"So, the Ministry of Aviation Industry is going to get rid of me and do it myself?" After learning about the cause and effect from Liao Huairen's mouth, Qi Yiming couldn't help but say.

Liao Huairen smiled and said, "I can't get rid of you, don't I still want to come to you for help?" ”

Qi Yiming complained: "Find me to ask for two prototypes, it's still free, and then there must be something wrong with the technique, and I directly asked for someone to ask for something, and the money doesn't go through my pocket, and the person in charge is not me, it's almost like getting rid of me." ”

Liao Huairen patted him on the shoulder and said: "You also put money in the F-14 case, I didn't see you make money, so you didn't do these things to make money." What's more, the skills, talents, and equipment in Cheng Fei's hands were all obtained by you, I'm afraid you have long wanted to train them to master these things, and then make money yourself. ”

Qi Yiming said: "It's true, hey, but I also understand that some people don't like Lao Tzu and want to squeeze me." ”

"You don't have to be as knowledgeable as them, and with your status, who can move you? Also, the F-14 plus the mess of the Navy is enough for you to manage, I have seen you busy for the past two months, your little girlfriend complained to me the last time she saw me, she took the foreign girl surnamed Morgan to sightseeing everywhere in the great rivers and mountains of the motherland. ”

Qi Yiming patted his head and said: "Don't say that I forgot about this, alas, it's true, in a few days, Ping Lao will find me to discuss military reform and disarmament and other things, I have been preparing how to settle this large number of soldiers these days, and the economic things are also bad debts have to be calculated clearly, and I really can't get involved in the FC-1 file." ”

He thought for a while and said: "In this way, I will dispatch a team of 160 engineers, all of whom are related to the Xiaolong project, and immediately go to Chengfei to help them set up a complete production line. Oh, I heard that the PL-12A has been copied and manufactured in Luoyang, which is very good, and this is a little less work.

Prototypes, I can send all the four Iranians who tried them here to Chengdu Huangtianba (Chengfei's test airfield), and I also sent them over, and Chengfei generally set up a shelf, which can fool the people in the minibus, and then directly allow them to go to the test flight.

Another thing, if the Ministry of Aviation Industry and AVIC Technology negotiate this project, you can expect me to provide them with parts for free, and the quotation for what they want will definitely not be expensive. As for how they are going to set the price of the whole machine, that is their business. The equipment, technology and mess are all out of me, just counting the cost of materials and personnel salaries, it is estimated that the cost price of this aircraft is only two or three million US dollars, or even more than one million US dollars can be counted on, I suggest that they don't set the price too low, 617 Those people know how to shout the price of double, and the plane is even more shouting. It's one thing to have a good relationship with a minibus, it's another thing to do business.

The $6 million that Pakistan wants is absolutely impossible, and my suggestion is that the reserve price is 8 million, and the maximum should not exceed 10 million, so the attraction will not be very good, and the F-16 will be between 14 million and 18 million. ”

Liao Huairen saw that Qi Yiming was relieved, and he also breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that if Qi Yiming was unhappy and unreasonable, he would definitely not be able to talk about anything.

Qi Yiming's specific operation of Xiaolong was outsourced in this way, but he had other things on his head, and not long after talking with Liao Huairen, he was told that the president of the international department of Grumman Company had come to China in person.

How to say that Grummen is now a partner of the Celestial Empire, although Qi Yiming really looks down on them, he still has to pretend to be smirking and everyone talks about cooperation.

Qi Yiming soon visited Pelehaq, the president of Grumman's international department, and he was also allowed to stay in the state guesthouse. In the quiet building of the State Guesthouse, the waiter put on the West Lake Longjing, which is new this year, so that several people can enjoy a little quiet outside of the tense business.

"Mr. Qi, you are our largest and most important partner of Grumman, and we greatly value our cooperative relationship and hope to cooperate in more and broader fields." Pelehak paved the way.

Qi Yiming smiled and said: "We have carried out a very in-depth cooperation on the F-14 project, hehe, I am busy these days, and I haven't paid attention to the progress over there, Mr. Pelehaq just came back from Shenyang, what do you think?" ”

Pelehak pondered for a moment, and then said, "The Chinese side has skilled, standardized, and talented technicians, which is a valuable asset. Our engineering staff believes they are on par with the top technicians of any aerospace manufacturing company in the United States. ”

"It's over, haha." Qi Yiming also had a light on his face, and he believed that the group of Red Alert engineers had greatly shocked this group of Grummen who originally had eyes in the clouds.

