Chapter 1123: "Clairvoyance" From China

"Going to Jincheng?"

Chang Haonan quickly realized that the person he was referring to was definitely not Jincheng University.

But Jincheng Uranium Enrichment Co., Ltd.

Although on the surface this company is an ordinary second-level unit affiliated with the Nuclear Energy Industry Group, its products are so unusual that its status is relatively aloof.

Perhaps Qu Liangsheng was worried that Chang Haonan would misunderstand, so he quickly explained:

"Don't worry, I'm not taking up a position in the Gold and Uranium Company. I'm just taking a name in the research team there. Otherwise, I won't be able to reflect the role you play in it, Academician Chang..."

In fact, this kind of theoretical inspiration is not strictly speaking a real participation in the project.

After all, Chang Haonan just came up with a balancing strategy, and it was further optimized based on the influence coefficient method.

How to apply the strategy to actual production still needs Qu Liangsheng’s team to complete.

According to academic research standards, the most that can be done in this case is to add a citation to the article.

But after all, everyone is a person of status.

Inviting Chang Haonan to "join the team" not only shows respect for his contribution, but also gives platform to the new project to a certain extent.

After all, the use of nuclear energy, no matter which way it is used, is always risky.

There is also some resistance to expanding the scale of nuclear power.

Especially at the grassroots level——

At the beginning of the 21st century, it is the stage when the broad masses of the people have some idea of ​​science, but not much yet.

Even the construction of a local chemical factory will cause huge problems.

Now you say you want to build a nuclear power plant.

Then everyone must be reluctant.

However, due to special geographical disadvantages, China's energy security situation is not optimistic, and it is necessary to ensure the diversified development of energy supply forms.

In this case, what the superior needs mainly is determination.

Judging from the situation in the past few years, Chang Haonan's name, even if it is just a false title, has a very good effect in this regard...

"We have to agree in advance. I can't guarantee that I can provide help at the project execution level..."

Chang Haonan gave the other party a vaccination first.

In the next few years, his plans are already fully lined up, and he really can't afford too many extraneous things.

When Qu Liangsheng heard this answer, his face immediately lit up with joy:

"I know that unless a non-academician takes the initiative to speak, I will definitely not cause you any trouble..."

In just a few minutes, this title has changed...

Chang Haonan waved his hand coolly, then pulled the laptop in front of him:

"Let's take a look at the results of tracking filtering..."

"Actually, I noticed it just now."

Qu Liangsheng put the notebook on the table back into his pocket:

"It's unimaginable that just one of the three problems before us has been overcome..."

After the hardware equipment and software algorithms all meet the requirements, although there is still a lot of work left, in terms of difficulty, it can be solved by just a few PhD students.

Therefore, to say that the problem has been solved now is not to open the champagne in advance.

"In fact, we have been conducting research on ultra-high-speed rotors for a long time. If we had known that you had such needs, we might not have waited until today."

There was a little regret in Chang Haonan's tone.

The years of delay in centrifuges were second to none.

He mainly feels that it is a pity that if he had known that someone in China was researching flexible rotor technology two or three years earlier, he would not have been so conservative when designing the SeA650, and the technical level of the AE1500 should have been improved to a higher level now.

"No way... I have only heard of Academician Chang's name before, but I only know a rough idea of ​​your project. If it weren't for this academician selection, the Industrial Construction Committee promoted SeA650 internally as a model of technical cooperation. We would have I’m afraid I’ll have to keep it in the dark for a while…”

Qu Liangsheng shook his head:

"Although the names of our systems have changed to XX Group, in terms of marketization and industrialization level, you are still the only one who has the highest level of marketization and industrialization of the results... At most, the Aviation Industry Group is the best. "

"In the final analysis, our overall strength is not high enough."

Chang Haonan thought clearly:

"You are like hunting... Like SeA650, not to mention 80%, at least 60%, including the most critical core parts, are all developed by us. However, the market in this area does not recognize us enough, so we can only use Snecma Although we made some money in the end by promoting the main body, we still took the initiative to integrate into other people’s industrial chains.”

"If our domestic aviation manufacturing industry reaches the same level as Europe and the United States, and our achievements can be used on our own aviation engines and aircraft as soon as possible, the industrialization efficiency will naturally increase..."

Chang Haonan originally planned to use the Falcon 8Z as an example, but considering that this model is currently in conflict with the domestic military industry system, it would be safer to use the engine alone.

In fact, where he didn't see it, news about the combination of Falcon 8Z and "smart" radar was spreading like wildfire...

As for the source, it is naturally the United Arab Emirates, which is looking for early warning aircraft all over the world.

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Because the bidding and selection of military equipment involves confidentiality issues, in most cases it is impossible for everyone to sit together and come up with plans to compare and bid publicly - like civil servants.

Even if the seller has no objection, the buyer himself may not be willing.

