The Military-industrial Scientific Research System of the Academic Master Chapter 795

Chapter 795: Ring Project, Finale

While Lu Jinwen and Sui Dongxing were rushing to report the situation in the Kingdom of David to the country.

Within the IAI factory area.

Hindustan Airlines Senior Engineer Abhinav Bhargava and Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Bhadauriya walked into the assembly shop surrounded by several senior IAI leaders—

Although the Air Force's performance in the Kargil conflict in the first half of the year was a disastrous defeat, thanks to the more abstract performance of the Pakistani Army, the Indian side still achieved victory from the perspective of the entire war.

You know, Indians can be happy even if they lose, let alone if they actually win.

Therefore, in the final discussion of merit and rewards, the Air Force, which had no merit but hard work, still got some soup.

At that time, Badaulia, who agreed with Chief of Staff Admiral Klimpa's early warning aircraft plan and finally proposed to purchase the Falcon system from the Kingdom of David, naturally became the former's deputy.

Although in terms of level, the Chief of Staff of the Western Air Force Command and the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force are the same, even the offices of the two places are only less than 50 kilometers apart.

But obviously the latter has higher gold content.

As a condition for being transferred to the core circle of New Delhi, the first task Bhadauriya received after taking office was to be responsible for the entire early warning aircraft procurement plan.

An absolute hot potato.

If the interests of the various parties involved are not well balanced, then his position as deputy chief of staff may not even sit well and will need to be replaced.

Even if the balance is good, if something goes wrong in the future, he, as the executor, will most likely be thrown out as a scapegoat.

But now that the matter has come to this, he really has no choice.

Dr. Bhargava was the previous technical deputy director of the HS748AEW&C early warning aircraft project.

Since the technical director died in the crash of the HS748 prototype, he could only be responsible for examining the compatibility level of the Falcon system and the IL-76 platform.

After adapting to the slightly dim environment in the workshop, the first thing Bhargava and Bhadauliya saw was naturally the IL-76TD transport aircraft that even had a radar bracket installed.

Looking at the huge machine in front of him, Dr. Bhargava showed a little envy in his eyes.

Compared with the HS748, which has a take-off weight of only over 20 tons and can only be used as a dojo in a snail shell, the Il-76 can obviously provide engineers with more room to display.

At least you don't have to worry about the radome completely blocking the vertical tail, causing the aircraft's directional stability to be almost completely lost.

However, Bhargava did not seem to take into account that the reason why Stan Airlines chose HS748 was obviously not because it did not want a larger platform.

But there is really no ability to carry out structural modifications on 200-ton large aircraft...

“Has the design of this aircraft been finalized?”

Badaulia, who was next to him, didn't pay attention to the doctor's emo, but was directly concerned about the most important issue.

"certainly."

Mor McCoy, the head of IAI who was in charge of the reception, immediately replied:

"The entire plan itself was designed by the Beriev Group with reference to the A50 early warning aircraft. It is considered a very mature plan. However, the airborne equipment was replaced with the EL/W-2090 radar developed by Elta Company, and the operating terminal and command system were also modified. Upgrade accordingly.”

As he spoke, he pointed to a set of phased array antennas placed on the other side of the workshop, and then continued to add:

“Except for being slightly smaller in size, the technical solution of the phased array antenna is exactly the same as that of the Falcon early warning aircraft, but according to the design plan, we will arrange three sides in a triangle in the radome, so there will be no detection dead spots.”

Lieutenant General Badauliya walked over quickly and took a closer look at the packaged antenna.

It is of course impossible to see anything with the naked eye, but in any case, it is definitely much better than the industrial waste produced by Bharat Electronics Co., Ltd.

A week later, Chang Haonan returned to the capital after his work in Shengjing came to an end.

Like before, after getting off the plane and packing up briefly, the first thing I did was to go straight to the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense to report on my work.

Speaking of which, he had not been there for several months after the Aerodynamic Group was officially established.

I feel a little nostalgic when I think about it.

When Chang Haonan arrived at the Science and Technology Commission, Ding Gaoheng was already waiting for him in the office as usual.

“Director Ding.”

Chang Haonan knocked on the door and entered the house.

However, Ding Gaoheng did not start talking about business immediately. Instead, he smiled and joked:

“I heard that last month, Xiao Chang, you won a victory in the public opinion circle?”

As he said this, he motioned to Chang Haonan to find a place to sit.

The incident of using public opinion to counterattack the Nancheng Daily was a bit long ago now, and to be honest at the time, it was just a matter of convenience.

Therefore, Chang Haonan was stunned for a moment before he realized what Ding Gaoheng was referring to.

“Well…it's just a coincidence.”

He waved his hand:

“Originally, I am actually a very easy-going person. Normally I would not be prepared to do anything about this matter, but as a result, the Nancheng News group had to take action.”

Speaking of this, Chang Haonan looked sad:

"They criticized our Torch Laboratory for wasting scientific research resources, but my paper was published in the journal just a week later. There was no other way, so I could only reluctantly target them..."

Ding Gaoheng did not speak directly after hearing this.

He just looked at Chang Haonan, who looked harmless, with an expression of "I believe you just saw a ghost."

However, he had long been unhappy with the people in the Nancheng Newspaper, but he just went out and cursed in the street due to his status.

This time someone was able to vent his anger and make the other party feel weak, and it was too late for Ding Gaoheng to be happy.

I just mentioned this matter just to have fun again.

Now that the fun is over, it's time to get back to the topic.

So, he regained his serious expression:

“Is the situation in Shengjing going well?”

"all the best."

