Boeing believes that as long as the C822, C832 and C810 meet the international civil aviation flight safety standards, they can apply for an airworthiness certificate from ICAO.

It's just that we don't think they have a big price advantage and can make some minor adjustments. ”

At the negotiation site in Beijing, Zeng Xiangdong, the current president and top engineer of COSCO, was a little surprised.

He used to work as a senior engineer at Airbus, and then went to China Aviation Industry Co., Ltd., and later became the president of COSCO, and is still busy with the construction of the Yizhou production base.

And the direct negotiation with him is the current Boeing vice president Shepard Hill, who happens to be in China to promote the Boeing 787, just met with McMaster yesterday, and today made such an answer very surprised Zeng Xiangdong.

To be honest, commercial aviation has always put the biggest focus on C822, in the case of difficult to go abroad, regional airliners are the main market, C832 does not fly transoceanic routes The demand is not high, and the competitiveness of changing into cargo aircraft is not as good as the old passenger aircraft.

Boeing is not even against it? There must be a cat.

So he crossed his fingers and asked tentatively:

"We have always admired your great achievements in civil aviation passenger transport, I don't know if there are any good suggestions?"

Shepard: "In my opinion, your pursuit of national production is a very cost-effective way, and when applying for an airworthiness certificate, and each seed system needs to go through a lot of testing, if you replace some of the components with qualified international suppliers, the time to apply for the airworthiness certificate is greatly reduced. ”

"Of course, we have a plan for this, as long as the quality is qualified, we will choose a more cost-effective supplier."

Shepard: "If you're willing to outsource the engines, avionics, navigation systems and airframes, these two types of aircraft will be ready for airline operations right away." ”

“……”

Zeng Xiangdong knew that capitalists would not hold back any good fart, and if the key components were released, the commercial aviation would not make the same hard-earned money as C919, and all the hard work of investing so much money in research and development would be in vain.

It's better not to give such relaxation conditions.

Suppressing the idea of getting angry, Zeng Xiangdong said calmly:

"C822 we can open the landing gear hydraulic system, part of the wing fuselage part, interior, APU can also be, C832 is slightly less, in addition to avionics, engine parts, other subsystems can be contracted if international suppliers can provide competitive prices."

This is the bottom line of his instructions, if C822 and C832 can be exported without restrictions, then the output will skyrocket, and it is completely possible to find several foreign and domestic suppliers to supply parts together, as long as the key technology is in hand, the profit will not be reduced, and there will be no risk of restriction.

Of course, the most valuable is the main body, avionics and engine, and the technical content of other parts other than these three parts is not worse than that of foreign countries, and some are replaced.

Shepard obviously couldn't accept such a result, and he directly spread his hands:

"Mr. Zeng, I am not only representing Boeing, but also a passenger plane that directly feeds several giants and hundreds of companies, and what you say alone is not enough to convince most people.

We are willing to make some concessions, but not too much. ”

Zeng Xiangdong took a deep breath, knowing that it would be a little difficult to reach an agreement.

……

"The domestic supersonic passenger aircraft C810 and the large transport aircraft An-1250 have obtained the FAA airworthiness certificate."

On July 7, Ami finally made its first concession – albeit a mosquito leg.

There are only a few orders for small business jets like C810, and it is indicated that it can only be used for civil aviation, although a few wealthy people immediately said that they would order, but the total sum is also very limited.

The issuance of airworthiness certificates for C810 is more because Lockheed wants to develop the supersonic passenger aircraft market, and in the era of rising world oil prices, if there are really many rich people who are still willing to pay for it, it is not bad to go in and mix it themselves.

As for the An-1250, it is even simpler, this kind of super transport aircraft is not in demand for global civil aviation, and it does not affect the current mainstream cargo business.

As for the progress in other aspects, only the international rescue organization is in in-depth negotiations and allows TSMC to sell two mature 28nm production lines to the mainland, which is the biggest concession.

This made Lin Ju extremely dissatisfied, the key C822 and C832 airworthiness certificates were boycotted by many countries in Europe and Aramco to varying degrees, after all, now the civil aviation industry has a shrinking trend because of the oil price market, and then put in a large old player will have to lose their interests.

However, it is impossible to outsource the key parts, and it is finally made in China in order to avoid the core technology being controlled by others, so it has temporarily fallen into a stalemate.

As for the satellites...... I heard from the Aviation Development Commission that NACA is willing to persuade Congress to repeal some of the Wolf Clause, and that it can be a little more open.

"These Yankees really don't want to suffer at all."

Academician She summed up the current situation very simply, and Lin Ju nodded in agreement.

"It's a big deal, we will detain the astronauts and not let them go, and we can only leave after paying the ransom."

"Haha, you must not be heard."

Although he knew that it was a joke, Academician She was still a little vigilant, but fortunately, now they were at the base in Xinyuan.

The return of Aurora 3 will not go wrong, it will also follow the route of the Apollo program, and the astronauts will not have to do anything and just wait.

Moreover, the landing of the spacecraft is also very special, using the method of splashing and recovering at sea, and an aircraft carrier formation has been assembled in the South China Sea to cruise around, practicing search and rescue and salvage procedures.

Now the Navy does not have helicopter attack ships in service, otherwise it would be more convenient.

The follow-up work was handed over to others, and Academician She followed Lin Ju to the base to inspect the two service modules of the Qianjin space station that were about to be delivered.

According to the previous agreement, the main body of the service module and most of the equipment in the cabin were manufactured by the space agency, and they also took this opportunity to finally get the manufacturing technology of the giant module.

Once they have finished manufacturing, they will be airlifted to the base, where the nuclear engine and the rest of the equipment will be installed.

A few days ago, the Jingu base, which had completed the manufacture of rockets, was officially accepted, and the base received it after inspecting it in the past.

Outside the final assembly plant, two trucks with giant radiation signs each towed a heavy container with two custom-modified A100 engines inside.

Unlike the space shuttle, which needs to compress the mass volume as much as possible, the space given on the service module is much more abundant, and many designs can be changed for the sake of space.

The thrust of the A100 equipped with the service module remains unchanged, but the power generation component has been specially strengthened, and the continuous power generation capacity of a single module has reached 2.5MW, and the six service modules can provide a total of 15MW of sufficient power for the space station.

Even if they don't need solar cells, the power provided by these reactors is more than enough to run the space station and support a considerable amount of equipment.

Of course, this is also destined to be expensive, at least Academician She believes that the cost of each engine for two service cabins is completely reasonable, and even feels that Lin Ju has suffered a loss.

(End of chapter)