Snecma is the developer of the M88 engine used in the Rafale program.

The core engine used in the M88 is still the CFM56, and there are extensive references to the design of the F110 and F404 engines.

There are even quite a few of them that are directly handled by GE.

Including CFM56 itself, although it is nominally jointly developed by Snæcma and GM, in reality the two are not equal at all.

For a long time, the Rafale was a flight test conducted by the direct installation of two F404s.

Although the M88 has theoretically entered mass production, the stability of the A model is very bad.

Ready for installation is the B type after thrust reduction and improved anti-asthmatic performance.

It is still in the development phase.

However, after the withdrawal of technical forces from GM, it may be difficult to enter service with the aircraft in 2001 according to the original schedule.

As for the purchase of F404......

First, the sudden replacement of the engine of the production machine will cause the flight controller that has already been written to need to be rewritten, and secondly, it will ......

GM's wave was apparently retaliated by the bigwigs behind the scenes for failing to bring down the euro and for France's betrayal of the Allied leadership.

How is it possible to sell you an F404 casually?

"Or ......"

Ziegler suddenly had a bold idea.

That person was just walking over and chatting, after all, GM's withdrawal was not a secret, but Ziegler was rarely involved in military aircraft projects, so the information in this area was not updated fast enough.

But now when I heard that he seemed to have a new idea, my eyes suddenly lit up:

"Do you have any alternatives?"

In fact, Ziegler was thinking of either simply going to the British to buy the EJ200 that was about to enter service.

But after thinking about it, I feel that the nature of Dassault and Airbus is still not the same, and the fact that A330 can use Trent 700 does not mean that Rafale can use EJ200 -

At that time, the five European countries jointly developed the EF2000, and in the end, the French felt that those guys were really not good, and finally came out to do Rafale independently.

Now you're going back to the British to buy the EJ200?

Even if others are willing to sell it, I am afraid that I can't afford to lose this face.

So it's not interesting to make this suggestion.

So he shook his head decisively:

"No...... No, I just want to say that after all, Snecma has been immersed in the engine field for many years, and there should be a way to solve it. ”

The other shrugged:

"Is this...... Again, at most, it is nothing more than a little thrust reduction...... In short, the Air Force model is easy to say, but in this case, the Navy type will be a little more troublesome......"

“……”

After some small talk, the man held out his hand to Ziegler:

Oliver Weiley, Head of Dassault Aviation Civil Aircraft Division in China.

"Bernard Ziegler."

Within European aviation, Ziegler is not required to declare his title in most cases.

In fact, there are very few peers who don't know him, and say that his name is just out of normal etiquette.

"Speaking of which, how much business your company has in Huaxia...... Is it enough to set up a special region? ”

Ziegler gave up his intention of seeing something from the partition with the naked eye, and simply turned to make small talk to Weiley.

"That's not true, the Huaxia Region is just a shelf at the moment."

Dassault's Civil Aircraft Division is mainly engaged in business jets, and there is basically no overlap with Airbus, so the latter does not need to bluff, but directly denies:

"Actually, until now, we have not sold our first aircraft in Huaxia, but after the agreement was signed last month, the above is very optimistic about the rapid development of the Huaxia business jet market, so it plans to send a few people over in advance to set up an office."

……

Meanwhile.

Before putting the European delegation into the production area to visit, the leaders of Huaxia had naturally already seen it.

It's just that for the chief who came in person this time, what he saw in the control room before was the focus, so he just walked around the equipment and glanced at it a few times, and at this time, he had already sat in a conference room with the die forging press and several core responsible comrades on Jiang Chong's side.

"The workpiece that has just been trial-produced should be part of the domestic fuselage of Project 11?"

Now this part is an internal discussion after the ceremony, and theoretically it is not a very serious part, usually just a small talk about what you have just seen and heard

However, the leaders present this time are of different levels after all, so they can't be too casual.

"Yes, Chief."

Several people next to him looked at each other a few times, and finally He Ming, who was in charge of the production and manufacturing link of the No. 11 project, spoke:

"The old models of the Su-27 and J-11 models in this part of the use of segmented casting and then welding, but now it can be directly formed by the die forging process, which has great benefits for shortening processing hours and reducing the weight of the body structure."

