Chapter 421 Air Police 200, officially established

What Belayev just thought of was naturally the aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk that was easily dismantled a few years ago with a contract and a mere few million in liquidated damages.

Although this matter has not yet been widely circulated due to the lag in information dissemination and the intentional ignorance of the international media, at least everyone in the domestic military industry in Ermao already knows about it.

Of course, the Ukrainian ship was actually only 30% completed at that time. Except for the nuclear reactor, none of the core subsystems were in place, and it was still far away from even being launched into the water.

Against the background of the disintegration of the alliance, even if there is subsequent capital injection, it is impossible to complete this giant ship. It can only be said to be a no-brainer, but it is not unacceptable from a rational point of view.

It's just that I was cheated again when I finally sold scrap steel (the negotiated price of 450 US dollars/ton turned out to be 150 US dollars/ton), which made people very unhappy.

But An 70 is different.

This aircraft has gone through most of the design process, and it is basically just missing a user willing to pay and the last shudder of the D27 engine.

The first prototype did crash in 1996, but that had nothing to do with the aircraft itself. It was entirely a command and operational error caused by organizational chaos.

According to what he learned from his last communication with Antonov, the latter had already started manufacturing the second prototype, and had even signed a new order for four D4 engines——

You know, although Antonov's life was not easy after 91, after all, it still owns Antonov Airlines, which operates more than a dozen An-124s and the unique An-225 transport aircraft.

Relying on these almost monopolistic large-ticket air transport businesses, key projects can still barely survive.

You know, in addition to China, there are even several European countries that are unwilling to participate in the A70M project that have shown strong interest in the An-400.

Especially Germany.

Who is the biggest beneficiary of the series of events from the drastic changes in Eastern Europe to the disintegration of the alliance?

That is definitely not the United States but Germany.

Germany, which has finally achieved the reunification of the East and West, once again felt that it could do so with the help of the European Union. It hoped that it could take advantage of this opportunity and its already good industrial foundation to regain its status as a country that had been deliberately suppressed by the two superpowers in the past few decades. developing aviation manufacturing industry.

An-70 is such a project that has placed the hopes of the Germans.

At this juncture, we suddenly have to give up on improving the D27 engine that has completed many test flights, and focus our resources on a small turboprop engine with a power of 450kw that has only been tested on benches. Moreover, this turboprop engine The only installation target is an unknown foreign model with only a few brochures.

No matter how you look at it, there is a kind of beauty that is missing the brainstem.

Moreover, during the meeting just now, Industry Minister Ribiazin and the Austrian businessman Delais behaved strangely.

Belayev, who has worked in the field of aviation power for most of his life, knows very well that there must be a high degree of matching between an aeroengine and an aircraft.

Even wing cranes or tail crane structures that have very low engine compatibility requirements often require the engine (actually the nacelle in most cases) to be fine-tuned differently for different types of aircraft, which often results in essentially the same model. The engine has many sub-models.

And this Austrian diamond company traveled thousands of miles to find a new engine supplier that it had never cooperated with before. As a result, the information it brought did not even include the specific dimensions of the aircraft engine compartment.

You must know that the engine of this small propeller aircraft is built-in, and it is placed in front of the nose.

Therefore, the requirements for engine volume, especially transverse dimensions, are extremely stringent.

Choosing motivation is definitely not as casual as buying groceries.

Thinking of this, Belayev was about to turn around and call someone.

But then something came to mind.

Husbands and wives are birds of the same forest, and when disaster strikes, they fly separately.

Indeed, we cannot rule out the possibility that Antonov is doing something secretly from him.

So it's best to be prepared.

"Alyosha?"

He turned around and called to Kuritsen who was about to leave from the other direction:

"The design bureau is relatively close to the station. There should be a train to Kiev in the afternoon. Find someone who knows the basics and is smart enough to go to Antonov and inquire about the situation."

The latter was stunned when he heard this request, and immediately understood what his old friend meant.

"No problem, I'll ask someone to make arrangements."

Belayev also told:

"Remember, don't go through official channels. Use ordinary employees there to make some insinuations to see if the An-70 project is still progressing."

Kuritsen nodded to indicate that he understood, hesitated for a moment and then asked:

"Then...that Dr. Delais just now..."

"Let's receive them as usual. After all, Minister Ribiazin personally brought the people here, so it's not easy to make things too stiff."

"it is good."

……

The words are divided into two parts.

At Jinghang University, after the related research and development tasks of the turbofan 10 were deployed, Chang Haonan himself was not as busy day and night as he had been for more than half a month.

The two parts of the turbine and thermal processing processes that he is mainly responsible for require a lot of new equipment and materials, and it is impossible to start work for a while.

As for the other core part, the high-pressure compressor, Chang Haonan has informed the design team under the leadership of Liu Yongquan of the relevant technical points.

It must be said that the latter is indeed very capable. After a short period of discomfort at the beginning, he was quickly able to complete most of the work independently.

After all, in the previous life, it was under his hands that the turbofan 10 engine was finally perfected.

Chang Haonan only needs to check the progress regularly and solve some of the most difficult problems or problems involving route selection.

In contrast, it was the other two people who brought him the main workload during this period——

Wang Xiaomo and Liang Shaoxiu.

After the Navy realized that the British radar used by the Y-8J posed huge technical risks when facing NATO countries, it immediately stopped the manufacture of the other four Y-4Js that had not yet started.

The remaining four sets of Sushui 4MS radars that have lost their installation targets will be used to provide spare parts, while the four Y-2000Js that have been in service or have begun production will continue to play a role in the East China Sea and the North Sea, but will also lose their status as the core of naval aviation operations. , return to the original business of "maritime patrol".

Under this circumstance, the Air Police 8 early warning aircraft using the brand-new Y-200 Category III platform and T-shaped antenna naturally entered the Navy's field of vision, and then passed various reviews almost at the speed of light, and the project was successfully approved at the end of July 1997.

The parallel system of dual chief divisions in the research and development of early warning aircraft has also been formally established.

Originally, these two people were planning to completely let themselves go and directly asked Chang Haonan to serve as the chief aircraft engineer.

But after they came to the door, they found that someone was more courageous than them——

The latter has already worn the hat of a chief engineer, and if nothing else happens, he will have to wear another one after the heavy-duty die forging press project is established in the second half of the year.

So Chang Haonan finally rejected their kindness:

"Now it's enough to keep me busy running between Shengjing and Beijing, and Torch Company has just got on the right track. It's time to focus on business and operations. Do you really want me to dance on three eggs? It’s a bit overwhelming.”

"In my opinion, the position of chief aircraft engineer should still be filled by Gong Liang. As for me, just as we said before, I will have a deputy chief engineer in the name to help solve some key problems."

After all, in the original timeline, the chief engineer of the Y8 platform special aircraft was Liang Shaoxiu.

Although today's new Y8 III platform still has a mediocre flying experience and poor endurance, it has solved the most serious problem of wing icing.

Moreover, Liang Shaoxiu also specially optimized the propeller propulsion efficiency, barely regaining some low-altitude and low-speed performance.

So, it's not a big problem.