The Military-industrial Scientific Research System of the Academic Master Chapter 732

Chapter 732 Are the French stuck?

Not only Bernard Ziegler, who looked confident just now, but also Anne, who was sitting next to him and just watching the excitement, was stunned after seeing such a thing suddenly.

 First of all, it is slightly different from the "simple metal plate" mentioned earlier, and secondly, this thing is not close to any workpiece in her cognitive scope.

“Dr. Ziegler, what is this?”

She turned her head and hesitated for a moment, but finally asked.

Although the forging process can produce tens of thousands of workpieces, considering that after they applied for a visit, China agreed without hesitation, so Anne reasonably speculated that the thing in front of her should still be related to aviation. right.

“The bulkhead of the aircraft fuselage...what else could it be?”

Ziegler was almost turned red by this question. After all, he had sworn a few minutes ago that the trial production process would be based on the simplest workpiece.

As a result, when the blind box was opened, a big guy was taken out.

But Anne didn't mean anything sarcastic:

 “But…this…”

 It's just that the semi-finished products or test products produced in those steps cannot be counted in the category of "products", and they will not have official production serial numbers.

Ziegler nodded, his eyes still fixed on the forging press and the workpiece that had been hoisted into the air:

 “No one can be said to be competent until the product is certified.”

 Anne patted it twice, then put down her palm and asked in a low voice.

 She originally wanted to say that this thing looked different from the airplane partitions she had seen, but she quickly realized it after the initial mental shock:

While speaking, the host on the stage had already announced the success of the trial production of product zero of the die forging press, and a tsunami of cheers and applause burst out from the stands in China.

“Fighters naturally cannot compare in size with mainline airliners. The spanwise size of this workpiece...well, is the width. I visually measured it to be about 2.5 meters, which is slightly smaller than the A320. As for the height, the difference is even greater..."

 In the process of equipment development and process testing, there must be a large number of actual machine tests.

 “Oh…so this should be a fighter jet…”

Of course, strictly speaking, this is not actually the first workpiece produced by the die forging press.

 Ziegler replied:

“But…it looks like there is still a big gap compared to the size of A320 and A330, right?”

“Yes, it's the rear fuselage of a fighter jet, and it looks like the size of this aircraft is probably quite small…”

Anne has never been exposed to military aircraft in her entire career, otherwise she would not have been able to recognize what this thing was just now, so she just asked confusedly while clapping along:

“In other words, do they really have the ability to produce large parts of the A320 airframe now?”

Although the EU delegation will certainly not be as excited as the Chinese themselves, the atmosphere has reached this point anyway, so they also applauded, and some even learned to shout in unfamiliar Chinese pronunciation. How many voices.

 Ziegler shook his head:

Although his judgment just now was a bit wrong, Ziegler is not a hard-tongued person.

Furthermore, as a senior leader of Airbus, the Asian assembly center is also good for him.

“But on the other hand, passenger aircraft do not need to withstand as much overload as fighter jets during flight, so even if they are smaller, the structural strength of fighter jets may not be lower than that of small and medium-sized passenger aircraft…”

"However, at least judging from the size and purpose of this workpiece, they definitely have this potential, so after returning this time, I will consider arranging a round of production appraisal. If it can pass, we can start to gradually put part of the fuselage The production of structural parts will be transferred to China.”

 At this point, he suddenly turned to look at Anne next to him, and at the same time changed the subject:

“Mrs. Colombo, your JAA cannot set up additional policy obstacles in this regard.”

In terms of industrial transfer, the interests of JAA as an industry management organization and Airbus Group as an enterprise are not completely consistent.

Even though the original intention of the former's establishment was to improve the competitiveness of the latter, after so many years of development, it has already generated millions of workers of its own.

For example, many JAA senior officials have party backgrounds in several major European countries, and naturally hope to keep the aviation industry within their own borders.

 However, this kind of interest relationship is not monolithic.

If the forces behind these people are from the opposition, they will hope that companies will take away all the jobs.

For example, the expansion of Airbus's Toulouse factory has caught up with such a thing.

The person in charge of the environmental assessment happens to be an opponent of the Midi-Pyrenees regional assembly. No matter how much money is spent, he is unwilling to deliver results to his political opponents.

 Otherwise, Airbus would not have been so active in the Asian assembly center.

