Chapter 1057 It doesn't matter, they will come back
In this era, the means of transnational communication are still relatively poor.
Especially, China lacks its own satellite communication system, resulting in classified information still highly relying on traditional encrypted radio transmission, and the communication efficiency is very low.
If you want to transmit something other than text, it will be even more troublesome.
Fortunately, Liu Yongquan's European trip is already coming to an end, and the early warning aircraft project is not in a hurry.
So, he simply used his last few days in France to have a frank, open and constructive communication with Dassault.
And along with a lot of information obtained during this trip, he submitted it to Chang Haonan—
Although the latter had made plans to stay in Haojing until the second half of the year, an unexpected incident disrupted the plan.
The Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense is about to be reorganized.
In fact, since the establishment of the Equipment Industry Department a few years ago, the functions and positioning of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense have begun to change.
From being solely responsible for the defense science and technology industry, it has gradually evolved into coordinating the development of the overall industry and cutting-edge technology.
The superiors have also been deliberately downplaying the military-related nature of the Science and Technology Commission.
For example, the three deputy directors who were transferred in the past two years no longer have military positions.
However, most people, including Chang Haonan, still believe that the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense itself can continue to exist for some time.
However, after the 2003 conference, rumors quickly spread that the Science and Technology Committee would be included in the new round of institutional reorganization.
It is said to be a rumor, but it is basically what the above said.
So the accuracy is close to 10%.
However, no one is sure yet what the specific reorganization plan is.
There is talk that the Science, Technology and Industry Commission, like the previous Ministry of Machinery Industry, may be split into other different systems.
There is also talk of merging it with several other agencies with similar functions.
It is also said that the change will not be big, it may just be a brand change like the Science and Technology Committee became the Ministry of Science and Technology...
In short, it's basically just guessing.
Including Ding Gaoheng, he was very tight-lipped this time and did not reveal any relevant information.
It just means that the superiors are studying it and guarantee that there will be a solution that satisfies the majority of people.
This kind of ambiguous rhetoric makes people even more worried.
In various enterprises and units under the Science and Technology Commission system, it is inevitable that some people are panicked.
As the main leader of the Aviation Power Group, Chang Haonan would not be able to stay in Haojing for a long time at this time.
Had no choice but to return to the capital temporarily to stabilize people's hearts.
“Mr. Chang, in the days before returning to China, we have been in talks with Dassault, especially Dr. Ed Steiner's team.”
In Chang Haonan's office, Liu Yongquan reported and put an opened meeting minutes in front of Chang Haonan:
“According to my observation, the French may have other ideas about modifying an early warning aircraft based on the Falcon Z.”
Chang Haonan did not express his position immediately. He just lowered his head and looked at the talks between the two parties, and at the same time motioned for Liu Yongquan to continue.
Many people will make preconceived judgments based on the opinions of others, but Chang Haonan may be used to multi-threaded work, so he has good resistance to this kind of problem.
Furthermore, from his operation of directly transferring people from Institute 606 to Haojing to serve as technical backbones, it is not difficult to see that Liu Yongquan is actually one of the next generation successors that the group is focusing on.
He also needs to exercise his ability to judge independently.
After a brief pause, Liu Yongquan added:
"Although Dassault was very positive on the surface, and even the first two talks were initiated by them, every time I tentatively raised some practical issues, such as the aerodynamic and structural design of Falcon 8Z after installing the antenna, , or if the early warning aircraft project is formed and the rights of both parties in the product are proportioned, they will start to dodge the important and take the light, or in turn test what technical route we are going to take. "
"It seems that Dassault is definitely interested in using the Falcon 8Z as a platform to modify special aircraft, but this interest... does not seem to be joint research and development with us... it may be that it wants to complete it independently with Thales. , or looking for other cooperation partners..."
“So I feel like, if they do that, could they consider putting some obstacles in the way of the Falcon Z project... to give them a slap on the wrist?”
In fact, before asking Liu Yongquan to test Dassault's willingness, he roughly guessed that this would be the situation—
After all, the beginning of the 21st century is exactly when the French people are at their highest.
You must know that the euro in this timeline did not suffer the same head-on blow as in the previous life.
