The military-industrial scientific research system of the academic master

While Bodi was staring blankly at the guided (fire) bomb (arrow) model in front of him, Ren Bingda, one of the leaders of the Chinese delegation, also returned to the Chinese exhibition area from next door, and then he saw at a glance the people surrounding the turbofan 20 The size model was surrounded by about ten people taking photos and recording.

However, the reason why this model was brought all the way to Singapore was to show it to Luo Luo's people. If he could walk up to it, he would easily surprise them.

So I had to pretend to be indifferent and walked next to the only visitor who was alone.

After walking closer, I realized that the other person was actually an acquaintance.

Bodi happened to turn his head at this moment. When he saw Ren Bingda, he was stunned for a moment, then frowned slightly, showing a suspicious expression.

Although Huaxia has been a frequent visitor to the Singapore Airshow in the past ten years, since the show was held here and in Xiangzhou in the same year, except for the first time it participated in the show in 1998, the competition was not very big.

Including this time, they only brought two real machines.

There is also a helicopter among them.

Logically speaking, this kind of configuration only requires a middle-level leader who is responsible for marketing and some technical personnel responsible for logistics support.

It's totally unreasonable to let a person of Ren Bingda's level come forward.

Moreover, the other party was in charge of an aviation power company and had no direct relationship with the transport aircraft.

Just like the A380, which is the star of this air show, others will only pay attention to Airbus' Champine, and will not drag their Rolls-Royce people over to ask questions...

After thinking about this, Bodi slapped his thigh suddenly, realizing that he seemed to have been tricked into something.

It wasn't even just done.

But it has been done since he visited Haofa Group a year ago.

After figuring out this layer of joints, the whole idea suddenly became smoother as if I had used Kaiselu.

Why could he, an outsider, be allowed to visit the testing center that was supposed to be a research and development center?

Why are so many running devices left unattended?

And why does the unattended device happen to display the content he is most interested in—even the interface is in English?

Everything can be explained.

"Fxxk...cunning Chinese people..."

Bodie felt annoyed.

I don't know whether he hates the other party more for playing tricks on him, or hates himself more for not being able to see through such a simple conspiracy.

But no matter what I think in my heart, since the matter has reached this point, it is definitely impossible to admit it.

First of all, as the general person in charge of the NGME project, if he admits that he was deceived by the Chinese people, he will only make himself a clown in the end.

Secondly, it has been a year since this happened. No matter what the situation was at the time, there is no doubt that MTU and Pratt \u0026 Whitney hooked up together in private. Therefore, the dispute between Luo Luo and Haofa Group Cooperation has been finalized, and all that is left are some specific cooperation conditions. It is useless to dwell on those details.

For now, we can only consider how to seize as much initiative as possible in future cooperation.

Thinking of this, he sighed secretly and took the initiative to get closer to Ren Bingda.

As a typical British person, Bodie is naturally accustomed to starting conversations with unrelated topics:

"You should know that if this kind of solid rocket is sold, it can be easily transformed into a real ballistic missile, right?"

Ren Bingda's expression froze, and it took about half a minute to realize that the other party was talking about the launch vehicle model in front of him, which looked like a ballistic missile no matter how it looked.

In fact, before setting off this time, he did hear Chang Haonan mention that this model, which has not yet been officially named, is modified from the Dongfeng 31 ballistic missile. Except for the fairing and some flight control equipment, the hardware level is almost the same as that of the later model. There is no difference.

Of course, this cannot be said openly to outsiders.

"Ahem... Although this model is placed on our booth, it is actually a product of another company. I don't know much about the specific situation..."

He cleared his throat first, and then answered unfocused:

"But don't worry, China is a responsible big country. It is also clearly stated on this exhibition board that it only provides rapid response launch services and will not sell related technical equipment including launch vehicles and rockets... Of course, supporting modular satellites Except, if users don’t want to use our launch business, they can also directly purchase the finished satellite and launch it themselves...or give it to a third party for launch.”

Obviously, although the preparations in the aerospace science and industry were not sufficient, and even the rocket model was directly replaced by a missile with white paint, the idea was very long-term.

He looked very ready to take jobs from the aerospace technology company next door.

It was only then that Bodi discovered that there was a promotional display board similar to a roll-up banner next to the model booth.

