Chapter 1124 The Chinese cannot be allowed to succeed! (I beg for a wave of October monthly tickets...)
If we look at combat effectiveness alone, the UAE military can be said to have no value in existence.
But from the perspective of influence, no one dares to underestimate a GCC country.
Therefore, although the amount of the UAE's arms purchase is not large, it is very important to the three finalists.
France, needless to say.
Countries in the Middle East are its traditional arms export targets.
Considering that the GCC countries often have high equipment interoperability, once the early warning aircraft is successfully sold to the United Arab Emirates, it is likely to open up sales for Rafale in the future, thus further maintaining its presence in this region. Influence.
The Kingdom of Wei is even more of an insider.
It can be said that the results of previous Middle East wars depend to a large extent on the actual tendencies of the GCC countries.
If there is no effort, then David will be able to win relatively easily.
But if it were serious, the price would be hard to say.
Therefore, although the GCC countries have essentially become allies of David in the past decade or so, if the relationship between the two sides can be further brought closer through a representative arms sale, it will obviously It is a safer choice.
On the contrary, the Swedes’ considerations are relatively simple.
Just make money.
Compared to Brazil, which has little international presence and is cash-strapped, the Middle Eastern oil man is obviously a better father to Party A.
If they can accomplish this, it will be enough to make their equipment an instant hit.
Therefore, everyone's eyes are also fixed on the first round of selection...
...
David Kingdom.
IAI Business Development General Manager Yael Kenz received a report from Shaul Mavita, head of the military aircraft department, almost at the same time.
The content is naturally about the preliminary results announced by the UAE.
"As you might expect, both the United States and Russia are just going through the motions. In the end, it will be a competition between our three models..."
Mavita was initially offended. One-handed flattery.
But Kentz seemed a little irritable at this moment -
Only a year ago, the design of this early warning aircraft with phased array radar + ultra-long-range business jet seemed to be their IAI's An exclusive product, almost a sure win for small and medium-sized countries.
As a result, without paying attention, two similar models appeared out of nowhere.
“Now that I think about it...when Dassault Group approached us for cooperation last year, we shouldn’t have rejected it so quickly...”
Kentz took off his glasses and rubbed them with some regret. Rub the slightly sore forehead.
“At that time...there was nothing we could do.”
Mavita quickly replied:
"First of all, what we signed is an exclusive supply agreement. The French Falcon 8Z is the best-performing model among this generation of large business jets. It is obviously impossible for Gulfstream to be willing to let competitors come to share its pie..."
“And from a cost perspective, it is impossible for us to develop conformal array antenna kits for two different platforms at the same time.”
It would mean a lot if a leader actively expresses self-blame in front of his subordinates. The probability is to let the latter find a reason to excuse him, so that he can feel better.
Instead of really letting you join in condemning him.
Kentz is no exception.
After listening to the reasons found by Mavita, his expression of regret just now disappeared without a trace:
"So...do you know the current tendency of the other party's decision-makers, or the relationship between the three Model evaluation? ”
It is still in the early stages of model selection, so no matter what happens, there is still enough room to deal with it.
If you wait until the actual testing begins in a few months, many things will no longer be able to change.
However, Mavita failed to give the answer he wanted:
"In this matter, the person in charge of the other party is very high-level, and the intelligence department is unwilling to take special action for us, so it is difficult to obtain useful information..."
"You know, with those Regarding the kingdom’s system, they don’t need to explain anything to the parliament or the people. They just need to let a person in charge with a high enough status make the decision.”
Hearing this, Kenz shook his head helplessly. He gave a sharp comment:
“It’s really an evil xx system...”
Although he said so, Mavita clearly noticed that his leader’s clear expression just now It was an expression of envy.
Of course, he would not point this matter out. He just changed the subject and continued:
"However, Mr. Kents, we have obtained some information about our competitors through some low-level staff. The situation..."
This pull and step directly highlighted his work ability.
If it had been normal, Kentz might have noticed this clever remark.
But now, his focus is obviously not here.
"..."
After a brief description that was not much different from the actual situation, Mavita concluded:
"In general, the plan given by Dassault on paper is There are certain advantages in performance. Of course, we have not been able to obtain all the parameters, but what is certain is that their aircraft platform is faster and has a longer range, and the radar is not inferior to us at least in terms of detection range."
“In addition, the UAE has been accustomed to using legal equipment in the past, and the replacement process will be smoother, so many members of the delegation hope to eventually choose French products...”
“ Is that so..." Kenz looked thoughtful.
If it were other problems, he might still be able to work harder.
But usage habits...
That can only be said that there is really no way.
You can’t just change the IDF’s preferred design to the French one just for the sake of ordering these aircraft, right?
Besides, it’s not that easy to change...
In fact, for a moment, Kentz had already decided to resign himself to his fate.
IAI is not a company that relies on export orders to survive. Although this business is very important, it does not mean that the country will be destroyed if it fails.
“Ericsson’s plan...isn’t there any explanation?”
To be cautious, he confirmed again.
Although they are both NATO allies in a broad sense, the relationship between David and Sweden is not good...
Or it can be said to be very bad.
So he doesn't want to see the Swedes win from the bidding.
“No.”
Mavita replied without thinking:
"Few people even discuss the performance of the Swedish model..."
Obviously, this is worse than a bad review.
Kentz breathed a sigh of relief:
“Although I don’t know how the French took out this early warning aircraft, but...”
He was only halfway through speaking, Interrupted by Mavita:
"As for the technical source of the early warning system...the intelligence department has given an explanation."
"Based on the current information, it should be a product jointly developed by France and China..."
"... …”
For a moment, the entire office was as quiet as death.
Kentz slapped the armrest of the seat:
"Why didn't you inform me about this earlier?"
Mavita was surprised by this sudden change:
"Europe and China have jointly developed no less than ten types of equipment in recent years. ...And you didn't ask specifically..."
Kentz also knew that it was unreasonable for him to get angry with the other party, so he reluctantly calmed down:
"No, I have to find a way... …”
"We must not let Dassault's plan win the bid!"
The reason for the 180° change in attitude was not that he personally had any objections to China.
In fact, no matter from a geopolitical or economic perspective, there is no need for any confrontation between the Davidic Kingdom and China.
The main reason is that IAI cannot afford to lose this person.
Back then, China spent money and David provided technology for the ring project, which caused a lot of noise.
But no matter what the reason was, it ended up being very unpleasant.
In the end, China failed to obtain the technology of Falcon System.
I originally thought that this would stop the opponent from developing early warning aircraft. However, in 1999, someone actually took out an early warning aircraft with a very unique appearance during the military parade.
As a result, IAI directly became a clown.
Those who know the inside story will say that this is a slap in the face of Americans.
Those who didn't know it felt that this was a slap in the face of David.
That’s all.
No one knows what the performance of China's early warning aircraft is.
Is it possible that he is just trying to make a scene?
Although Kentz himself knows that it is impossible, the publicity can at least be said so.
But it has only been less than five years, and it would be different if the Faircon system directly lost to the same type of product using Chinese technology in the bidding...
It would be different.
You can give 10,000 reasons.
But from the outside world...
It can only be food...
(End of this chapter)