Chapter 385: Pakistan Participates in Super Seven
"Mr. Tu, your fighter jet is very much in line with our needs, and we would like to visit the cockpit of the fighter." Junaid said.
At this time, the fighter had landed, Lei Qiang got off the plane, and every time he flew, it was like showing art.
When Tu Jida heard the other party say that he wanted to visit the cockpit, and knew that the other party was already interested in this fighter, he immediately came to the front of the plane with the enthusiastic Pakistani personnel.
"Our fighter is modified on the basis of the J-7, and so far, the internal cockpit is still arranged in the manner of the J-7, but there will soon be reborn changes." Tu Jida said.
J-7? On this fighter, where can you see the shadow of the J-7? Looking at the thick nose of the machine, the Pakistani personnel did not dare to imagine.
Stepping on the plane, the internal instruments are all coarse Soviet-style instruments, which are relatively rough and unimaginable, just now the pilot was sitting here and performing like a flowing cloud.
"Our fighter has not yet been equipped with advanced avionics, and the nose is not equipped with radar, and we are planning to introduce American-made radar and avionics equipment to be installed on our fighter." Tu Jida said.
American-made radar and avionics? It has long been known that China's domestic avionics equipment is backward, and the Pakistani side is also psychologically prepared to replace it with American avionics, which is of course better. But are the Americans willing to equip Chinese fighters with advanced avionics?
"What type of avionics are you going to reload?" Junaid asked.
"Like the F-20 fighters equipped by Iraq, the fire control radar is the AN/APG-67 radar, which is capable of guiding American-made Sparrow air-to-air missiles." Tu Jida said.
Capable of guiding medium-range air-to-air missiles! Junaid was completely moved, even the F-16 they were equipped with now did not have the ability to guide this missile.
In fact, whether the Super Seven can be equipped with such a missile, it depends on which country the Super Seven is exported to, if China is equipped itself, it will not be able to get this kind of thing if it kills Cheng Fei, and what Tu Jida said is also able to guide this kind of air-to-air missile, but it can.
"When will your fighter be mass-produced?" Junaid asked.
"We're going to Iraq soon to install avionics, and if it goes well, it's likely that we will be ready for production in a few months." Tu Jida said.
This is not a new development of avionics, but just a full set of F-20 avionics, as long as the reserved power and space are sufficient, there should not be too many technical problems.
The difficulty, not technically, but politically.
It remains to be seen whether the Americans will deliberately put up obstacles to block this batch of transactions.
However, if the first buyer of Super Seven is Pakistan, this is different, the United States even sold F-16 fighters to Pakistan, not to mention the avionics of F-20 fighters, which are one grade lower than F-16? Although, in reality, the F-20 has surpassed the F-16 in some indicators of avionics.
Due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Pakistan was an important ally of the United States in the South Asian subcontinent, so if the F-20 was sold to Pakistan, there would be no problem with those avionics.
Although Tu Jida is an aircraft designer, he has a very accurate grasp of the political situation abroad.
"I don't know how much does this fighter cost?" Junaid asked.
Chinese weapons have always been very cheap, and Junaid has already made up his mind.
"This is specific to the higher-level leaders, but because the entire avionics system is from the United States, the price is very expensive, and the whole aircraft costs at least five million dollars." Tu Jida said.
The avionics system is only 3 million US dollars, and only 2 million US dollars is the price of the whole aircraft, which is actually a cheap price that is not very profitable, but for Pakistan, China has always been a friendly country, and it can almost be sold without making money.
The F-16s purchased by Pakistan cost more than $20 million each, and the price of this super seven is only a quarter, and the combat effectiveness has increased instead of decreasing, which is very cost-effective for Pakistan.
"Okay, then let's order forty first!" Junaid said.
Tu Jida was very happy, he knew that as long as there was an order from Pakistan, this super seven project would be completely alive, even if it only earned 500,000 US dollars per plane, this is 40 planes, that is, 20 million US dollars, for Cheng Fei, for the country, this is a huge amount of money.
It seems that the progress has to be accelerated, and it is time to go to Iraq to install avionics, and I hope everything goes well.
Chengfei's production line is now working overtime to urgently export a batch of J-7 fighters to Iran in exchange for a huge amount of foreign exchange.
At the same time, another big project in China, the main person in charge of Yunshi, Ma Fengshan, is also very excited at the moment.
With foreign funding, the Yun-10 project will be able to continue!