Because it was too crude, it had not caught his attention before.

On the display board, an exquisite schematic diagram of the satellite structure is drawn.

Although the quality of the English translation is not high and the printed fonts are not very clear, it can be seen even from the pictures that this seems to be a satellite platform that can be prefabricated in advance and then modularly assembled according to actual mission requirements.

At this time in 2006, the concept of modularity was very popular, and even some warships were required to adopt modular designs.

So Bodie took a second look.

Unfortunately, it was not my major after all, and there were other things hiding in my heart, so I didn't see anything in the end.

I just took this opportunity to get to the point:

"Ren, is the engine installed on the aircraft you are exhibiting the same model I was testing when I visited it before?"

In fact, from the cross-sectional structure of the full-size model, Bodi had already recognized the distinctive outline of the compressor blades, and he could basically make the same judgment about the two.

I'm asking specifically now, just to confirm.

And he is now certain that the Chinese people are no less eager for this cooperation than Luo Luo.

And the other party will not be secretive about these matters that do not involve specific technical details.

"That's right..."

Sure enough, Ren Bingda nodded almost without thinking:

"Actually at that time, this model was ready for installation and began to conduct aerial flight tests. However, there were still some environmental protection-related data that needed to be confirmed on the ground... You know, we in China have always attached great importance to these."

For emphasis, he even added a slight accent to the word "environmental protection."

"But the current competitive situation is very clear..."

Now that he has spoken out, Bodi no longer continues to make insinuations, but directly puts forward his demands:

"Pratt \u0026 Whitney and MTU have currently signed a cooperation agreement. Although the relationship between General Electric and Snecma has become rigid, they are also seeking to form new alliances with Siemens and Japan Aerospace Engine Corporation..."

"I have just seen the combustion chamber design of your model, and it still uses the traditional counterflow intake staged combustion strategy... Although this is our first initiative for Rolls-Royce on the RB211, I have to say that the theoretical upper limit is indeed not as good as the structure. "

"So, if you really want to get a piece of the cake in the next generation of civil aviation power through cooperation, then you need to make major changes to the overall design of this engine..."

This was of course the words he had prepared long ago.

Bodi knows very well that Huaxia has successfully integrated the intercooler into the compressor and can maintain the stable operation of the entire aircraft engine. This is not a "tricky design" at all, but has the potential to change the entire aircraft engine market. potential technology.

Rolls-Royce's technical team has not yet figured out most of the specific aspects.

This is also the core reason why the company's senior management finally decided to cooperate with Haofa Group.

But in terms of negotiation strategy, he must try his best to belittle the role of the other party's exclusive technology, and then increase the value of his own exclusive technology, so that he can ask for high prices later.

However, Ren Bingda is also a professional after all.

Even if you have long since left the front-line technical position, you will not be hidden by this trick:

"What Mr. Purdy said is wrong."

After making sure no one was around, he raised his voice slightly:

"The combustion chamber is indeed one of the core structures of aerospace engines, but what you just mentioned can only be regarded as fuel pre-mixing technology at best. Not to mention other peers, just your company's own RB211 and Trent 800. All of them have upgraded the pre-mixing technology without changing the model name, which shows that there is no need to make large-scale modifications to the overall engine structure..."

After a round of confrontation, the two looked at each other.

Make sure the other party is a master.

I'm afraid no one can break the trick in a short time.

In fact, the current situation can be said to be very classic.

That is, when the contribution of both sides is roughly 50:50, who should take the lead.

This seems to be just a face-saving issue that affects naming or contract text details, but throughout the ages, there have been many seemingly win-win cooperations that ended up being compromised by this inconspicuous detail.

Fortunately, since Chang Haonan started planning this project a few years ago, he naturally had a solution already.

"Mr. Purdy, I have a compromise that is acceptable to both parties."

After a period of silence, Ren Bingda took the initiative and suggested:

"To put it bluntly, these disputes between you and me are just a question of who comes first and who comes last, and the reason why there is such a problem is because we have always been discussing a separate project."

"In this case, it is better to take a longer-term view and use the same next-generation core machine to develop two different levels of aviation products in parallel, so that you and I each take the lead in hosting one, and there is no need to compete for priority..."