Chapter 787 Small UAV

The annual Christmas has arrived, and this year’s Christmas doesn’t look much different from previous years.

People watched the Queen's Christmas message on TV and then took their families shopping to enjoy the Christmas shopping carnival.

However, judging from the data, it should be affected by the economic situation. Among the retail sales during this Christmas season, the proportion of shopping through e-commerce has increased significantly.

Yes, because of habits and the festive atmosphere, everyone still likes to take their families to shopping malls around them, but for some products, since it is cheaper to order online, for those budget-conscious housewives, some shoes, hats and For daily necessities, why not go to the mall to check them out and then place an order online?

Moreover, this year's Argos retail group has also given great discounts for e-commerce business, which has also attracted more users to choose this novel shopping method.

For many families in Europe and the United States, e-commerce shopping is nothing new to them. In the past, they had the habit of purchasing goods through phone calls and product catalogs delivered to their doorsteps, but now this method is used. Just switch to a computer or mobile phone.

In the mansion in Regent's Park, the Holme, not only some lights and decorations are used to create a more Christmas atmosphere, but also a Christmas tree that is much higher than the ordinary standard stands in the hall of the mansion.

The children were laughing and playing. Whenever they passed by this Christmas tree, their eyes could not help but be attracted by the various beautiful gift boxes hanging on it.

I'm afraid that before going to bed tonight, they will all check their stockings hanging by the bed again, lest Santa Claus miss their share when delivering gifts tonight.

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"Hello, Mr. Blot, my name is Laura Wong, and this is my business card."

"Cavendish Trust Fund? Ms. Wang, are you coming to me on behalf of the Duke of Devonshire?"

As the head of business development at BAE Systems, Matthew Blott is no stranger to the name of the Cavendish Trust. After all, this trust is the major shareholder of many well-known companies.

Wang Wanting was not surprised by Matthew Blot's reaction. She still said with a standard smile:

"Yes, as you can see, I am a representative of the Cavendish Trust. Let me get straight to the point. Today I would like to talk to you about BAE Systems' small drone project..."

What Wang Wanting talked about with Matthew was BAE Systems' small drone project. The predecessor of this project was the Advanced Ceramics Research Institute in North America that BAE Systems acquired in 2009 for US$14.7 million.

At that time, BAE Systems claimed that this move would provide it with a series of mature and reliable products in the fields of small, micro and tactical UAVs.

During this period, Matthew Blott spent most of his time in Arizona, USA, responsible for related projects.

But now, BAE Systems' focus on drones has begun to shift. They value the large-scale drone platform and supporting equipment business in England.

Currently, BAE Systems is the main company, including large-scale UAV projects carried out by Qinetiq, Rolls-Royce and GE Aviation. BAE Systems invested a lot of resources in them - this was later the first high-speed drone in the UK. Technological stealth drone, God of Thunder drone.

However, this project is currently in the research and development stage, and it is expected that the first test flight will be carried out next year.

Therefore, under such circumstances, BAE Systems also intends to sell their small UAV projects in North America to focus on core areas.

At present, the acquisition of the Royal Arsenal in Leeds by the Cavendish Trust has been confirmed, and the next step is to follow the process.

After that, Wang Wanting also began to acquire some shares of BAE Systems in the secondary market and from the hands of small shareholders through offshore companies controlled by the Cavendish Trust Fund in accordance with Barron's requirements.

At the same time, they also learned that BAE Systems intended to sell their small UAV project in North America. This was the main reason why Wang Wanting met with Matthew today.

"Indeed, I have heard such rumors, but Ms. Wang, after all, this transaction has not officially started yet, so as one of the leaders of this project, it is not convenient for me to meet you at this time..."

Although Matthew said so, Wang Wanting believed that since he had come here today and chose to meet her, he must still have thoughts on this matter.

Of course, what Barron didn't tell her was that when the original space-time BAE Systems decided to spin off their small UAV project in North America and sell it, it was Matthew Blott who found investors in front of her and got the This project led the company to later develop three drones: "Silver Fox", "Stray" and "Coyote".

"Today's meeting has no other meaning, Mr. Blot. When we acquire this project from BAE Systems, we will naturally proceed with the normal process..."

Wang Wanting said to Matthew:

"But after that, we need to find a suitable leader for this company, you know, we are a trust company and we need professional people to manage the company."

Matthew is naturally opposed to the fact that BAE Systems is preparing to sell the North American small drone project.

But he also knows that the head office currently does not believe that they have too many advantages in the field of small UAVs, and is relatively more concerned about large UAV projects - and Matthew is just a business development director, He is not a very high-level person, so he does not have much say in this matter.

This was also the main reason why he later left BAE Systems and found investors to take over the project.

Now that there are ready-made options, and the other party also needs a professional to lead the development of the company after the acquisition, it is definitely impossible to say that Matthew is not tempted.

"Indeed, I am very interested in this project. It can be said that in the past year or so, most of my energy has been focused on this project..."

He thought for a moment and said to the beautiful Chinese woman in front of him:

"I can't make too many promises now because you haven't confirmed that you can win this project, but if that day comes, I will be very happy to join it."

Getting this answer was enough for Wang Wanting now. She nodded and said to Matthew:

"I believe there will be results soon, Mr. Blot. I hope we can cooperate happily by then."

After the two shook hands and said goodbye, Wang Wanting immediately called Barron to inform Barron of the result.

"Then we can start talking about the acquisition with BAE..."

Barron said to Wang Wanting on the phone:

"If everything goes well, I will go to the United States after New Year's Day, and then I can visit that company."