BAE Systems' willingness to sell FN's shares to D&F, and its support for D&F's acquisition of FN to compete with companies on the European continent for overseas markets, is actually one of the concrete measures to seek change, and it also shows that the British arms dealers represented by Lawrence have not accepted their fate.

But how strong is BAE Systems' desire for change?

Or rather, how much change are British arms dealers willing to make?

Obviously, this is a very important question, but it cannot be answered.

The point is that BAE Systems has a very close relationship with the United States, and most of its business is related to the United States, and the main profits also come from the United States.

Even if BAE Systems were to seek change, it would not be deviant.

You know, if it is sanctioned by the United States and loses the American market, BAE Systems will be finished immediately, and there will be no chance to change.

In that case, there is no need to heed Lawrence's invitation.

Thinking of this, Wang Dong knocked on the table, and then said his thoughts.

Zhao Yu and Nicholas did not express an opinion, one was in charge of technology, the other was a hacker, and the two never pointed fingers at the company's operation.

Serena was a little sorry, but did not object.

"We do have reason to be worried, just miss this opportunity......"

"It's a trap, not an opportunity." Wang Dong glanced at Gao Jun and said, "Of course, your worries do exist, and you can't refuse them all at once. ”

Gao Jun was slightly stunned, he was not worried about this problem, but Wang Dong said so, and he couldn't refute it.

"I'll do my best, but I can't guarantee how long it will last." Serena sighed again before she said, "As long as Lawrence makes it clear, he will definitely ask me to give a clear answer, and at that time, if I flatly refuse, the relationship with him will be broken." ”

"It's an inevitable consequence, what's the pity?"

As soon as Wang Dong said this, Serena closed her mouth.

"Keep this thing away first," Wang Dong threw the miniature storage to Nicholas, "don't move around, maybe there is a virus program in it." ”

Nicholas was slightly stunned, but then nodded, indicating that he understood what Wang Dong meant.

The virus program is not much yet, the key is whether the memory has a radio signal transmitter, and if it has, it will send out a signal when it is used.

Obviously, even if Nicholas is a super hacker, there is no guarantee that he will be able to find the launcher hidden inside.

Wang Dong made a decision, and the matter was settled.

In line with the principle of procrastination, Serena did not take the initiative to contact Lawrence.

Interestingly, Lawrence wasn't very active either, and didn't contact Serena for the next few days, as if it hadn't happened at all.

Of course, this is only a private deal, and things are still going according to plan at the corporate level.

Because FN remained independent, two days later, Gao Jun went to FN's headquarters as a D&F executive.

It's not a command, and there are still a lot of tedious things to deal with after the acquisition.

The first thing Gao Jun did was to split and merge FN's product projects to improve efficiency and reduce unnecessary expenses.

First of all, it is the SCAR-S and SCAR-IA that have evolved on the basis of SCAR.

According to Gao Jun's arrangement, both projects had to be discontinued, and all the developers involved in the projects were merged under the overall SCAR project.

As for what to develop next, Gao Jun did not make an immediate decision.

Of course, he also does not have the right to make decisions.

After learning enough about FN's product program, Gao Jun sorted out the company's product line and focused on ammunition.

To put it simply, it is to use FN's R&D capabilities to serve D&F.

Clearly, there are good enough reasons for this.

D&F has developed small-caliber countersunk ammunition and is solving production problems, while FN has a very long history of interests in the field of ammunition production and has strong technical strength, and its design of SS109 ammunition has been adopted by nearly 100 countries around the world.

In the eyes of the outside world, this is also the key to D&F's acquisition of FN.

Although D&F has strong development capabilities and is very strong in innovation, it has a weak foundation and is relatively weak in production.

In addition, it is no secret that D&F has developed a small-caliber countersunk projectile.

Shortly after Gao Jun went to FN's headquarters in Belgium, D&F officially participated in the OIC project as a secondary contractor and became a member of the gold team.

The capital of D&F is small-caliber countersunk ammunition.

Of course, just joining, and only secondary contractors.

According to the U.S. military's bidding specifications, D&F also needs to come up with a firearm that fires small-caliber countersunk rounds, preferably a rifle, to qualify as a first-class contractor, that is, to obtain the same status as other key members of the gold team such as BAE Systems.

Then, the development of a firearm that fires small-caliber countersunk rounds became a top priority.

It's just that it is not Zhao Yu who undertakes this task, but the design team of FN company, and most of the developers and designers are from the SCAR project team.

It was Wang Dong's arrangement to hand over the design of firearms to FN Company.

In doing so, Zhao Yu mainly focused on dealing with the procurement project of the Saudi Ministry of Defense, that is, a firearm designed to fire universal countersunk shells according to Saudi standards.

In any case, the Saudi Ministry of Defense is a regular customer of D&F.

In addition, Wang Dong did not think that he would be able to win the OIC project, after all, whether he could persist until the end of the OIC project is a question.

Allowing FN to take the lead in the design of firearms would also convince the outside world that D&F was taking the OIC project very seriously.

Don't forget, FN's SCAR has long won the tender of the US special forces, and SCAR-H has also become the standard equipment of the US special forces.

According to the arrangement, the FN company will design two rifles that fire small-caliber countersunk rounds in stages.

This was done mainly to catch up with the progress of the OIC project, and not to be too far behind, to be precise, after all, the blue team had already submitted a complete gun and ammunition system.

First of all, on the basis of SCAR, a rifle that fires small-caliber countersunk bullets was modified.

The difficulty is not small, it is almost equivalent to redesigning a rifle.

Quite simply, countersunk bullets are very different from traditional guns, so the firearm that fires countersunk is very different from traditional firearms in many ways.

It's called a retrofit, but it's actually just a combination of some of SCAR's excellent designs, such as the locking system.

After that, FN will design a rifle that fires 6mm countersunk rounds in full accordance with the technical standards proposed by the US military.

Of course, it will take two or three years to complete at the earliest.

In fact, this is also the key that needs to be divided into two stages, that is, the US military will definitely not wait two or three years for FN to complete the design.

If the gold team is unable to come up with a high-performance gun and ammunition system in time, the U.S. military is likely to declare the blue team the winner within the year.