At the company's headquarters, Pierre warmly welcomed the Pakistani delegation, and Pierre's face was filled with a warm smile.

"This time at the Farnborough Air Show, our Tomcat fighter has made a prestige, and many countries have expressed interest in our fighters, especially Kuwait, which has sent people to inspect our fighters twice and intends to order a batch." Pierre said.

Looking at the F-15 and F-16 are exported to many countries, and their own company's F-14 fighters, but there has been no export results, except for Iran and Pakistan, there is no third country, Grumman is very anxious, and now, with the help of this air show, F-14 is in the limelight, which makes Pierre very happy.

"The Soviets died on their own." The elder Arslan said: "They actually dare to take the initiative to provoke our fighters, they can't beat them on the battlefield, and if they want to confront us at the air show, it will be useless." ”

"We're also interested in the models that you exhibited at the air show." "Our company would also like to acquire some of your company's stealth know-how," Pierre said. ”

Hearing Pierre's words, old Arslan frowned and said, "I'm sorry, as far as I know, your company's plan has been excluded by the US Air Force, right?" Now, it's mostly Northrop and Lockheed, right? ”

Pierre's expression was also depressed, participating in the bid for the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program, initially there were six companies bidding, and now, only two are left, and Grumman's bid has been excluded, which means that Grumman will not be able to get a piece of the American military aircraft dinner in the future.

"Although the U.S. Air Force's plan excludes us, we have another plan." Grumman said: "The Navy's advanced tactical fighter. That is, the NATF program. ”

Grumman's F-14 is still the most advanced fighter of the U.S. Navy, and its air combat performance is incomparable, even if it is the F-15 of the Air Force, it once conducted an internal confrontation exercise, and the result. The record is proud, 10:2, and in 12 confrontations, the F-15 has only won twice!

No matter what happened to the U.S. Air Force, at least the U.S. Navy, is still very satisfied with the Tomcat fighter, Grumman is full of confidence, and at the same time began an upgrade program, which is the later F-14E Silent Cat program. It's a pity that in later generations, with the end of the Cold War, the U.S. Navy has already defeated the invincible opponent in the world, and this kind of fighter is no longer needed, and in the end it is really completely silent.

Now, the need for stealth aircraft in the US Navy has also begun to become increasingly urgent. The Air Force already has the F-117 and is working on the B-2. There is also an advanced tactical fighter plan, these fighters have stealth performance, and the navy can't come up with a stealth plane! This is absolutely not a no-no!

So, Grumman's plan. It is exactly what the Navy likes, designing an advanced stealth fighter!

Grumman does not have many reserves in stealth technology, and when it was learned that Pakistan's stealth technology was developing rapidly, Grumman certainly valued it very much, plus Pakistan had a good relationship with Grumman. Including Pierre's daughter, who is the wife of Pakistani President Mahmad, the two sides should be the most intimate relationship, although the United States has been delaying the production line of F110 engines some time ago, but that is because of the US Air Force, it has nothing to do with Grumman, and now, with the help of Grumman, the F110 engine project has been relaunched in Pakistan.

"In this plan, we need our fighters to have excellent stealth performance." "We were very inspired by your design and we would love to see your complete technical documentation," says Pierre. ”

Old Arslan frowned, Grumman wanted it too!

Seeing the attitude of the old Arslan, Pierre continued: "I know that the conditions given by the other two companies are good, although I don't know what their conditions are, but I can say that our conditions are more on the basis of their conditions. ”

Pierre thought that the old Arslan was reluctant because he was embarrassed to put forward conditions, a deal is a deal, and if a deal is to be reached, it must be enough to pay.

"I'm sorry, but I have to report this back to President Mhammad, and only the president has the authority to decide which company to sell these technologies to." Old Arslan said.

Looking at the old Arslan's statement, Pierre said: "Okay, then we look forward to your president's response." We have another proposal, you now have about eighty Tomcats, after several years of fighting, there are also certain losses, don't you think, should we continue to order a batch of fighters? ”

If the company's production line wants to continue to operate, it needs a steady stream of orders, and Pierre is confident that Pakistan will place another order.

