Chapter 1124: We can’t let the Chinese succeed! (Please give me 1 monthly ticket)

Chapter 1124: We can’t let the Chinese succeed! (Please give me some October tickets…)

If we only talk about combat effectiveness, the UAE army can be said to have no value in existence.

But from the perspective of influence, no one dares to underestimate a GCC country.

Therefore, although the amount of the UAE's arms purchase is not large, it is of great importance to the three finalists.

France, needless to say.

Countries in the Middle East are its traditional arms export targets.

Considering that the GCC countries often have a high degree of equipment interoperability, once the early warning aircraft is successfully sold to the UAE, it is very likely that the Rafale will be sold in the future, thereby further maintaining its influence in the region.

The Kingdom of David is even more of an insider.

It can be said that the outcome of every Middle East war depends to a large extent on the actual inclinations of the GCC countries.

If they don't work hard, then the Kingdom of David will be able to win relatively easily.

But if you really do it, the price you'll pay is hard to say.

Therefore, although the GCC countries have essentially become allies of the Kingdom of David in the past decade or so, it would obviously be a safer option to further strengthen the relationship between the two sides through a representative arms sale.

On the contrary, the Swedes' considerations are relatively simple.

It's about making money.

Compared with Brazil, which has little international presence and is cash-strapped, the Middle Eastern oil guys are clearly better clients.

If they can complete this order, it will be enough to make their equipment a hit.

Therefore, everyone's eyes are also closely watching the first round of selection...

……

David country.

IAI's general manager of business development, Yair Kentz, received a report from Shaul Mawita, head of the military aircraft division, almost at the same time.

The content, naturally, is about the initial shortlisted results announced by the UAE.

"As you expected, both the United States and Russia are just going through the motions, and in the end it will be a competition between our three models..."

Mavita started by flattering him a little.

But Kentz seemed a little irritated at this moment——

Just a year ago, this early warning aircraft design of phased array radar + ultra-long-range business jet seemed to be an exclusive product of IAI, which was almost a sure win for small and medium-sized countries.

As a result, before I knew it, two similar models appeared out of nowhere.

"Now that I think about it... when Dassault Group approached us for cooperation last year, we shouldn't have rejected it so quickly..."

Kentz took off his glasses and rubbed his slightly swollen and painful forehead with some regret.

"At that time... there was nothing we could do."

Mavita quickly replied:

"Firstly, we signed an exclusive supply agreement, and the French Falcon 8Z is the best-performing model of this generation of large business jets. Gulfstream is obviously not willing to let its competitors take a share of the pie..."

“And from a cost perspective, it’s not possible for us to develop conformal array antenna kits for two different platforms at the same time.”

If a leader takes the initiative to express self-blame in front of his subordinates, it is likely that he wants the latter to find a reason to exonerate him so that he can feel better.

Instead of really asking you to join in condemning him.

Kentz is no exception.

After hearing the reasons that Mavita had found, his regretful expression suddenly disappeared without a trace:

"So... do you know the current inclination of the other party's decision-makers, or their evaluation of these three models?"

We are still in the early stages of the selection process, so there is enough room to deal with whatever happens.

If we wait until a few months before the actual machine testing begins, many things will no longer be able to be changed.

However, Mavita failed to give the answer he wanted:

"In this matter, the person in charge is at a very high level, and the intelligence department is unwilling to take any action specifically for us, so it is difficult to obtain useful information..."

"You know, with the systems of those kingdoms, they don't need to explain anything to the parliament or the people. They just need to let a person with a high enough status make the decision."

Hearing this, Kentz shook his head helplessly and gave a sharp comment:

"What an evil xx system..."

Although he said this, Mavita clearly noticed that his leader's expression just now was clearly one of envy.

Of course, he didn't point this out, but just changed the subject and continued:

"However, Mr. Kentz, we did get some information about our competitors through some low-level staff..."

This pulling and stepping directly highlights his work ability.

Under normal circumstances, perhaps Kentz would have noticed this clever bit of rhetoric.

But now, his focus is obviously not here.

"..."

After a brief description that was not too far from the actual situation, Mavita concluded:

"In general, the proposal put forward by Dassault has certain advantages on paper. Of course, we have not been able to obtain all the parameters, but what is certain is that their carrier platform is faster and has a longer range, and their radar is at least not inferior to ours in terms of detection distance."

"In addition, the UAE has been accustomed to using French equipment in the past, and the replacement process will be smoother, so many members of the delegation hope to eventually choose French products..."

"Is this so..."

Kentz looked thoughtful.

If it were any other problem, he might still be able to try harder.

But usage habits...

I can only say that there is really nothing we can do.

You can't change the IDF's preferred design to the French just for the orders for these aircraft, right?

Besides, it’s not that easy to change…

In fact, for a moment, Kentz had decided to leave everything to fate.

IAI is not a company that relies on export orders to survive. Although this business is very important, it is not a country that will be destroyed if it fails.

"Ericsson's proposal...is there no explanation?"

He confirmed again just to be cautious.

Although both are NATO allies in a broad sense, the relationship between David and Sweden is not good...

Or it can be said to be very bad.

So he doesn't want to see the Swedes win the bid.

"No."

Mavita answered without hesitation:

“There’s even little discussion of the Swedish model’s performance…”

Obviously, this is worse than a bad review.

Kentz breathed a sigh of relief:

"Although I don't know how the French got this early warning aircraft, but..."

He was interrupted by Mavita before he finished speaking:

"Regarding the technical source of the early warning system...the intelligence department did give an explanation."

"Based on the current information, it should be a product jointly developed by France and China..."

"..."

For a moment, the whole office was as quiet as death.

Kentz slapped the armrest of the chair:

"Why didn't you inform me about this earlier?"

Mavita was shocked by this sudden change:

"Europe and China have jointly developed no less than ten types of equipment over the years... and you didn't ask specifically..."

Kentz also knew that it was unreasonable for him to get angry with the other party, so he managed to calm down:

"No, I have to find a way..."

"We must not let Dassault's proposal win the bid!"

The reason for his 180-degree change in attitude was not because he had any opinion about China.

In fact, from either a geopolitical or economic perspective, there is no need for any confrontation between David and China.

The main reason is that IAI can't afford to lose this person.

The circular project, which was funded by China and technically developed by David, caused quite a stir at one point.

But no matter what the reason was, it ended up in a very ugly way.

In the end, China was unable to acquire the technology of the Falcon system.

It was originally thought that this would slow down the other side's development of early warning aircraft. As a result, in 1999, someone actually took out an early warning aircraft with a very unique appearance at the military parade.

As a result, IAI became a clown.

Those who know the inside story will say that this is a slap in the face of the Americans.

Those who don’t know think that this is a slap in the face of the Kingdom of David.

That’s all.

Anyway, no one knows what the performance of China's early warning aircraft is like.

Who knows, maybe he's just doing it for show?

Although Kentz himself knew it was impossible, at least he could say so in publicity.

But now, less than five years have passed. If the Falcon system loses the bidding to a similar product using Chinese technology...

But it's different.

You can give ten thousand reasons.

But from the outside world’s perspective…

It can only be a dish...