After repeated instructions from the superiors, after the work of the leaders of the three machine departments, the Yun-10 project was finally pulled back from the brink of premature death, and the final decision of the superiors was that from now on, the Yun-10 became an international cooperation project, and the country would not invest a penny in the Yun-10 project, and the technology sharing of the Yun-10 could only be limited.
Since the state is unwilling to invest in the Yun-10 and has found funds from Iraq, the resistance to the Yun-10 project has been greatly reduced, and the Civil Aviation Administration has always declared that it does not need to Yun-10. And now, Yun 10 can finally leave aside the General Administration of Civil Aviation, from the Iraqi side, there is already an intention to order ten aircraft, the General Administration of Civil Aviation does not want it, then don't ask for it!
Ma Fengshan is a person with a lot of backbone, and what is needed to persist in the Yunshi project in that vigorous movement is indomitable perseverance.
A person who struggles for his ideals all his life should be such a thing that makes people feel their blood boiling!
The next stage of the trial voyage of the Yun-10 is being carried out in an orderly manner.
The person in charge of another domestic project, the turbofan 6 project that is about to be launched, saw that both Chengfei and Shangfei in China had already established ties with Iraq, and Shen Fei was finally moved.
"Your Excellency Qusay, the Chinese side has sent a message saying that the airframe of the Super 7 project has completed the test flight, and it is hoped that the second stage of the plan can be carried out, the airframe will be flown to Basra, and a full set of avionics equipment like the F-20 fighter will be installed." The head of the Zubayer aircraft factory said to Zhang Feng.
Super Seven flew out so quickly? Zhang Feng felt incredible: "Okay, we completely agree, and at the same time, notify Dr. Cassin of the American side and let them get ready, and we will carry out all aspects of avionics modification on Super Seven." ”
The super seven project can progress so fast, and the plan they provide to them is not unrelated, the final improved plan of the J-7 is the J-7 MF, that is, the current plan, I just put this plan to Tu Jida in advance.
Through the cooperation with the American Grumman company, the way of rib air intake was determined, and the American advanced engine was installed, and the American avionics was almost a new design, and as a result, after more than ten years of tortuous routes, it finally developed into the FC1 Thunder, which has completely gotten rid of the shadow of the J-7.
The focus of the following improvement is to replace it with the same avionics as the F-20, so that the Super 7 can enter the ranks of the world's advanced fighters!
"Your Excellency Qusay, there is another piece of news, the message sent by the Chinese side indicates that there are Pakistanis who came with the project team." The person in charge felt that the stakes were very high, and he felt that his Excellency Qusay should be made clear.
Pakistani? Zhang Feng thought of the origin of the Super Seven Project in later generations, is it really the same way?
"The Pakistanis came with the project team, what are they here for? Visiting Basra? Zhang Feng asked.
"No, they want to see the effect of the Super Seven being installed with American avionics as soon as possible, so they followed, and the Chinese side said that Pakistan already has the intention to order 40 Super Sevens."
Forty? Zhang Feng is very happy, sure enough, it is very similar to the historical development of later generations, Pakistan is for super seven, but it is love at first sight!
"We are very welcome." Zhang Feng said.
With the Pakistanis involved, Zhang Feng is happy to see such a result, you know, although the Americans and China have now entered a short honeymoon period, but they are still very strict against China, the last time in the negotiations the other side agreed to install avionics on the super seven, however, whether they will do anything, it is not clear.
And now, Pakistan is a strong ally of the United States, the first line of the United States against Soviet expansion, Pakistan wants this kind of avionics, installed on the Super Seven, exported to their country, there is no problem, the Americans will definitely not artificially set up any obstacles.
Alleviate one of his big problems! The Super Seven project is off to a good start.
According to the original agreement, Zhang Feng invested 20 million yuan to support the progress of this super seven project, and negotiated the introduction of avionics.
Pakistan is also an Islamic world, and the two sides have certain common ground.
In Zhang Feng's future strategy, Pakistan also occupies an important position, and it is very important to establish relations with Pakistan through the sale of fighter jets.
Zhang Feng sat at his desk in Basra, and as soon as he smoothed these thoughts, he saw Yured walk in anxiously.
As the head of the intelligence agency, Yured has always been calm and calm, what happened this time?
"Your Excellency Qusay, our intelligence agency in Baghdad has received a message that President Saddam Hussein's car was bombed when he was about to go to the front line this morning to inspect the front, and now the president's life and death are unknown."
(To be continued)