Chapter 1123: The "Inner Eye" from China

"Going to Jincheng?"

Chang Haonan quickly realized that the other party was definitely not referring to Jincheng University.

It is Jincheng Uranium Enrichment Co., Ltd.

Although this company is apparently an ordinary secondary unit affiliated to the Atomic Energy Industry Group, its status is relatively transcendent because its products are too unusual.

Qu Liangsheng was probably worried that Chang Haonan might misunderstand him, so he quickly explained:

"Don't worry, I'm not going to take up a position at Jinyuan Company. I'm just going to be a member of the research team there. Otherwise, it won't be possible to show the role you, Academician Chang, play in it..."

In fact, such inspiration at the principle level cannot be strictly speaking regarded as real participation in the project.

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

How to apply the strategy to actual production still needs to be completed by Qu Liangsheng's team.

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, we are all people of status.

In addition to showing respect for his contribution, bringing Chang Haonan into the team is also, to some extent, a way of supporting the new project.

After all, the use of nuclear energy, no matter what form it is used in, always involves risks.

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

Especially at the grassroots level -

At this time, at the beginning of the 21st century, the general public has some understanding of science, but not much.

Even building a chemical plant locally would cause an uproar.

At this time you said you wanted to build a nuclear power plant.

No one would be willing to do that.

However, due to its special locational 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 a determination.

And according to the situation in the past few years, Chang Haonan's name, even if it is just a nominal title, has a very good effect in this regard...

"We have to make it clear in advance that I cannot guarantee that I can provide assistance in terms of engineering execution..."

Chang Haonan gave the other party a shot of prevention first.

His plans for the next few years are already fully booked, and he can't afford to have too many unexpected events.

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

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

In just a few minutes, the name has changed...

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

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

"In fact, I noticed it just now."

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

"It's hard to imagine that one of the three problems we faced was solved just like that..."

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

So, saying that the problem has been solved now is not really like popping 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 this need earlier, we might not have had to wait until today."

There was a hint of regret in Chang Haonan's tone.

The years of delay caused by the centrifuge are secondary.

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

"I can't help it... I've only heard of Academician Chang before, but I only know a rough outline of your project. If it weren't for this academician selection, the Construction Commission would have promoted SeA650 as a typical example of technical cooperation, and we would have been kept in the dark for a while..."

Qu Liangsheng shook his head:

"Although the names of our systems have all changed to so-and-so groups, when it comes to the level of marketization and industrialization of results, only your Aviation Power Group is still the best... and at most the Aviation Industry Corporation of China is the best."

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

Chang Haonan thought clearly:

"For example, for the SeA650, if not 80%, at least 60%, including the most critical core parts, were developed by us. However, the market did not recognize us enough, so we could only promote it with Snecma as the main body. In the end, although we made some money, we still took the initiative to integrate into other people's industrial chain."

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

Chang Haonan was originally planning to use the Falcon 8Z as an example, but considering that this model is currently unclear with the domestic military industry system, it would be safer to single out the engine.

In fact, in a place he didn't see, the news of the combination of Falcon 8Z and "Gaoming" radar was spreading like wildfire...

As for the source, it is naturally the UAE, which is looking to purchase early warning aircraft all over the world.

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The bidding and selection of military equipment involves confidentiality issues, so in most cases it is impossible for everyone to sit together and bring out the plans for public comparison and bidding like the civil engineers do.

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

Therefore, a selection/bidding committee is usually set up to test each model participating in the selection.

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

Especially in a country like India where there is a lot of choice, the benefits to the person in charge of bidding are simply hard to estimate.

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

However, there are exceptions to everything.

For clients like the Middle Eastern oil giants, the people in charge of matching and selecting the models are all very wealthy and they really don't need the money you give them.

Therefore, the efficiency shown is unusually high.

After the demand for purchasing early warning aircraft was put forward in the fourth quarter of 2003, it took only about three months to complete the selection of paper plans for various candidate models.

The information obtained was basically consistent with that from Casore. The humorous grafting plan that the US E2C and Russia came up with from nowhere was abandoned in the initial stage.

In the end, only three designs with fairly similar overall ideas entered the formal bidding process.

One day in early February 2004.

Abu Dhabi.

Abu Sabah, dressed in a suit and tie but wearing his signature plaid headscarf, was standing half-bent over the table, introducing the three shortlisted options lined up on the table to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed.

As for why the Crown Prince, rather than the Air Force Chief of Staff, was in charge of aircraft procurement...

First, don't ask.

Just tell me you are of royal blood. I won’t have to explain so much to you.

And you can't say that this is an amateur guiding an expert.

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

The second and more important point.

For a long time, the UAE Air Force Chief of Staff was a Pakistani...

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

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

Because the Global 5000 has not yet been delivered, the rendering Sabah has now taken out is actually an EMB-145 early warning aircraft of the Brazilian Air Force:

"It's actually just moving their balance beam antenna onto the Global 5000 business jet. There's almost no chance of major errors, but the performance of the radar itself is average, and Sweden itself can only provide limited support to our country..."

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

In fact, as a country that hardly ever fights a war, the reason why the UAE is so eager to upgrade its air force equipment is largely to improve its status in the GCC.

Therefore, it is not important whether you can command your own air force.

The important thing is to 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 plan 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, except that the flight platform has been changed from the Boeing 707 to the G550 business jet that is more suitable for us. It is also the fastest of the three options. The first G550 has already started to be modified... But the conformal array design has no precedents in other countries, so the actual effect is difficult to verify. I'm afraid we have to wait until the actual aircraft is tested before we can judge..."

To be honest, the biggest drawback of this plane is that it is ugly.

But in order to ensure his professionalism, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

"Finally, it's Dassault..."

Sabah said this, hesitated for a few seconds and then spoke again:

"From the paper performance alone, this solution has the best performance... Although the paper detection distance is similar to that of Phalcon, the latter is achieved in the L-band, while the former is in the S-band, with higher detection accuracy. In addition, the main radar arrays on both sides cover an angle of 300°, which is one-quarter larger than the other two models..."

"Wait a moment."

The Crown Prince, who had been silent until now, interrupted him:

“Why was this proposal submitted by Dassault?”

"I mean, the bidders for the first two proposals were all integrators of radar and command systems, not manufacturers of flight platforms. Why are only the French different?"

Sabah curled his lips slightly:

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

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

Mohammed raised his hand and gently stroked his beard:

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

Compared with simple and straightforward code names such as "Globaleyes" or "Seaeagle", 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-level 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 had obviously been distorted...