Chang Haonan also calmed down his expression:

"The test flight of the J-11B, and of course the final stage of testing before the design of the Turbofan 10 is finalized, are all proceeding according to the schedule. We have currently frozen the technical plan for the Turbofan 10A. Unless any particularly important problems are discovered, we will Carry out small-batch mass production according to the current technical status, and then transfer to formal mass production after the production is finalized.”

“As for some new technologies that have only recently completed research and development or are still in the process of research and development, they will be reflected in the future improved turbofan 10C.”

One generation of mass production, one generation of R&D, and one generation of planning.

This is a standard set by many projects to ensure a fast enough iteration speed.

Although this principle is widely known as a military industry slogan, in fact, the iteration speed of most military products does not meet this requirement.

At least in the late 1990s, this would not be enough.

However, under the leadership of Chang Haonan, Hangfa has indeed achieved this.

For example, now, we are mass-producing the turbojet 14, developing the turbofan 10A/B, and planning a deeply improved version of the turbofan 10. "very good."

Ding Gaoheng nodded with satisfaction.

In his impression, the news that Chang Haonan brought back seemed to be like this every time.

Slightly boring and smooth.

Of course, he would rather stay like this forever.

“Is there anything else you need help from the organization?”

With such a subordinate, Ding Gaoheng's duty is to be a good nanny.

“It really does.”

Chang Haonan is not polite:

"According to the plan, one of the main weapons of the J-11B will be the PL-13, which is an air-to-ground dual-purpose missile using the R33 missile body and replaced with our own active and passive composite seeker. However, if we want to test The ultimate performance of this missile requires the assistance of an early warning aircraft to at least provide the carrier aircraft with a rough target location. "

Furthermore, testing the air-to-air anti-radiation function also requires a real early warning aircraft as a target drone (unmanned target drones cannot provide sufficient signal strength).

Of course it is impossible to actually shoot it down, but to make sure the seeker is working properly before letting the missile self-destruct.

However, this matter still sounded a bit risky, so Chang Haonan did not dare to talk to Ding Gaoheng for the time being.

Afraid of scaring old comrades.

“So, it is best to speed up the research and development progress of the Air Police 200.”

Chang Haonan said.

To speed up the progress of research and development, just shouting a few words is definitely useless.

So, this is actually asking for money tactfully.

“The test flight of the Air Police 200 went smoothly, and a large amount of new funds will be injected next year, so the progress should be very fast.”

Ding Gaoheng naturally understood what Chang Haonan meant.

Fortunately, the Science and Technology Commission has now formed a virtuous cycle, allowing superiors to fully appreciate the terrifying profit rate of return in high-tech industries, so funding has been much looser than in previous years.

However, immediately afterwards, Ding Gaoheng's face suddenly darkened:

“Speaking of early warning aircraft, Xiao Chang.”

He opened the drawer and took out an envelope:

“Here are some photos, which were sent back from Jaffa by the comrades in charge of the ring project.”

After speaking, he pushed the envelope in front of Chang Haonan.

In fact, as a reborn person, Chang Haonan can probably guess what happened even without looking at the photos.

After taking out the photo, it was exactly as he expected.

That typical South Asian skin tone, and the iconic turban one of them is wearing.

I think it's pretty good.

“It seems that the Kingdom of David is determined to sell the results of the Ring Project to others?”

In front of Ding Gaoheng, he still had to show a little shock.

"Um."

Ding Gaoheng replied:

“Not only that, our technical staff stationed at IAI were even rudely searched by the IDF. These photos were all brought out through special means..."

In the next ten minutes, Ding Gaoheng told Chang Haonan about the experiences of Lu Jinwen and Sui Dongxing that day.

"grass…"

Chang Haonan had only known the general direction of the ring project before and was not aware of these details.

Now that I heard it for the first time, I felt like I was getting angry.

After all, since my rebirth, I have rarely encountered such a heart-warming thing.

“So...what did IAI say?”

As he asked, he was thinking about whether there was any way to get revenge that would not cost too much.

“These photos are still devastating.”

Ding Gaoheng replied:

“If we announce it, I'm afraid they won't be able to do business with the Indians, so the preliminary plan reached so far is to take a step back.”

"IAI will refund the US$250 million we have paid for the goods, pay the final payment for the aircraft and design plan to the Beriev Group on our behalf, and then compensate us for 15% of the purchase price paid by India. In exchange, We will no longer hold Circle Engineering responsible for breach of contract and will not make these photos public.”

At this time in 1999, India was still under sanctions for previous nuclear tests.

Although there was no real impact, everyone tacitly agreed on what to do almost at the same time.

But at least the arms transactions, such as the J-7F delivered by China to the Pakistani army and the advance payment of the Su-30MKI by India to the Irkutsk manufacturing plant, were all carried out secretly with tacit understanding.

At this juncture, if the news of IAI's large-scale sale of strategic weapons such as early warning aircraft leaks out, the impact will be quite bad.

David's kingdom may not be afraid of these public opinions, but the Indians are likely to give up buying or switch to other companies because of this.

This is difficult to accept for IAI, which is eager to withdraw funds.

Chang Haonan thought for a moment.

Judging from the conditions alone, the US$250 million can be recovered, and there is also a 15% loan that is essentially equivalent to liquidated damages.

Approximately around US$50 million.

Compared to the previous life, it is not a loss.

However, since the bridge has been forged, it is naturally impossible to just let it go.

But then again, after all, the Kingdom of David has a good man to back it up. If it really causes trouble in the open, China really doesn't have many bargaining chips.

So, it is best to find a way to make the opponent suffer a hidden loss.

Just like what was done in the Balkans.

And if you count the time...

Perhaps we can do something in the Nanli area...

(End of this chapter)

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