Chapter 776: Is there really a war situation?

As the chief planner and the only member of the leadership team who is also responsible for front-line research and development work, it is normal for such a major foreign cooperation project to be contacted first by Chang Haonan.

Snecma, the French state-owned aerospace group.

Although it sounds like something like "China Aviation Industry Group", in fact, the name Snecma itself is not particularly out of the ordinary.

The more well-known companies are CFM, a company jointly established by Snecma and General Electric, and later, the Safran Group formed by merging with Sagem.

Therefore, when faced with Liang Zhuoping's explanation, Chang Haonan's first reaction was...

Didn't react.

China has indeed made some progress in aviation development, but the projects that have actually been implemented are limited to one turbofan 10.

Due to the relatively weak R&D capabilities, even if Chang Haonan previously proposed using the off-the-shelf Turbofan 10 core machine to develop aeroderivative combustion and high bypass ratio engines, it would have to wait until the final design of the Turbofan 10 body is finalized.

As for landing, we have to wait a few more years.

At this time, the French suddenly came to discuss cooperation.

Still using this secretive method.

The means of concealment are still so crude.

It gives people a sense of déjà vu as if they were holding a pipa and half-hiding their faces.

It’s really hard to figure out what to talk about.

"I cannot make the decision directly on this matter. It needs to be discussed within the group before making a decision."

Chang Haonan suddenly discovered that this way of doing Tai Chi was indeed somewhat useful.

"It's not urgent. I'm just reporting the situation on a routine basis. After a while, the aviation technology staff will bring over the other party's letter and documents."

Liang Zhuoping answered on the other side of the phone.

Chang Haonan is now a person with a formal leadership position. Many things still have to be kept in the file through formal procedures. It is no longer possible to say it directly in Ding Gaoheng's office like in the past.

After hanging up the phone, Chang Haonan leaned back on his office chair, rubbing his forehead and thinking.

Of course, no matter what the other party wants to do, if the soldiers come to block the water and the earth covers it, contact must still be made.

But before that, you have to make some mental preparations.

At least set the tone for the negotiation.

Should we actively push forward, or should we focus on wrangling?

According to his memory, before this company became part of the Safran Group in 2005, its exchanges with China should have been limited to the maintenance of CFM series engines widely used in civil aviation aircraft.

Also, when the Turbofan 10 project was established - not this time, but the early stage of the last project, which was almost ten years ago, at that time China was still preparing to turn the Turbofan 10 into an F110 analogue, so it hoped to start from As one of the shareholders of CFM Group, Snecma Group has obtained some technical information and technical guidance on the CFM56 core machine.

But by the end of the 80s, the relationship between China and the Western camp had begun to turn cold, and due to well-known reasons, the relationship between China and France had experienced some twists and turns, so the matter gradually fell into disuse.

Later, Chang Haonan started a new one. Apart from the name, the current Turbofan 10 is completely different from the previous plan and CFM56, so naturally there is no need to have anything to do with the other party.

As a result, it has been Hedong for thirty years, and Hexi for thirty years. Now, although it is not clear why, the offense and defense have changed, and it is the opponent's turn to come to ask for cooperation.

After much deliberation, Chang Haonan called Zhang Liangping who was waiting at the door first.

"Mr. Chang."

The latter looked at Chang Haonan's serious expression and understood that he probably had something to do on his own, so he turned around and closed the door to the room.

"Lao Zhang, there are a few things you need to do. Please note them down."

"You say."

Zhang Liangping quickly took out the notebook he carried with him.

"After a while, someone from China Aerospace Technology will come over and send you a cooperation invitation letter submitted by Dassault Group. You can collect it on your behalf, and then find someone from the External Liaison Office who is relatively experienced, preferably someone Comrades who understand French, make contact with the French, be careful not to express your stance first, and first see what kind of medicine they are selling. "

Chang Haonan spoke very quickly, but Zhang Liangping was also an experienced executive and could keep up with the rhythm.

"Second, look for the news related to Snecma Group in recent months, summarize the substantive content, and send it to my office as soon as possible."