After reaching the lowest point of 1:1.02 against the U.S. dollar in May 1999, the exchange rate has bucked the trend and has been rising. Now it has been stable around 1:1.4 for a long time.
This has even helped Europe to get out of the shadow of the economic crisis ahead of schedule to a certain extent. Several economies with close ties with the EU, such as China, the CIS, ASEAN, and the GCC, have also successively increased the proportion of the euro in trade.
Most of Africa still uses various francs, and its financial lifeline is tied to the Bank of France.
In this context, it is normal for Dassault, as an independent company with certain strength and reputation and one of the business cards of the French aviation industry, not to tie its three key models to the same partner.
Of course, ideas are ideas.
To truly implement it, you still need to have the ability.
And Liu Yongquan's analysis just now is actually very close to the actual situation.
It's just that the solution I finally thought of was too simple and crude.
But it's also understandable.
His generation was basically under the technological blockade of the West in the first half of their careers.
Now that I finally have the opportunity to make a comeback, I inevitably want the other party to try the same thing.
Don't talk about him.
Even Chang Haonan thinks about it.
But it's not the time yet.
“Old Liu, think about it for a moment.”
Chang Haonan raised his head, leaned back on the chair, and replied leisurely:
“The reason why we were able to open up a new situation in technical cooperation with Europe in the first place was because the FAA and the JAA were competing against each other, and in the end we, the fishermen, benefited.”
“Now, we are like the Europeans, one among us, and one among us. If we follow the Americans' tricks at this time, wouldn't we give up our greatest advantage and push away the cooperation partners we have already obtained?”
“Technical blockade is like a nuclear weapon. It is most useful when it is on the launcher. If it is used, it will lose its deterrent effect..."
Of course, he only said half of what he said.
As someone who has experienced the 2020s, Chang Haonan knows it very well.
The ultimate means is not unusable.
It can only be used once.
So we must wait for the critical moment to deliver a fatal blow.
It is impossible to waste it on such trivial things.
What's more, the two sides are still on the same boat...
"Mr. Chang, if we don't respond, will this early warning aircraft project... continue to be followed up?"
On the other side, Liu Yongquan, who calmed down, also realized that Chang Haonan was right.
But considering Ed Steiner's attitude, he felt that if he didn't do something, it might be difficult to save the situation.
“Of course you have to follow up.”
Chang Haonan closed the meeting minutes on the table:
"But just remember this, don't expend too much energy on it... I estimate that as long as we wait for a while, the French will most likely come back to us. By then, the project should be managed by the Electrical Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. The group takes over, and we are just a middleman..."
Getting such a reply made Liu Yongquan a little confused for a while.
Although based on experience, Mr. Chang's judgment is undoubtedly worthy of trust, but he really didn't understand the situation this time.
Looking at Liu Yongquan who was full of doubts, Chang Haonan smiled and continued to explain:
“The French themselves have never conducted research and development of early warning aircraft, so if they don't want to find us, the only potential cooperation partners left are the Kingdom of David and Sweden.”
"But the former technical route is not suitable for extreme miniaturization. If you want to fly on a business jet, you can only build a conformal array, which means covering the entire side of the aircraft with antennas. This improvement method will destroy the aerodynamics of the aircraft and change the wing root. As for the load-bearing structure, it is not easy for Dassault to understand our wing design and we dare not act rashly in this regard.”
"As for Sweden... the size of Erieye's antenna is indeed appropriate, but it is achieved at the cost of reduced performance and complete abandonment of air command functions. Although the Falcon 8Z is twice as large as the Saab 340, it still needs To accommodate complete early warning and command functions, the antenna must be slimmed down.”
“The French have no experience now, so they don't realize the complexity, but after they come into contact with the Swedes, they will have no other illusions...”
Ultimately, Chang Haonan dared to use the 35-ton Falcon 8Z as an early warning aircraft platform because the optically controlled phased array antenna is light in weight and small in size, and is inherently suitable for application on small platforms.
If AESA, which has a traditional technology route, wants to fly on a business jet, it will need some extravagant skills...
Half of the design of the Falcon Z project comes from China, and Dassault does not have the ability to independently develop innovative technologies.
So, I can only look back honestly...
(End of this chapter)
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