Chapter 585 NH90/Zhi-12, isomers
The "encounter" between Eurocopter and AgustaWestland in the corridor was certainly not a coincidence.
It is exactly the "outside move" arranged by Chang Haonan in Cui Wenxue's mouth.
Of course, it is not as outrageous as Prime Minister Anju Pingwu Road.
It just provides an operational idea to drive away the tiger and swallow the wolf, giving Eurocopter a sense of crisis.
The specific operation, that is, how to arrange the meeting so that the two parties can meet in a less rigid manner, was actually completed by Cui Wenxue himself.
But no matter what, the final effect is good.
Because Pierre is really a little anxious.
In fact, this is also one of the huge obstacles facing European integration -
Even if we only look at the six initial member states of the EU, they have many grievances and grievances in history. There are countless wars and prejudices between them, even if they are not expressed openly, they cannot be eliminated with a piece of paper.
If the treaty had worked, Chamberlain would have been physically canonized.
Not to mention that the EU later admitted a bunch of small countries that had complicated relations with the original six countries in history, and even brought in troublemakers with ulterior motives like the UK.
Chang Haonan took advantage of this.
In fact, even without the obstruction of the United States, an integrated Europe cannot truly become a pole in the world. Therefore, he must gather more wool during the limited time when the EU is in power.
The twenty-minute break passed quickly, and the French team returned to the conference table.
But this time, they no longer felt like they were leisurely wandering around in circles.
After a few rounds of non-nutritious content exchanged between you and me as usual, Flamel pretended to be casual and said:
"By the way, Mr. Cui, we just finished the negotiation before. At the beginning, you said that you have prepared two ways of cooperation. We have just discussed the first one."
"Since we can't agree on the amount of the payment for the time being, we might as well discuss the second one. What about the two options? "
In fact, reaching this point means that he has begun to compromise.
Because normally, this situation of "choosing between two options given by others" inherently means losing the initiative.
We should take turns to propose conditions.
However, the conditions they prepared before coming to China were really difficult to put forward after their trump card was revealed at the beginning.
In fact, if it were left to normal times, there would be nothing wrong with paying the high price and paying back the money.
Le Maire was indeed working in this direction in the first half of the negotiations. He wanted to wait until the situation improved slightly, then put forward his own plan, and then neutralize it bit by bit.
But the Italians he suddenly met during the break made him have some concerns -
If the gap between the conditions between the two sides is too large and the negotiation fails directly, the Chinese can still have a plan B, but Eurocopter can It's difficult.
It’s impossible to go to Sikorsky to cooperate, right?
Someone else is the manufacturer of Black Hawk helicopters, and then you go to them to develop a competing product of Black Hawk?
So, Le Maire is obviously a little constrained and does not dare to be too outrageous in terms of conditions.
For negotiations, this is equivalent to fighting someone with a sandbag tied around it.
And he suffered three blows first.
Disadvantage is inevitable.
Cui Wenxue, who was sitting opposite, could naturally notice such a change in attitude, so he suppressed himself from laughing, and at the same time motioned to the staff next to him to send the other prepared documents to Member of the French delegation.
In fact, this second cooperation plan is the condition that he, or Chang Haonan, really wants to put forward.
The first one of US$1.8 billion was just to scare the Europeans first.
People all over the world like to compromise, open a window...take down the roof...
Ahem.
Le Maire secretly took two deep breaths to calm down, then pretended to be calm and opened the folder in front of him.
The model of this plan is much more complicated in comparison.
In short, it is essentially the same as AgustaWestland, both parties work together to engage in joint research and development.
China is still responsible for the rotor system, transmission system and front fuselage, while Eurocopter and other NATO partners are responsible for the aircraft's avionics system, human-machine interaction system, cockpit system and safety system. Basically, the ratio of developed ingredients is 50:50, but...
Pierre, who was next to Flamel, frowned.
He found that the most critical power system was not in this plan.
But at this time, he was a little unsure whether he should speak, so he glanced to the side and found that Flamel was bowing his head in deep thought.
“I found that the power system of this aircraft does not seem to be included in your development task allocation.”
Pierre sat up straight and said slowly:< br>
“This is the core part of a model. If you include the RTM322-01/9 that we solved, the proportion of this development component should be at least 65:35...”
"About the power system."
Cui Wenxue turned to the back page of the notebook in front of him. The first content was this question. He only needed to organize the language a little:
"I know that in the process of joint research and development, in fact, Two power systems have been considered, namely the RTM322-01/9 you just mentioned, and the T700/T6E advocated by the Fiat Group. "
"In fact, the current shortcomings of the NH90 transmission system should also be solved. It has something to do with your insistence on maximum compatibility with these two power systems."
Hearing this, Pierre, who had looked calm just now, almost stood up:
"Your side. Can this problem be solved? ”
Originally, NH90 had already made plans to abandon the T700 series engines.
But firstly, Fiat has a tougher attitude. Secondly, the T700/T6E engine is a common power system for EH101 helicopter, UH60 helicopter and AH64 helicopter. If they can be compatible, for NH90 There will also be huge benefits in seizing the 10-ton utility helicopter market in the future.
So if you can not give up, it is best not to give up.
“Since we are responsible for the research and development of the transmission system, we will naturally be responsible for solving these problems.”
Cui Wenxue replied with a relaxed expression.
In fact, he didn't really know the specific difficulty of the operation. He just felt that since Mr. Chang had written it like this, it shouldn't be particularly difficult to solve it.
After a short pause, he continued:
“Not only that, other engines of similar size and power can also be matched with the aircraft by replacing limited transmission system parts, so The power system on this helicopter is closer to an optional module. What’s more, neither the T700 nor the RTM322 are available to us, so they cannot be included in the joint development share.”
Phase. Compared with the already impressive turbofan engines, Huaxia is basically blank in the field of turboshaft and turboprop engines. Although there has been some improvement under the leadership of Chang Haonan, there is still a long way to go before a complete model lineage. Gotta go.
However, in the short term, it is not impossible to directly challenge two power-reduced versions of TV3-117 or VK2500.
After all, the power systems of the Mi-17/Mi-171 helicopters currently being used extensively by the Army Aviation Force are also these two models, which will not cause any logistical trouble.
At this point, the French side has also understood that China is also preparing to develop a NH90 shell replacement product.
"Mr. Cui, there is no problem with this cooperation plan, but our regulations have very strict restrictions on the military use of products. If you want..."
Not yet When Flamel finished speaking, Cui Wenxue raised his hand to indicate that he did not mean this:
"Mr. Flamel, I think you have misunderstood."
"Our plan is not to follow the normal joint development model."
"Then what do you mean..."
Le Maire looked down at the documents in front of him again and felt My understanding just now seems to be correct.
Cui Wenxue adjusted his sitting posture and looked down at the last content written in the notebook.
In fact, even when he first heard Chang Haonan's idea, he called it outrageous.
But in the end I was convinced.
He slowly said:
"We both have separate projects. Yours is called NH90, and ours... It hasn't been determined yet, but it may be called Zhi12, or something similar. , after the project is established, we act as each other’s subsystem suppliers, not partners.”
“In other words, your company provides avionics systems, human-machine interaction systems, and cockpit systems to our Z-12. and safety system-related technologies, and we provide a complete solution for the rotor system, transmission system and front fuselage of the NH90.” They are independently developed, but there are only some international suppliers. In this era of globalization, this should not be surprising, right? ”
(End of this chapter)