Pelehaq added: "Actually, I came to Mr. Qi this time, and it has something to do with my visit to the Shenfei factory. After more than two months, the engineers and workers of our cooperative project have installed the WS-10A engine you provided on a Tomcat, and after preliminary testing, this engine is better than the TF30 engine we are using now in terms of thrust-to-weight ratio, thrust, reliability, maintainability, and price. It is very amazing that the Chinese side has been able to achieve such technical achievements. In fact, I myself am one of the main leaders of the F-14 project, and now I am also campaigning for the renewal of the F-14 in China. Our company has selected several candidates, among which GE's F110 is the most promising, and the Navy is ready to push for a full replacement. However, after I witnessed the performance of the WS-10A, I thought it would be a good choice to replace the F-14 used by the US Navy with Chinese-made engines. ”

Qi Yiming understood very well that everything was almost certain about replacing the F-14 engine with an F110, but when he arrived at Pelehake, he suddenly changed his hexagram. The WS-10A engine he provided to Shen Fei was produced by the base, and no enterprise has yet mastered the ability to produce engines of this level. From the performance point of view, the WS-10A is basically stronger than the 129 model of the F110, with a thrust-to-weight ratio of 8 and a maximum thrust of 132 kN. Of course, the most important point is that Qi Yiming's offer for this engine is only $2 million, which is much cheaper than the F110.

The engine itself is a significant part of the cost of the aircraft, and the savings that can be made are profitable for Grumman. And now Grumman, who is somewhat hungry, will certainly not give up on this matter.

Qi Yiming smiled and said, "I'm afraid it's not that easy, Mr. Pelehak." As far as I know, you have a special law that prohibits the use of non-domestically produced parts in weapons, well, of course, I know that this has a strong spirit of pragmatism, and it is a matter of one sentence to want to break through. But GE has already won the bid, or Pratt, another giant in the power industry? Whitney, won't they be agitated by the fact that their share is being taken away by products from overseas? I'm afraid they're going to make a big fuss about this. ”

Pelehak sighed: "Sure enough, Mr. Qi is very familiar with the situation in my country. Yes, it may take a lot of effort to push this forward, but just as Mr. Qi was able to get the F-14 in our country by his own means, we at Grumman will also use some methods to achieve our idea. The key is, is Mr. Qi willing to transfer the technology of this engine and allow us to manufacture it? ”

Qi Yiming smiled even brighter and said, "Sir, you lost the point. First of all, I don't see any benefit in transferring my skills to you, but it is harmful to me and my country. We have spent a lot of money and energy to create such an advanced thing, and we have given it to the United States in this way, I am afraid that it can only deal a blow to our industry. However, I agree in principle with the export of the WS-10A to the United States. If you think about it in another way, if it is made in the United States, your company does not have a related industry, and I am afraid that it will be a little troublesome to absorb the technology, and it will not have an advantage in the competition of GE, PW and other companies. What's more, China's cheap labor costs and other advantages will not be able to give full play, we can sell 2 million US dollars, it does not mean that you can produce your own engine for 2 million US dollars. ”

Grumman is arrogant and impatient like all American military enterprises, but it is usually in the face of weak countries and incapable countries, and now Pelehack is facing the advantages of Qi Yiming's rebuilt national aviation industry, they can't bring up the slightest idea of contempt or contempt, and they have no ability to force them to do what they don't want to do, Grumman has not many cards in his hand, and he is not very able to balance Qi Yiming. They need Qi Yiming to send them money, not to use any other means to make Qi Yiming turn against them.

"Well, I know about the engine. We will further coordinate this issue with a view to achieving a mutually satisfactory outcome. Pelehaq said with a smile.

He paused, and then picked up the next topic, and said: "In addition, I saw the new radar tested by Chinese engineers in the project, although it is still slightly immature compared to Hughes's AGW-9, but China's production and processing capacity for electronic components is breathtaking, if we bring Hughes into this project, and re-architect and design the radar avionics system with the electronic components produced by China, I am afraid that the latest radar level will exceed AGW-9 a lot." ”

The corners of Qi Yiming's mouth rose slightly, this was a scene he had already expected. The most outstanding feature of the airborne radar in his hands is the active phased array radar, and the traditional air-swept radar, whether it is the magic version of the Condor, or the 1474 type, etc., is slightly worse than the American-made Doppler radar. Perhaps the radar used by the Flying Leopard is more comprehensive and practical than the AGW-9 with multi-purpose performance such as downward vision capability, but there is still a gap in parameters such as power and detection range.

However, although he does not have a good machine-scan radar, he has a mature production capacity of integrated circuits, and the United States itself is in the ascendant of this industry, and he can use this as a breakthrough point to obtain a better machine-scan radar equipped with his own Tomcat.