The Military-industrial Scientific Research System of the Academic Master Chapter 910

Chapter 910 New Potential Customers

Leisure time is always short.

According to convention, two professional days will be set up before the official opening of the air show.

That's right, before the opening.

Because the opening ceremony is for the melon-eating public, it will be held on the first day of the opening day.

Professional Day is only open to large Krypton households such as the military, defense companies, and military contractors.

And of course there is the media.

In fact, it is better to be more low-key.

Because there is a high entry threshold, the passenger flow in these two days is not large.

There is no pressure for air show organizers.

But it's different for exhibitors—

After all, an air show is not a car show, and you cannot expect individual users to buy your fighter jets or anti-aircraft missiles.

Whether it's publicity or order-taking, it actually all refers to the professional day ahead.

The day the Chinese delegation arrived was Tuesday, August 14th. In other words, they actually only had one full day to prepare.

Even though someone from the French agency has already called them, time is still tight.

Therefore, until the morning of the opening day, ground crews were still surrounding several aircraft, performing maintenance and bomb hanging procedures.

In order to ensure the range and take into account the requirements of the countries they pass through, the three fighter jets at the exhibition only hung three auxiliary fuel tanks during the transition process.

But at the air show, you must show your capabilities to potential customers.

Especially J-10E.

As a serious third-generation aircraft and the main product of China Aviation Industry at this air show, it has changed the mindset that China's products can only rely on cost-effectiveness to win in the past.

Although the overall performance is still a little behind compared to several of the latest third- and semi-generation fighter aircraft that have just entered service or have not yet entered service, at least in terms of design and production levels, they are completely comparable to mainstream models brought by other countries.

If it were not for the conspicuous August 1st Army emblem on the wing and the AVIC logo on the vertical tail, most people would probably think that this is a fighter jet from a certain European country.

"It's a pity that the airborne ammunition we have on hand is still a little short of variety..."

Yang Quanzhi stood near the entrance of the Huaxia exhibition area and watched several technicians quickly replace the auxiliary fuel tank on the innermost pylon of the J-10E wing with a C802K anti-ship missile.

In fact, the radar equipped with the J-10A/E does not have a ground search function.

Even for sea surfaces with less clutter, the effective detection range is not optimistic.

At least not as good as the JH-7 parked not far away.

Hence, although the C802K can be connected to the fire control system through the data bus, it is definitely not in the list of commonly used ammunition for the J-10.

However, China's current main equipment of precision guided munitions is still the imported KAB series.

After traveling thousands of miles to participate in an air show, it is impossible to use your own aircraft to advertise other people's bombs.

Hence, we can only temporarily use anti-ship missiles to make up the numbers.

but.

Beyond everyone's expectations.

It was just a matter of making up the numbers, but it really produced a good effect.

Shortly after the mounts of the three aircraft were switched to ground display status, a group of visitors wearing military uniforms walked into the Huaxia exhibition area.

After roughly circling around in a circle, we finally stopped in front of the J-10E.

At this time, Guo Ruiqing was instructing several technicians from the Third Aerospace Academy to modify the exhibition settings. Yang Quanzhi hurried over and patted him on the shoulder:

“Lao Guo, there seem to be a few Thai Air Force officers over there?”

Hearing these words, the former turned around suddenly, and then noticed a few people over there gathered next to the J-10E booth, chattering without knowing what they were talking about.

The Thai army can be regarded as a regular customer of Chinese equipment in a sense.

However, compared with other users who were forced to choose China when they were "desperate", Thailand received generally good treatment in the arms sales market, with more options to choose from, so it was more picky.

So the previous purchases were basically army and some naval equipment.

As for the Air Force…

Only many years ago, Rongfei Group tried to export J-7M fighter jets to it, but unsurprisingly failed to use second-hand F16A/B.

At least I have had some dealings with him. It's just that the guys brought by China now can be said to be a shotgun for a cannon.

Don't talk about F16A, even if you face F16C, you don't feel guilty.

“Take two people to take care of it and see what indicators they focus on and what models of competing products they mainly consider.”

Guo Ruiqing said to Yang Quanzhi.

"yes!"

The latter came with a mission, so he quickly called a few people and prepared to move forward.

"Wait a moment…"

Perhaps because he was worried that Yang Quanzhi was eager to achieve great results, Guo Ruiqing called him from behind again at this time:

“Pay attention to your image and attitude. Be enthusiastic, but also be reserved and don't be too deliberate.”

In matters like arms sales, the core is to look at the needs of the other party.

Rushing to sell products online may not necessarily yield good results.

Yang Quanzhi has just been transferred to Rongfei not long ago, and his enthusiasm in this area is still lacking.

However, Guo Ruiqing is obviously a little worried.

Before Yang Quanzhi could get close, several people from the Thai delegation over there took the initiative to surround him.

“Hello, I am Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Thai Air Force, Padma Kitita.”

The first officer wearing the rank of lieutenant general stepped forward and shook hands with Yang Quanzhi.

“I am Yang Quanzhi from China Aviation Industry Group. If you have any questions related to the model and my country's export policy, you can consult me, or I can contact a higher-level leader.”

Although Yang Quanzhi is not a professional technician, he did a lot of homework before coming here, and he is by no means a novice.

“We just have the idea of updating the fighter model, but we don't have any specific plans yet…”

Lieutenant General Jedita This is not entirely a joke.

In fact, the batch of F5 fighter jets currently equipped by the Thai Air Force are indeed very old, and the F16s purchased previously are not only second-hand but also early models, and even require an additional upgrade to obtain beyond-visual-range air combat capabilities.

Hence, I have been thinking about changing my clothes a few years ago.

But the plan cannot keep up with the changes.

The financial crisis in 1998 almost brought the entire Southeast Asian economy to collapse, and Thailand was the first to bear the brunt.

It was not until the new century that the reliance on Internet companies that gradually began to spread from developed countries gradually eased.

“It doesn't matter. Your country is also a traditional business partner of our country. You can definitely contact us first.”

Yang Quanzhi also heard about the situation in the other party's country.

Furthermore, Bangkok Airways is also the first foreign user of the MA60 regional jet.

There is still potential for transaction after all.

After some simple greetings, Jedita got straight to the point:

“We just saw that the J-10E exhibited by your company is equipped with two C802K anti-ship missiles.”

“So does this mean that this model can carry out sea strike missions?”

This question can be said to be completely beyond Yang Quanzhi's expectations.

Before departure, the group leaders' publicity focus for the J-10A was ground attack and air interception.

Including the two 2/5 pylons under the wing, four equally unformulated Thunderbolt 12 medium-range air-to-air bombs were specially mounted on composite pylons that have not yet been finalized.

In the end, it was the two C802Ks that were hung up to recharge that attracted the attention of customers...

Of course, although he was complaining in his heart, Yang Quanzhi's response was not slow:

“The radar of the J-10E is not optimized specifically for detecting sea surface targets, but if necessary, it can indeed carry up to two C802K anti-ship missiles with a range of 120km.”

As he spoke, he took Lieutenant General Gidita back to the J-10E booth:

“Of course, the J-10E uses data bus technology and can also be seamlessly adapted to other new anti-ship munitions developed by our country in the future.”

This is not false propaganda.

The problem with the J-10's C802K is that the 1473 radar's detection range of sea targets, especially small and medium-sized targets, is likely to not reach the range of the latter, resulting in a waste of missile performance.

But other than that, there really are no other problems.

(End of this chapter)

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