"Is this the technology provided by Sukhoi, or is it ......?"

Leaders with technical backgrounds are very detailed in their inquiries about technology research and development.

As soon as this question came out, He Ming immediately sat up straight:

"It is an improvement plan jointly finalized by us and Russian technicians within the framework of Project No. 11, and the two sides share intellectual property rights!"

For a project that has only been introduced for three years, it is indeed quite rare to be able to achieve this level.

Therefore, after listening to the report, the chief also seemed very interested:

"Then you should be considered ...... In Project No. 11, we achieved technical feedback to Russia for the first time? ”

"This ...... Not strictly speaking......"

He Ming subconsciously turned his head and glanced at Chang Haonan opposite:

"The airborne jamming system developed by Mr. Chang and the comrades of the 14th Institute of Electronics was also a reciprocal technology exchange with the Russian side in the name of aircraft ancillary equipment."

The eyes of several leaders in the front row also turned to the latter.

Chang Haonan, whose words suddenly fell on his head, hurriedly replied:

"That's right, it's actually the one installed on the J-7, which the Russians want to install on their new tactical bomber platform."

"At that time, we considered that the potential of the J-7 platform is really limited, so sooner or later the special electronic warfare model of our army will have to be transferred to the J-11 series, and now let Sukhoi try it first, which will also help us to refer to it in the follow-up research and development, so we agreed to exchange this technology for an ion coating technology production line, and the turbofan 10 can make a prototype so quickly, and it also has the credit of this production line."

"But ......"

Speaking of which, Chang Haonan's words changed:

"This matter is only for convenience, so it is operated in the name of Project 11, but it actually has little to do with the aircraft itself, so strictly speaking, the upgrade of the airframe structure that Mr. He and they are engaged in can be regarded as the first time in the real sense."

Today's gift itself has already attracted his attention, so there is no need to continue to steal the limelight in this link.

You can't eat alone.

The attention of the leaders really returned to He Ming:

"I heard Comrade Li Liangxin's report before, saying that this year's National Day parade will have an air formation of domestic third-generation fighters, and the planes in it will use this airframe component made today?"

"Not really."

He Ming shook his head slowly:

"We provided a technical demonstrator and two first-stage prototypes for the 9910 project, but in order to ensure the stability of the aircraft, they were all flight tested for a relatively long time and determined that there was no problem."

"Although the prototype of the J-11B is expected to be able to complete the final assembly before the National Day, after all, it is a new structure with new power, and it is still not easy to go directly to the parade if there is not enough time for stability testing."

A leader who understands technology has a good point, that is, he has more respect for objective laws, so it is easy to accept such an explanation.

"Just now, Comrade He Ming talked about a new driving force."

He looked at Chang Haonan again:

"Comrade Chang Haonan, in more than a month, the aviation power group company will be officially established, as a specially appointed chief planner, do you have any specific ideas for the business development of the new group?"

Hearing this question, He Ming on the opposite side and Lin Jingtang next to him shook obviously.

If it weren't for the fact that there were a lot of leaders on this occasion, I'm afraid they would all have to shout -

Chang Haonan did say before that he had a position in the newly established Hangfa Group.

But the position you are talking about is directly with the general word?

And this is a proper second-level central enterprise, the chief planner, if it is a member of the leadership team......

The level is a little scary.

However, Chang Haonan's attention at this time will definitely not be on these two people.

The big leader spoke, and he definitely had to take this opportunity to shake out the plan in his head:

"After the establishment of the group, the first task is, of course, the design of several new types of engines, including the turbofan 10, after all, it is the first battle after the aviation power army became a separate army."

"As for the next step, I have mainly arranged two key directions."

"First of all, it is necessary to give full play to the training opportunities of the turbofan-10 project, so that the comrades of all units who have participated in the research and development of the turbofan-10 will return to their posts, and carry out the necessary technical upgrades for some of the engines that are older in our country but have a large installed capacity."

On the other hand, for the turbofan 10 itself, the design is by no means the end, but a new starting point. At present, this model is also subject to several key processes, resulting in relatively limited production capacity, and may even affect the production scale of China's two types of third-generation fighters in the future, so I am personally ready to continue to lead the team to tackle the problem of insufficient production efficiency and yield! ”

(End of chapter)