 Anne waved her hands decisively:

“Don't worry, we have signed an agreement before to provide policy convenience for China's final assembly project.”

  But obviously, such rhetoric alone cannot gain Ziegler's trust.

How can he still not know the virtues of the EU institutions? If he really wants to interfere with it, it will be difficult to restrain it with just a piece of agreement.

Looking at the other party looking at her with a suspicious expression, Anne also knew that her organization was not very trustworthy. In fact, the reason why she was sent here to handle this package of projects was largely because she and her husband were highly bound to the interests of China, so they were more attentive to their work.

It's just that this kind of thing must not be said in public, so Anne had to explain further:

“Moreover, it's not just about the agreement. Revitalizing the euro is now a top priority for the EU, especially for several countries in the euro zone. The Chinese have a lot of cards in their hands right now, and no one will joke about it.”

 “It's better that way…”

 Ziegler said and looked forward again.

The workpiece has been placed on a special bracket at this time, and it looks like it is ready for viewing.

Sure enough, several staff members soon came up and said in less fluent French and English that the equipment had been locked and invited members of the EU delegation to visit the production area.

 Compared to his colleagues around him, Ziegler had little interest in the majestic machine itself.

  After all, the die forging press itself is already a very mature industrial equipment, and the overall structure that can be seen at a glance from the outside is actually not very attractive—

 There are only a few types in total, and even a lot of information is completely public.

 The truly valuable part lies in the design details of several core structural components, as well as the algorithms and operating logic of the corresponding industrial control system.

 Especially the latter.

 At present, the forging press in France is also in urgent need of CNC transformation. However, the Russians who built the equipment back then have lost a lot of technical data, so the progress of the transformation has not been optimistic.

As for several other similar types of equipment in the world, they are all antiques that were put into use thirty or forty years ago.

 Only the Huaxia machine may have considered the application of CNC systems in the design stage and made targeted optimizations.

 The reference value is still full.

 It's a pity that the tour itinerary did not include the equipment operation room.

 Of course, this is also reasonable.

After all, the main purpose of letting outsiders visit this kind of equipment is to demonstrate capabilities, or to show off. No one is stupid enough to reveal their special skills.

 Hence, Ziegler came almost directly to the newly produced partition frame.

 It was only then that he realized that the size he had just estimated was a bit too small.

 The width is not 2.5 meters, but more than 3 meters.

And if only the fuselage frame has a width of 3 meters, then the entire aircraft...

 “It should be a heavy fighter, right?”

Just when Ziegler leaned down to see if he could discern any clues, a slightly unfamiliar voice suddenly came out from behind him.

　　 is French.

 He turned around and found that the person who came was a half-lived face that he had some impression of but couldn't remember clearly.

 But in short, it must be someone from this delegation.

“Well, judging from the size of the fuselage structural parts, the aircraft itself must be the size of an F15 or Su-27.”

Ziegler nodded, and then returned his attention to the workpiece again:

“I remember that China should have signed a contract with the Russians to produce Su-27 fighter jets in their country. From this point of view, it should be used there.”

"Speaking of which, the Chinese air force equipment has been updated very quickly in recent years. I remember that when they held an air show the year before last, they only showed an improved version of the second-generation fighter jet. Only three years have passed, and it is almost Produced its own third-generation heavy fighter..."

 There is a bit of sourness in the tone of this sentence.

 Although the Mirage 2000 can be considered a third-generation aircraft, it is obviously far behind its peers in terms of size and development potential.

This also reminded Ziegler of the other party's identity.

ˆ It should be the head of a certain department of Dassault.

  But he can't remember exactly which department it is.

"Isn't your Rafale about to enter service soon? When I went to a meeting in March, I heard Dr. Fischeffer say that the first mass production model has begun to be manufactured. Although it is still a bit small, the technical level is definitely higher than ten Isn't the Su-27 from years ago stronger?”

Daniel Fischeffer, head of Airbus' Combat Aviation Systems Division, is responsible for developing combat-related software control systems for the Rafale fighter jets.

 We are old colleagues with Ziegler.

 “It was indeed like this before…”

The opponent took two steps forward and stood side by side with Ziegler:

“But at the beginning of this month, General Electric suddenly withdrew its technical support for Snecma, so the situation is a bit difficult to say..."

 (End of this chapter)

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