Chapter 252: You must be prepared for early warning aircraft
“Technology for technology...”
Guo Lin repeated the concept mentioned by Chang Haonan.
In the past, this was certainly something that China would never dare to think about.
But now it does.
And it’s actually a behemoth that’s as famous as Boeing, like Airbus.
......
The conversation between the three people was held in the internal kitchen of No. 14. Anyone who can enter to eat here has a high level of confidentiality. In addition, the topic is already in the news. broadcast content, so I didn’t specifically avoid other people.
So, just as they were about to pack away the dishes and leave, two people who had been sitting in a corner not far away got up and walked over.
One of the older ones was the first to ask:
"Sorry to excuse you, is this Comrade Chang Haonan?"
The eyes of the three people were attracted almost at the same time.
"Yes, I am Chang Haonan, may I ask who you are..."
"Academician Wang?"
Before Chang Haonan finished speaking, Guo Lin stood directly next to him He stood up and at the same time called out the other party's identity almost incoherently:
"Why do I have no idea...why did you suddenly..."
Although Chang Haonan and Xu Yang were still a little confused, when they heard Guo Lin's name, they stood up to show respect.
“Academician Wang came to our 14th Institute this time to inspect the pre-research status of several new types of radars. Everything was kept simple and no one not involved in the project was notified.”
Follow The person behind him is Luo Qun, the deputy director of the 14th institute. He has appeared several times during this period, mainly to express condolences and distribute welfare, so Chang Haonan was more impressed.
"You can just sit down. I came here to have a chat with Comrade Xiao Chang."
As soon as the person known as Academician Wang finished speaking, Luo Qun moved two chairs from the side, so the five people sat back at the table again.
It was at this moment that Chang Haonan finally realized the identity of the other party.
Wang Xiaomo, an academician of the Academy of Engineering, was born in the Electronic Technology Group.
He will be the chief designer and general consultant of China's three types of early warning aircraft in the future: Air Police 200, Air Police 500, and ZDK03.
Currently, he should be serving as the executive vice president of the Institute of Electronic Science, which matches the title given by Guo Lin just now.
The status of the 14th Institute within the Electronic Technology Group is similar to that of the 601st Institute/112th Factory within the aviation industry. Many of its brother units were branched off from it during the third-line construction period. Therefore, although Wang Xiaomo is considered to be from the 38th Institute, he was actually in the 14th Institute when he was young. Worked.
This name is naturally very familiar to Chang Haonan, but this is the first time he has seen a real person who is less than 60 years old and still in the prime of life, so he did not recognize it for a while.
"Are you...Academician Wang Xiaomo?"
Although he was basically sure of his guess, Chang Haonan still asked out of politeness.
“Do you know me?”
Wang Xiaomo was a little curious. He asked himself that his reputation had not spread beyond the electronics system.
“I couldn’t recognize you at first, but Guo Gong’s name just now made me guess it. I have heard stories about the development process of 383 radar before, so I know your name.”
Chang Haonan's tone was neither humble nor overbearing, but a few words narrowed the distance between the two -
The 383 three-coordinate radar was Wang Xiaomo's proud work in the mountains of Guizhou Province, and it also won the National First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress. Even though he is now considered successful, hearing young people mention this model still makes him feel a lot better.
This is just like a father listening to others praising his child. It is impossible to be unhappy.
Of course, another important reason lies in the person who said this. If an ordinary engineer from the 14th Institute were here, it would be impossible to achieve the same effect.
“When I had a meeting with Chief Engineer Liang Shaoxiu of Nanzheng 182 Factory a few days ago, I learned about your name, Comrade Xiao Chang, and some other things from him.”
Wang Xiaomo first explained why he could recognize Chang Haonan, and then continued:
"I just heard you chatting, it seemed that you were talking about exchanging technology for technology?"
Upon hearing this question, Chang Haonan calculated the timeline for the development of China's early warning aircraft as quickly as possible.
Obviously, Wang Xiaomo was attracted by the topic of technology introduction.
Or to be more precise, I should have been attracted by Chang Haonan's words, "It is unreliable to spend money to buy technology and to exchange technology in the market."
It is now March 1997, which happens to be the Ring Project, that is, shortly after the project of combining the Il-76 airframe with the Davidian "Felcon" system to develop an early warning aircraft was officially established.
We are currently in the radar design and production stage after the overall plan has been finalized.
According to declassified information from previous lives, Wang Xiaomo himself is not that optimistic about this cooperation. He has repeatedly proposed to arrange domestic supporting research and development simultaneously, and cannot pin all his hopes on foreign parties.
Later events proved that he was right.
In 2000, David unilaterally tore up the contract and stopped the research and development project.
Although they fully refunded the funds paid by China in advance, even if the losses caused by inflation between 1992 and 2000 are not considered, the many years of delay are difficult to make up for.
Now, Wang Xiaomo is sitting in front of Chang Haonan, and has already shown his concern.
God has given us this opportunity, so we have to do something about it.
"Yes, use our technology to exchange the opponent's technology, so that we have a trump card in our hand, so that the opponent does not dare to flip the table casually."
Chang Haonan has no chance to transfer. topic, but answered along the lines of the other party's questions.
“Comrade Xiao Chang said that you don’t trust the European side very much?”
Wang Xiaomo couldn’t hear much emotion in his tone. If the person sitting here talking to him was another It may take a while for a person to judge his position and tendency.
But it is not necessary for Chang Haonan, who knows the direction of history.
He clearly knew that the other party had already started planning for simultaneous development at this time, so his attitude should be the same as his.
“It is originally a cooperative relationship of interest. It is not about trust or distrust. Let’s be prepared. After all, our aviation industry has suffered losses in this regard before.”
Chang Haonan is of course impossible. Jump directly to the master and say that the Kingdom of David was unreliable three years later, and we can only start from the side:
“From the model of peace back then to the assembly of MD82 aircraft, there are two ways to buy it with money and use the market to exchange it. , we tried it all once, but the result was that we were beaten to death, lost my wife and lost the army.”
"So now we have learned from the experience. Although the overall level of the domestic aviation industry is still relatively backward, there is a qualitative change between having and not having it. There is no problem in introducing advanced foreign technologies and concepts, but the principle of walking on two legs cannot be lost. , We must ensure that our independent routes and models are not affected.”
Wang Xiaomo, who is in his sixties, naturally cannot be as happy and angry as a young man, but when he heard that he had almost the same idea. After answering, I still couldn't help but feel relaxed, and my whole expression and posture also relaxed a lot.
Of course, both of them know that this topic ends here.
The tone of the ring project was set in the early 1990s, and even the money had been given out. Not to mention Chang Haonan, even the chief engineer Wang Xiaomo himself would not have said that he would terminate the cooperation at this time .
This is also something that the latter has always been troubled about——
Although domestic supporting research and development continues to advance, it is not an established part of the ring project. No project means no money.
But after hearing what Chang Haonan said about big airplanes walking on two legs, Wang Xiaomo suddenly had a bold idea.
(End of this chapter)