Chapter 1358: Taking Orders 3
The emergence of H3M-111 not only made Boeing realize the crisis, but also gave major airlines hope. It can be said that from now on, the era when Boeing dominated the super large passenger aircraft market is gone forever; if there are no changes and breakthroughs, it will be difficult to achieve much in the future.
In fact, this cannot be entirely blamed on Boeing's inaction and entering the modern society; new model projects launched by aircraft manufacturers usually have slow returns. Due to supply chain and technical problems, new models may face delivery delays and various failures. These factors will have an impact on aircraft manufacturers' earnings. Therefore, aircraft manufacturers and their customers tend to launch improved models of existing models to gain benefits as quickly as possible.
Compared with new model development projects, improvement projects based on engine replacement on existing models are cheaper and have faster returns, allowing aircraft manufacturers to continue investing in model upgrades.
An aircraft manufacturing company is also an enterprise. The core purpose of starting a company is to make money, and of course not for fun. The research and development of super large passenger aircraft requires a lot of manpower, material and financial resources; while the sales situation is still very good, it will only continue to make corrections. Applying the most advanced technology of the era is the way to spend a little money and accomplish big things.
Another issue is the airworthiness certificate. If an aircraft manufacturer's new model wants to fly globally, in addition to obtaining airworthiness certificates from the European Aviation Safety Agency and the United States Aviation Administration, it also needs to obtain certification from the relevant regulatory authorities of the importing country. .
To put it bluntly, when a new model is launched into the market, there are too many roads to be taken in the early stage. Any problems in that link will affect the progress of the project. But if it is changed on existing mature models, the problem will be much easier to solve. The airworthiness certificate issue can be easily resolved, and providing relevant certificates to the importing country is relatively easy.
Although Boeing knows that there are some flaws in the 747 design, it is not yet perfect. But if I want to change it, I can’t make up my mind yet. The most important thing for a listed company is good performance. In this way, the stock price will rise and shareholders will get higher returns than building airplanes. If a large amount of profits are invested in research and development, shareholders cannot pay dividends. The most important thing is that the stock price will also fall accordingly. After all, whether the research and development is successful or not is still unknown; the slightest disturbance will affect the stock market fluctuations. Many people are unwilling to take risks with you, and it is perfectly normal for them to give up.
A super-large passenger aircraft project often takes about ten years. Of course, the emergence of Bao Zixuan has made many things simpler. In addition, McDonnell Douglas itself has relevant aircraft shape technology; the US Aviation Administration has long known about this plan. And the relevant certificates have been issued, but it has not actually entered the final stage.
Now Mitsubishi provides core components and Heiyun provides stable and powerful engines; coupled with Motorola's electronic technology advantages, even the US Aviation Administration can't find any faults.
The H3M-111 was able to obtain the airworthiness certificate as soon as possible, which is simply a miracle for such a large aircraft. But here we have to admit the technical strength of the four companies and the importance they attach to the project.
McDonnell Douglas has always been suppressed by Boeing in the passenger aircraft field. I was holding back a fire in my heart. Now that I had such a good opportunity to overtake in a corner, I certainly refused to let it go. Moreover, this project is even related to the life and death of the company; if it fails, it may be possible to directly abandon the research and development and production of passenger aircraft.
After all, with the rise of Airbus and Black Cloud, coupled with the disruption of Embraer and Canada's Bombardier, McDonnell Douglas' market share in the passenger aircraft field has been severely compressed. If you don’t come up with a model that amazes everyone, it will definitely be eliminated by the market.
Motorola's main business is in the communications field, so it has not been very strong in other fields. The company's comprehensive competitiveness is poor and has even fallen behind. It is because of the cooperation with Heiyun Group that the chip is recognized by the market. Now that we are able to enter the field of aircraft chips and avionics, we will certainly spare no effort.
In recent years, Motorola's ability to make money has not been a problem at all. The number of chips Heiyun Group purchased from it alone is an astronomical figure. If there is no shortage of funds and if we encounter a good project, we will of course spare no effort to invest. It's easy to get things done when you have money, especially for American companies.