Order again? Now that Pakistan has very few external threats, there is a secret agreement with the USSR, there will be no war between them, a war with India? India is now too busy to solve its own problems, let alone challenge Pakistan.

It's just that if the dream of Pakistan's great rejuvenation is to be realized, there are only about eighty Tomcat fighters, which is obviously not enough, and if another forty or so are ordered, Pakistan's air power will be more substantial, but...

Pakistan needs Tomcat fighters, and even more needs to obtain various technologies of Tomcat fighters, and it is not in Pakistan's interests to directly purchase the whole aircraft.

"I'm afraid our president isn't interested in that." "If you can export the production line of the Tomcat fighter and let us make it in our own aircraft manufacturing company, maybe we will order another batch," said the elder Arslan. ”

Hearing this, Pierre's body was shocked, you produce it yourself? So what do we Grumman earn? Isn't it going to block our own financial route by exporting technology to you?

Pierre immediately rejected this proposal in his heart, and still showed a normal expression on his face: "This proposal requires us to consider it carefully, our production line cannot be exported casually, this is also related to the interests of the US Navy, and we need to obtain their consent, I estimate that it will be very difficult." ”

Old Arslan knew that the other party was going to say this, and with a smile on his face, he said: "If you can let us produce our own Tomcat fighters in China, then we can export our stealth technology to you without any additional conditions, and at the same time, we can also invest and participate in the development of your navy's advanced tactical fighters, and share the development costs with you, and we can also win over Saudi Arabia and other countries to invest together, and when the development is successful, we can also order a batch." ”

Export the opponent's stealth technology to Grumman without reservation! At the same time, participate in their development, and even after the development is successful, order a batch!

Now, the Navy's advanced fighter program, which was only proposed by the Navy itself, has not yet received the support of Congress, and the military budget has been seriously overrun. If there is investment from Pakistan, it will undoubtedly make the development of this fighter smoother, especially with Saudi Arabia's investment! France's Mirage 4000 project is almost carried out with Saudi investment!

And after the development is successful, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia will definitely equip a batch, which will make Grumman even more profitable! And when this kind of aircraft is successfully developed, the technology of the Tomcat fighter will not be particularly advanced, and the US Navy can allow the export of technology.

Pierre couldn't refuse.

"Then we are very much looking forward to working with your company." "If I have time, I would like to go to Islamabad in person and meet with the President of your country," Pierre said. ”

The president of a large company wants to meet the president of a country, it is also very difficult, fortunately, Pierre has another identity, that is, Mhammad's father-in-law, he really wants to go, and Nam Hamad has no reason to shirk.

Old Arslan agreed.

The trip to the United States ended, and the elder Arslan returned to Islamabad.

"Grumman's advanced naval fighter?" When Mhammad heard the words of old Arslan, he was immediately overjoyed: "This fighter should have been born from our Tomcat fighter." ”

Grumman has mastered the variable sweep wing technology very well, and they have developed a new fighter plane, which is still used to make the fighter unparalleled advanced.

If it can be developed together with Grumman, then the Pakistani side will learn a lot of experience.

As a matter of fact, the so-called joint research and development is to learn from a teacher, and Pakistan should dig out more technology by participating in their research and development.

Not to mention anything else, many of the technologies of the current Tomcat fighter will promote the development of new aircraft, and Pakistan's exposure to these technologies will be of great benefit. The development of a new fighter jet, protracted, Pakistan was able to learn a lot of useful techniques.

"When negotiating, we must emphasize that in the research and development, we must not only contribute money, but also touch the core things." "We're not in a hurry anyway, and it's okay to talk for a long time," Mhammad said. ”

There are other companies that want these technologies, and this time, Mhammad has fooled the Americans for a while. An empty shell will make the Americans tricked, and it is enough for Mhammad to use these so-called stealth technologies to exchange for the production line of F110, and everything else is earned. (To be continued......)