

"The work on the development of the specification of the third-generation NATO standard-caliber ammunition, as well as the OICW selection work for the US Army."

Luo Qing was slightly stunned, obviously not thinking of this question.

"Something to do with BAE Systems?" Wang Dong pulled the topic back.

Zhao Yu nodded and said: "Although H&K's XM-8 has been known for a long time, the US Army has not yet determined the final plan, so the other team, that is, the gold team in which BAE Systems participated, is not out, but it is not so eye-catching." ”

Wang Dong didn't interject again, and pressed his hand, asking others not to interject.

"The OICW project has been progressing slowly, but it has not been launched, in the final analysis, the US Army has long been dissatisfied with the performance of the M4/M16 series in service, and all the firearms involved in the OICW selection, including the XM-8, have not met the indicators proposed by the US Army."

"Bullets?"

"That's right, the problem is the bullets." Zhao Yu nodded, and said, "With the existing guns, it is impossible to design a firearm that can meet the performance indicators of the US Army." Not to mention SS109 bullets, even 7.62 mm caliber bullets are the same. It is precisely for this that as early as a few years ago, the US Army Special Command, in conjunction with the Marine Corps, issued a tender for new guns and ammunition. ”

"As long as it is adopted by the US military, it will become the third-generation standard ammunition of the NATO bloc."

"In fact, the U.S. military alone has more than a million orders, and counting the large amount of ammunition consumed, it is a market of tens of billions of dollars. In the calculation of the entire NATO bloc, the market size will exceed 100 billion dollars. This is a big cake for any arms enterprise. ”

Wang Dong nodded, indicating that he understood what Zhao Yu meant.

Unfortunately, in the OICW selection, the blue team led by H&K has a clear advantage, and the 8mm gun cartridge developed by it has been sent to the US military for testing. BAE Systems' Gold team has not yet developed a similar gun and ammunition, and may not be able to catch up with competitors in the future. ”

"So we can take the 6.6mm bullet and bargain with BAE Systems?"

"Not only that, but there are also 8.8 mm universal gun cartridges under development, as well as 12 mm machine gun cartridges that are in the design stage. With enough manpower and enough time, we can also develop a countersink of the same caliber that will surpass all competitors in terms of technology. ”

"In this way, as long as BAE Systems wants to win the OICW selection, become the standard-setter of the third-generation NATO standard caliber, and occupy the market of hundreds of billions of dollars, it needs to cooperate with us, and even directly use our new guns and ammunition to compete."

"That's pretty much it."

Wang Dong nodded slightly, pondered for a while, and then said: "There is no doubt that the 6.6mm gun cartridge that has been developed and the other two gun cartridges that are being developed are the trump cards in our hands, and they can only be used at critical moments. Before we do that, we first have to find out where BAE Systems stands and whether there is a willingness to cooperate with us. Secondly, our biggest advantage is not money, but technology. If I'm not mistaken, the United States has been developing countersunk shells, and the LAST machine gun has already been handed over to special forces for combat testing. ”

"Textron, which is responsible for the development of countersunk and caseless shells, is a partner of H&K, and H&K is involved in the design of the LAST machine gun. As expected, H&K will be the first to use the countersunk on the OICW project. However, the development progress of the Textron company is not very smooth, the key is the propellant, and the technical problems of application in small-caliber guns have not been solved so far. Of course, this is also a worldwide problem, requiring not only new propellants, but also new reloading processes. The U.S. military has not let OICW close the project for a long time, and it is likely that it is waiting for Textron to complete the development of the countersunk bomb. ”

"Must use countersunks?" Luo Qing asked.

"Unless there is a revolutionary breakthrough in the field of basic science, in the short term, countersunk and caseless bullets are the only choice to improve the performance of firearms. Because there are more technical problems to be solved for shellless bullets, countersunk bullets are the main development direction, at least the current mainstream direction. ”

Luo Qing still looked at Zhao Yu incomprehensibly.

"To put it simply, under the same caliber, the countersunk bullet is not only lighter and smaller than the traditional gun bullet, but also has better performance. Taking muzzle velocity as an example, under the same weight, the countersunk bullet is 40% higher than the traditional bullet, and the pouring force is at least 30% higher. ”

"You started mentioning that we're also working on a countersunk bomb?" Wang Dong changed the subject.

Zhao Yu nodded and said: "Last year, before you went to Saudi Arabia, I was working on the development of the burying bomb, but it didn't go well. As I mentioned before, the key to countersunk ammunition is the propellant, and the technology we have now is obviously far from enough. ”

"What is needed?"

Zhao Yu was stunned for a moment, looking a little surprised.

"You're the CTO, and you're in charge of the technical stuff. If the bullet is so important, we have to take it and achieve mass production and application before other companies. ”

"The technology is not in a hurry, it has to be taken step by step." Zhao Yu let out a long breath and said, "My opinion is that we should first develop general-purpose guns and bullets to make up for our shortcomings, after all, the Saudi Ministry of Defense's tender also clearly mentions that a general-purpose bullet is needed to be used with small-caliber rifle bullets." In addition, if we want to develop a submerged bomb, we will not have enough facilities and manpower, and we will need to at least set up a research and development center, recruit more researchers, especially experts in the field of propellants, and purchase some equipment. ”

"It's all up to you, if you need funds, go to Gao Jun."

"I'm in charge?"

"Of course, you are the CTO, and you are not in charge, do you want me to go into battle myself?"

Zhao Yu was a little speechless, but he nodded and agreed.

"Serena, I'll leave the matter of contact with BAE Systems to you, no problem, right?"

"No problem, I know what to do."

"That's all for today, then. Once progress has been made, we will discuss the next steps. ”