Therefore, a selection/tendering committee is generally established to test each model participating in the selection.

Since the whole process is highly closed, there are too many twists and turns inside.

Especially in a country like India where there is a relatively wide range of choices, the wealth of the person in charge of the bidding is simply immeasurable.

Many times, the reason why arms sales are delayed for many years is not because of Party B's lack of effort, but because Party A's internal interests are difficult to reconcile.

However, there are exceptions to everything.

For Party A like the oil man in the Middle East, whoever is responsible for the docking and selection is not rich and rich. There is really no shortage of the two you gave me.

Therefore, the efficiency shown is unusually high.

After the demand for purchasing early warning aircraft was raised in the fourth quarter of 2003, it only took almost three months to complete the selection of paper plans for each participating model.

Basically consistent with the information obtained by Kasore, a humor grafting plan that the US E2C and Russia came up with out of nowhere was abandoned at the initial stage.

In the end, only three designs with very similar general ideas entered the formal bidding process.

One day in early February 2004.

Abu Dhabi.

Abu Sabah, wearing a suit and tie but also wearing a signature plaid headscarf, was standing half-bent at the table, introducing the three candidates lined up on the table to Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. plan.

As for why the crown prince, rather than the Air Force Chief of Staff, should be responsible for military aircraft procurement...

First of all, don’t ask.

If you ask, I am of royal blood, and I won’t tell you so much truth.

And you can’t say this is a layman guiding an expert.

Although Prince Mohammed graduated from the Sandhurst Army Military Academy, he is a genuine fixed-wing and helicopter pilot.

Secondly, and more importantly.

For a long time, the chief of staff of the UAE Air Force was a Pakistani...

Therefore, it can be said that no one in the UAE knows the air force better than Prince Mohammed.

"Your Excellency, this is the overall design submitted by Ericsson. It is the most mature and lowest risk among the three plans."

Because the Global 5000 has not yet been delivered, the renderings that Sabah has now produced are actually an EMB-145 early warning aircraft of the Brazilian Air Force:

"In fact, they just moved their balance beam antenna to the Global 5000 business jet. There will be almost no major mistakes, but the performance of the radar itself is average, and the other support Sweden itself can bring to our country is limited..."

"Fortunately, they share defense with NATO, so like the other two models, they can also upgrade the data link and incorporate our F16s, and even the F15s and F16s of the Saudi and Qatar Air Forces, into the command system..."

In fact, as a country that rarely fights wars, the reason why the UAE is so eager to upgrade its air force equipment is largely because it wants to improve its status in the GCC.

Therefore, it does not matter whether you can command your own air force.

The important thing is that you must be able to command the air forces of other countries...

The crown prince not only listened to Sabah's judgment, but also looked through the design plans in front of him.

But there didn't seem to be any obvious interest.

"Elta's radar is almost an upgraded version of the existing model. It just changes the flight platform from the Boeing 707 to the G550 business jet that is more suitable for us. It is currently the fastest progressing among the three options. The first The G550 has already begun to be modified... However, the conformal array design has no reference to precedents from other countries, and the actual effect is difficult to verify. I am afraid that we will have to wait until the actual machine is tested before we can judge..."

To be honest, the biggest shortcoming of the aircraft in front of me is actually its ugliness.

But in order to ensure his professionalism, he still swallowed the words that came to his lips.

"The last thing is Dassault..."

When Sabah said this, he hesitated for a few seconds before speaking again:

"Judging from the paper performance alone, this solution has obviously the best performance... Although the paper detection range is similar to that of Falcon, the latter is achieved in the L-band, while the former is in the S-band, and the detection accuracy is It is higher, and the main radar array coverage angle on both sides reaches 300°, which is a quarter larger than the other two models..."

"Wait a moment."

The crown prince, who had been silent just now, interrupted him:

“Why was this proposal submitted by Dassault?”

"I mean, the bidders for the first two proposals are all integrators of radars and command systems, not manufacturers of flying platforms. Why is it only the French who are different?"

Sabah curled his lips slightly:

"According to Dassault officials, it was because they formed a joint research and development group and finally selected the most prestigious group to participate in the bidding as a representative."

"But many people secretly know that the radar part of this aircraft was developed by the Chinese... However, the command and control system still comes from Thales, so there is no compatibility issue."

Muhammad raised his hand and gently stroked his beard:

"Chinese radar... no wonder it has such a strange name?"

Compared with simple and straightforward code names like "Globaleyes" or "Sea eagle", Dassault's "highlight" is indeed a bit confusing.

“It is said that this is a god in Chinese mythology who can see anything 500 kilometers away. Later, he was demoted to a mortal because he discovered the adultery of a higher god…”

Sabah seemed to have heard some stories about “clairvoyance”, but perhaps something went wrong during the translation process into several languages, and the content was obviously distorted…