Next to Motorola is the University of Chicago, one of the top ten universities in the United States. So for the technical field, it's definitely not bad. In just two years, Motorola's technical level in the fields of avionics and radar has reached the world's advanced level. This is also the reason why American companies were able to develop rapidly in previous lives. After all, the resources are so good that you can achieve the desired results with a little use.
As for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, it has always processed parts for Boeing. Although he is still processing parts now, he is also one of the major shareholders after all, and the shares of the four companies are the same. To say that it is working for itself is just an understatement. Japan, which has always dreamed of becoming a major aviation country, will certainly not miss it if it gets such a good opportunity.
Moreover, Mitsubishi itself is the king in the field of aircraft parts processing, but now its status has changed and it has become harder.
The Japanese stock market has an obvious upward trend. A little bit of good news will cause the stock price to rise sharply. Mitsubishi, together with Heiyun, McDonnell Douglas and Motorola, formed the United Aircraft Manufacturing Company, which has caused the stock price to rise a lot; it can be said that the money invested has been earned back in the stock market.
Of course, we hope that the aircraft will be launched in advance, which will be great news for Mitsubishi's stock price.
Heiyun Group is more simple and direct. What Bao Zixuan likes to do most is research and development related to aviation power. After all, I was engaged in this field of work in my previous life, and I was still an engineer at heart.
We have absolutely spared no effort in investing in the field of aviation power. R&D allocation can be said to be the department with the highest proportion among all projects of Heiyun Group. With 40 years of experience in the development of aviation power, and not short of money; combined with the best resources, and able to obtain any desired raw materials from the Soviet Union.
The speed of research and development, as well as product performance, are of course beyond the reality of technology.
The four companies are very shameless, and no one wants to delay the overall progress because of the department they are responsible for. That is why the aircraft can debut at the French Air Show so quickly and be recognized by the US Aviation Administration.
If Heiyun Group independently develops and produces this aircraft, it will need to obtain an airworthiness certificate issued by the US Aviation Administration; it is estimated that it will be possible in ten or twenty years. But there are no similar problems when McDonnell Douglas and Motorola participate, which is also the benefit of cooperation. Even if Boeing wants to block it, it makes no sense. And we must also seriously consider the strength of the two American companies and whether they can withstand the revenge and anger of their opponents.
Bao Zixuan said with a smile: "Thank you to the Japanese aviation industry for recognizing the United Airlines aircraft manufacturing plant. I think the H3M-111 aircraft will definitely not disappoint you."
"Currently, the H3M-111 aircraft has been launched in two passenger and cargo models. The passenger aircraft has a passenger capacity ranging from 555 to 853 people; the appearance and technical parameters have not changed at all, except for the aircraft seat layout and cabin division. Slightly changed.”
"The maximum load capacity of the cargo aircraft is 260 tons, and it can also directly place containers. The aircraft is equipped with a series of modern tools such as automatic winches and automatic pulleys. It adopts many new technologies and the loading speed is 30 times higher than that of existing cargo aircraft. % or more. At the same time, it can save about 50% of manpower and reduce the airline's operating costs to a certain extent.
We are all professionals in the aviation field. Of course we understand what Bao Zixuan introduced about the number of people ranging from 555 to 853 people. For the same aircraft, the only question is how much more first-class seats can be added.
If the number of first-class cabins increases, then the overall number of seats will naturally decrease accordingly. However, the cargo plane did give them a small surprise.
It's quite normal if you think about it carefully. There are two most powerful machinery companies in the world, Heiyun Group and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It can be said that it is simple to develop a tool for quickly loading cargo. I didn't make any efforts in this area before, because I felt it was unnecessary. After you have developed it, you have to take the initiative to sell it to aviation manufacturing companies; wouldn't it be embarrassing if they don't give you face?
Now I am working on myself. After installing it, it will improve the selling point of the aircraft. Even because of the successful development of a tool, the value of the aircraft is likely to increase along with it.
This is what super companies and industry benchmarks should do and like to do.