Chapter 1120: Revenge for the Ring Project

Originally, Liang Shaoxiu just took what Casore said as a background story.

After all, the export model can never be more important than the self-use model.

Even if the other party talks a lot, he must focus on the KJ-2000.

However, after hearing what the other party said, he immediately threw his previous thoughts behind him-

Liang Shaoxiu didn't care too much about Ericsson.

After all, the relationship between China and Sweden is a pure commercial competition.

Just like the last time in Siam, and later in South America.

Even if there are wins and losses, it's all business.

But Elta...

Or the early warning aircraft bidding?

Sorry, this involves personal grudges.

Although the pit dug in the ring project did not really pit China because of Chang Haonan.

But this matter is not so easy to get over.

Regardless of which company the Middle Eastern oilman will choose in the end, as long as someone competes with David, our Gaofei Group must help out!

Of course, Liang Shaoxiu still has to be cautious on the surface and cannot be too eager.

So he pretended to be calm and asked:

"Are there only three of us participating?"

However, the reason why Casore said that just now was that he saw that the Chinese side could not swallow the anger of the past and played a provocation.

If the person standing opposite him was an old fox like Zhu Linyu or Lin Zuoming, maybe he could still battle.

But Liang Shaoxiu, as a technician, is still a little lacking in acting skills.

In fact, before he opened his mouth, the changes in his eyes and expressions had already betrayed his inner thoughts.

But Casore didn't point it out.

After all, everyone has the same goal.

So I pretended I didn't hear it and answered directly:

"If you must say, there is another E2C that also participated in the bidding, but it was eliminated in the paper verification... Of course, Northrop Grumman probably didn't take this order seriously, so in the end, only the three of us really participated."

As a carrier-based early warning aircraft that compromises everything for catapult takeoff, the performance of the E2 series is indeed mediocre.

Not to mention the range and speed are very sorry, the key is that it also has a two-coordinate radar. The only advantage is that it can detect in all directions, but it is offset by the mechanical scanning...

It really can't be compared with the other three heroes.

What's more, the full series of E2s are equipped with more than 100 aircraft, which is indeed not bad.

After a little preparation, Liang Shaoxiu still asked the part he was most curious about:

"Is there any information about the products of the other two sides?"

At this time in 2003, although China has been in close contact with the West, especially Europe, it is still not considered "one of our own" in military terms.

So many news that are considered public to European and American counterparts cannot be transmitted here smoothly.

The information gap still exists.

"Ericsson is mainly promoting the next-generation product, which is still in the early stages of development, and there is no accurate information... The carrier aircraft should be the Global 5000, which made its first flight at the beginning of the year and is about the same size as the Falcon 8Z, but it is inferior in both range and speed, which is a shortcoming."

Casore did not forget to emphasize the performance advantages of his own platform--

Although a large part of it is contributed by China, at least the overall design is still from him and Edsteiner:

"As for David's country... This time the main push is the EL/W-2085 radar, which is similar to the one they are going to deliver to India, except that the disc-shaped antenna has been replaced with a conformal array... You should be more familiar with the performance than I am."

After saying that, he also glanced at Liang Shaoxiu with a meaningful look.

Adding fuel to the fire.

Absolutely adding fuel to the fire.

But it must be admitted that the effect is very good.

Although Liang Shaoxiu had not yet lost his mind, his temper had already turned red:

"The comrade in charge of radar development and testing cannot leave for now, but if the information is complete, then we may be able to start investigating the load and structure of the platform first..."

While the two were talking, the ground crew had already dragged the aircraft into the assembly workshop next door.

At the same time, Liu Yongquan also came to Liang Shaoxiu with a pile of documents in his hand to sign.

"Mr. Liu, I saw that the results of the academician selection were only released last week, so Academician Chang should still be in Beijing now?"

He took out a pen and wrote his name quickly while casually asking Liu Yongquan next to him.

Whether it is Falcon 8Z or optical phased array radar, Chang Haonan has played an important role in it.

Although the latter did not continue to directly participate in the KJ-2000 project after completing the communication technology verification, it is reasonable to send someone to report such a big thing.

However, Liu Yongquan was shocked:

"You don't know?"

Liang Shaoxiu stopped writing and looked up at the other party:

"Know what?"

"Academician Chang is in Gaojing, he should have just arrived yesterday..."

Although Liang Shaoxiu and Chang Haonan are very close, they are not in the same unit after all, so there is a layer of separation between them.

It is normal that the timeliness of information is not good.

"Then I have to go to him in person..."

...

Liang Shaoxiu is still quite efficient.

After arranging Cassore and his party, Liang Shaoxiu found a time to go to the Gaofa Group in a private capacity.

Of course, although he said it was a private capacity, the two sides had only been separated for four or five years, and they had always had work contacts, so they would not really disown him.

So he met Chang Haonan smoothly.

At the beginning, he naturally congratulated him as usual.

But Chang Haonan immediately saw that the other party had other purposes for this trip, so he quickly found an opportunity to change the subject:

"Old Liu reported to me two days ago that the transfer of the Falcon 8Z had been completed... So Comrade Shaoxiu, your visit this time should be related to the early warning aircraft, right?"

In the past few days, Liang Shaoxiu also knew that he was not acting well, so he simply told the whole story.

To be honest, although Chang Haonan initially positioned the "Gaoming" system for export, and mainly for export to dog owners, he did not expect to find a second buyer other than France so quickly.

I can only say that luck is indeed good.

When the other party mentioned that David's Falcon system was one of the competitors, he instantly became excited.

However, due to his current status, he couldn't swear:

"Just wait for me..."

Chang Haonan tapped the table with one hand:

"It's time to avenge the Ring Project!"

Seeing that Mr. Chang's reaction was similar to his own, Liang Shaoxiu, who was a little nervous, also became confident:

"I have learned the details from Mr. Didier Casore of Dassault. In terms of the technical level of the product alone, we should have an absolute advantage..."

"I am confident about this."

Chang Haonan smiled and waved his hand.

After all, the idea of ​​optically controlled phased array radar was proposed by him, and its advantage of wide bandwidth and wide angle scanning is absolutely unique in this era.

Therefore, he changed the subject:

"But since we know this, the other party must also know it..."

"So, in order to ensure that we can win the bid in the end... or at least ensure that David is not selected, we need to make some additional preparations."