The military-industrial scientific research system of the academic master.

After a moment of silence, the chief took off his glasses with one hand and wiped them slowly:

"When I inspected Hufei in October last year, the comrade in charge told me that they were cooperating with the technical personnel of the Tupolev Group to assemble the first domestically produced C10 passenger aircraft. I wonder what the progress is now?"

Obviously, he has begun to mentally evaluate the prospects of domestically produced large early warning aircraft.

"Chief, Comrade Wan Shengren, the general manager of Hufei, submitted a report to me just the day before yesterday, and it happened to be about this aspect."

Although he did not expect that the topic would involve Hufei Group before this trip, fortunately, the domestic passenger aircraft project is a top priority in Ding Gaoheng's view, so there is no need to improvise:

"Prototype No. 808 of the C01 passenger aircraft assembled with large components has entered the final factory inspection stage. It is expected to roll off the assembly line in March and complete its first flight before the National Day at the latest. Prototype No. 02 is expected to be equipped with a pickaxe The domestically produced D436T1 engine assembled by China Development Group is expected to roll off the production line before the end of the year and make its first flight before February next year.”

"The C909 passenger aircraft has also completed technical modifications in accordance with my country's aviation industry standards. Currently, Hufei has established a No. project team, which is responsible for technical docking with Tupolev and the Perm engine production consortium. When the final assembly workshop is completed Then you can enter the production process.”

"As for the timetable... because it has not been officially put into production, there is no way to determine a very accurate project node for the time being. If we look at the efficiency of the C808, it should be able to complete its first flight before the end of 2001."

In fact, the expectations reported by Hufei are even more optimistic.

After all, both models are cooperating with the Tupolev Design Bureau. As both parties become familiar with each other, the efficiency will definitely improve gradually, rather than remain static.

It's just that Ding Gaoheng couldn't be so stubborn in front of the big boss, so he still left some margin for himself.

The chief put his glasses back on. Although he made no other movements, it could be seen from his happy expression that he was quite satisfied with the progress.

When Ding Gaoheng saw this, he naturally struck while the iron was hot:

"In addition, the 7-ton heavy-duty hydraulic press developed by Comrade Chang Haonan from the Equipment Industry Department of the Science and Technology Commission has also begun final assembly and is expected to be completed in the first half of this year."

"After this key equipment is put into production, many aircraft structural parts that we could only import in the past, such as the body frame, landing gear, and central wing box of the C808 and C909, can gradually be made domestically. If you need it, sir, I have the relevant content You can compile a report and submit it.”

"can."

The chief nodded and agreed:

"However, since we want to produce a report, it should not be limited to the civil aviation industry."

At this time, Ding Gaoheng actually had some plans in his mind, but it was not easy to speculate casually in this situation:

"What the chief means is..."

"This year happens to be the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. We can take this opportunity to summarize the achievements of our Chinese aviation industry in the past few years and submit it as a phased summary."

Upon hearing this request, Ding Gaohengxin said that if it were a report on the entire aviation industry, then I'm afraid you would see a name that appears very frequently in it...

But that was what he had just thought, so he immediately stood up and responded:

"Yes, I will start to do it as soon as I return to the capital!"

"Let's go down and talk."

The chief stood up, led everyone out of the cabin, and returned to the apron. Then he turned around and waved to Wang Xiaomo, who had been pushed to a position slightly behind him:

"Comrade Xiaomo, I remember you just said that domestic phased array radars are currently facing production capacity difficulties?"

The latter was a little surprised that he was called on again, but he still trotted forward:

"Yes, especially for large-size T/R component packaging, because it is mainly done by hand and is very time-consuming."

"The one on the early warning aircraft is actually quite good. It took about 14 months to complete production. Like the 346 Sea Star search radar that we are about to transfer to trial production, the antenna array box is 4 meters * 4 meters, and even It requires an additional tailor-welding step where the yield is not optimistic, and it is conservatively estimated that it may take more than 18 months to produce.”

The chief raised his hand and gently pushed his black-rimmed glasses:

"Last year, when the Bi Sheng test ship was put into service, I heard from Comrade Shi Yunsheng of the Navy that the first test project after the ship entered service should be the shipborne radar you just mentioned?"

"Yes, the Bisheng is currently undergoing adaptive changes in the shipyard, preparing to install our first domestically produced ship-borne phased array radar."

Wang Xiaomo explained:

"The plan is to be similar to the SPY1 radar used in the American Aegis system. After it is actually equipped on warships, each ship will install four sides at 90° to each other to ensure full 360° coverage of the surroundings. However, technically The active phased array route is more advanced in comparison.”

Hearing that the equipment was better than similar equipment in the United States, although the chief's expression did not change, his tone became much lighter when he spoke:

"I remember that a year ago, this model was said to be under development... and now it is ready for trial production?"

Although Wang Xiaomo is not directly responsible for the 346 radar project, this matter is really closely related to him:

"The 14th Institute said before that it was originally thought that the technology for large-size aluminum alloy tailor-welding would still take a while to be tackled, so the timetable was set relatively loosely."

"But this time when we were working on early warning aircraft and cooperating with comrades in the aviation industry system, we heard that Shengjing already had experience in using inert gas shielded arc welding to weld large-sized aluminum alloy workpieces in order to produce heavy fighter jets, so we asked They went to provide guidance and solved a lot of problems.”

Although the 14th Institute of Electrical Engineering is also a military-industrial unit, it used to belong to the Ministry of Electronics Industry.

It is not the same system as the aviation industry, which is affiliated to the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.

That's why there is a situation like "You have the technology I need, but we don't know it."

Although they have joined the same family now, it is obvious that the cooperation between them cannot be established overnight.

It can be said that thanks to the opportunity to develop a domestic early warning aircraft, the progress of this project has entered the fast lane.

"So, if you want to increase the production speed of phased array radar, what do you need?"

The chief did not beat around the bush, but asked directly:

"In the future, we will need this kind of large-scale phased array radar in more and more places. It will definitely not work as it does now, taking more than ten months to build one."

This question is almost unnecessary for Wang Xiaomo to think about, because he is already thinking of a solution:

"In a short period of time... we can only recruit a group of more high-level technical workers. This matter is relatively easy to say, as long as the organization provides a certain number of establishments."

"In addition, we have purchased a batch of brand-new CNC milling machines from the Torch-CB Ferrari Group that was just established last year. They are expected to be delivered in the second half of the year. Once they are put into use, we can change the current manual workshop model of production, and the efficiency will naturally increase. ”