"Also, contact the group archives and ask them to sort out the information related to the pre-research of Turbofan 10 and the research and development work at the beginning of the project. It is not technical, but related to external cooperation. Once completed, send it to Here."

When Chang Haonan said the last part, Zhang Liangping raised his head in shock and looked at the former in confusion.

Obviously, the fact that the chief designer of Turbofan 10 asked him for the archive information of Turbofan 10 made his brain a little confused for a while.

"Oh...it's not the turbofan 10 we are currently developing."

Chang Haonan explained.

As a purely administrative staff member, Zhang Liangping was probably just a junior clerk who had just entered the company 10 years ago. He might not even be working in the aviation system, so it was normal for him to be unable to react to these things for a while.

"It was the turbofan 10 that was the last project approved before I took over. Anyway, if you told the file that it would be built between 85 and 95, they must know what's going on."

Before Chang Haonan, Zhang En and Mr. Zhang were in charge of the research and development of the turbofan 10. They are currently responsible for the development of subsequent upgraded models of the QD606 gas turbine at the 130 Institute. However, the latter actually took over halfway and may not be aware of the earlier things. Another phone call to find the person involved, it would be better to just dig through the files from the pile of old papers.

"Yes!"

Zhang Liangping replied.

But instead of closing the notebook and leaving immediately, the conversation changed:

"Mr. Chang, the last two things are easy to talk about. I can do it after I go back. But after our group was split, the External Liaison Office is almost a shelf. Except for the director and deputy director, there are only those from Haojing Engine Group. Among the few comrades who are seconded here, as for those who can speak French... I'm afraid I can't find them..."

Under Chang Haonan's deliberate promotion, Haojing has gradually become a window for foreign cooperation with China Aviation Development and even the entire aviation industry. Haojing Group has successively undertaken the production of Sibei MK202, D436T and M250 small turboshaft/turboprop engines. The three localization projects are the only ones in the aviation development system that have experience in this area.

Therefore, when we set up the External Liaison Office, we recruited a few people from them.

The introduction of the Ahaye engine back then was led by the Bingcheng Aircraft Industry Group together with the Z-9 project, and is now not part of the aviation engine system.

The head office is divided into two according to business, and some pains are definitely unavoidable.

Chang Haonan thought for a moment:

"Then let's find someone with negotiation experience first to avoid being tricked by the other party on the negotiation table. Then I'll contact Director Ding and find some manpower from the External Liaison Department."

If other people said this, they probably wouldn't dare to confirm it.

But Chang Haonan's connections at the Science and Technology Commission are relatively strong, and it's just a matter of borrowing a few people.

……

After seeing off Zhang Liangping, Chang Haonan breathed a long sigh of relief and turned his attention again to the newspapers and periodicals on his desk that he had not yet finished reading.

There is still some time before lunch, so I might as well pass the time.

However, the stamina of the previous magazine was so great that Chang Haonan was worried that if he looked at it a few more times, he might doubt whether the Turbofan 10 was designed by himself.

So, he simply pulled out an English newspaper from underneath.

Chang Haonan's English level is not very high, but he has memorized a lot for the exams, so it is no problem to read some ordinary English articles.

Then, he saw——

According to our investigation, in the mid-1980s, China launched a third-generation engine project code-named 'Taihang'. After an initial period of confusion and fumbling, they set their sights on the F15, which had just been equipped with the F110 fighter jet at that time. …

A few years later, China obtained part of the technical data of the CFM56 core engine through the Snecma Group, and developed their own high-thrust turbofan engine on this basis. Therefore, it is speculated that the performance should be the same as that of the F110GE100 (the earliest model) Comparable or slightly weaker...

"It's really amazing..."

Chang Haonan put down the newspaper and sighed:

"There can't really be a strategic deception bureau..."

Of course, complaints are complaints, but the author of this report is not a pure layman like the picture album magazine just now.

Instead, he is a senior commentator for Jane's Defense Weekly and a former senior engineer at General Electric.

In other words, he can at least represent the views of some people in Europe and the United States on the turbofan 10——

That is, the sibling of the F110 engine.

And this also provided Chang Haonan with a brand new idea.