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

Compared with the fierce reaction of the South Asian powers on this matter, the attitude of the East Asian powers seems much duller.

Or rather, I feel relieved about the southwest direction.

On the one hand, the outcome of the entire conflict hardly changed the status quo. Although the Pakistan Air Force relied on its intelligence superiority to achieve a wave of great victories, the Army, whose combat effectiveness was really poor, was still unable to resist the counterattack and destroyed several hills it had occupied in the past month. Gave it back.

And this is actually the result that China is most happy to see——

Whether from a historical or practical perspective, South Asia is not the focus.

If too many resources are invested in this direction, it will create strategic constraints.

Therefore, India and Pakistan need to maintain a balance of power. No matter which side is too strong, it is not a good sign.

On the other hand, in the process of responding to this emergency air situation, the Air Force aviation and radar units also delivered perfect answers.

In the past, even if the radar station detected abnormal movements of the Indian Air Force in advance, the J-7 and J-8I fighter jets nearly a thousand kilometers away could not arrive in time to deal with them. Only a few air defense missile battalions could barely act as the final barrier. .

Under such circumstances, if a big country in South Asia really gets excited and makes some big news, objectively speaking, it will be difficult to stop it.

Apart from anything else, the MiG-25 cross-border reconnaissance only came to a complete stop after a fight was fought during the bat hunting operation.

But now that the aviation force has proven its plateau deployment capabilities and response speed, concerns in this regard have naturally been eliminated.

As for the Indians’ idea of ​​​​cutting off the ring project...

This matter is still in the discussion stage within the Air Force, and China obviously has no way of knowing.

And more importantly, after senior leaders inspected the Air Police 200 project and saw the large-scale early warning aircraft development plan submitted by Ding Gaoheng, China has essentially given up on the idea of ​​obtaining early warning aircraft through the ring project and turned to self-reliance. route, but on the surface it is still entangled with the Kingdom of David.

If India's actions can bring this doomed project to an end sooner and return funds, it will be a good thing for China.

At this moment, the leadership of the aviation industry and the Science and Technology Commission is still focusing on the supplier contract signed with Airbus.

……

Luzhou, Aviation Industrial Park.

Although the core of the park is still a wasteland waiting to be built, some impatient companies have begun to build their own factories, or at least offices, on the edges.

For example, Rongfei Group, which has been responsible for producing cabin doors for the Airbus A320, and Shengfei Group, which is responsible for producing tail cone work packages, have gradually begun to relocate their civilian product lines here.

The former, which is relatively close, has even broken ground on its workshop.

Therefore, when the EU aviation industry delegation, including Airbus Group, arrived in Luzhou for the second time, they were taken directly to a busy construction site as soon as they got off the plane.

"Dr. White, this place... seems... different than when we came here last month?"

Anne Colombo, a senior representative of the European Joint Aviation Authority (JAA), was a little confused looking at the scene in front of her.

If she hadn't been here once during the previous negotiation and barely knew the way, and if Huai Guomo, an old acquaintance, was leading the team next to her, she might even have worried for a moment whether she had been abducted.

"After all, it's been more than a month. There must be some changes."

Huai Guomo said that if we could delay the approval process for ten or eight years like you in Europe, there would be no need to think about developing an aviation manufacturing industry.

Of course, you still have to introduce (dazzle):

"Since we signed the last agreement, relevant enterprises and institutions in our country have been very enthusiastic. Several enterprises that have obtained your production qualifications have begun to transfer production capacity here. The future of this construction site is planned Used to produce aircraft doors and parts of the fuselage.”

"There are also some companies that are very capable but have not yet been included in your supplier ranks. They have also set up offices here to cooperate with you in simplifying the approval process."

The way this large-scale industrial park has been built in China in the past twenty years has almost become path dependent, and even Huai Guomo is a bit conservative.

Relevant companies, especially those that have the ability to enter the industry but have not yet entered the industry, have actually begun to operate at various levels when the industrial park has just been finalized and the location has not even been determined.

After the company was officially opened to move in in March this year, the industrial park office was almost paralyzed by a swarm of business personnel for a week.

But for Europeans…

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A gray-haired old man walking on the other side of Huai Guomo also recovered from his stunned state.

Although he looks unremarkable, this man is Dr. Bernard Ziegler, senior vice president of Airbus Group Engineering and chief engineer of the Airbus A320 project.

He is also the team leader sent by Airbus.

After China and the EU signed the agreement in April that can be said to have saved the future of the euro, the policy obstacles in the Airbus Asia (China) final assembly center have completely disappeared.

Ziegler came here this time to conduct an inspection at the technical level to finalize the timetable for the construction of the final assembly line.

To be honest, this kind of business is nothing new to him.

In the early 90s, Ziegler led a team to conduct similar inspections in Eastern European countries that had just opened their markets, and in South American countries including Brazil.

The conclusion is that for these developing countries, even if they have a certain aviation industry foundation, there is still a big gap with Airbus' requirements in terms of operational efficiency and project management.

There is no doubt that China is also a developing country.

Therefore, before this trip, his most optimistic estimate for the completion of this production line was probably 5-7 years later.

As for truly achieving the double guarantee of output and quality, there is no way to calculate the time.

However, just a few hours after landing, his eyes opened wide.

"So, your plan is to...concentrate all the industrial chains related to our Airbus Group here?"

Ziegler turned around and confirmed to Huai Guomo, who had just finished his conversation with Annie.

Of course he could tell that this was what the other person just said, but he still felt it was a bit exaggerated.

"The aviation manufacturing industry involves too many industrial categories and is too complex. It is of course impossible to centralize the entire industry chain."

Huai Guomo shook his head and denied it very simply.

However, before Dr. Ziegler could breathe a sigh of relief, he changed the subject again:

"However, we do intend to bring all the first-tier suppliers together as much as possible."

The words Ziegler had not yet spoken were stuck in his throat, and he looked at Huai Guomo with trembling eyes.

The latter wanted this result, so he paused for a moment before continuing:

"I know that Airbus aircraft in Europe first produce large components in factories located in different places, and then transport them to Toulouse for final assembly on a dedicated A300-600ST transport aircraft."

"But for us in China, on the one hand, we lack special transport aircraft, and it is difficult to remotely transport large components at the entire fuselage level. On the other hand, our advantages mainly lie in cost and efficiency. If we also adopt the method of decentralized production and then centralized assembly, model, then the advantages in these two aspects will be reduced.”

"In comparison, we are more inclined to increase investment in infrastructure in the early stage and centralize the industrial chain in advance. In this way, the large components produced only need to be transported by land for final assembly. It happens that we also have enough land and administrative resources. ability, so we made such a plan.”

"But...Dr. White."

Ziegler frowned slightly:

"Even so, most of the large components required for final assembly still need to be produced by factories in Europe and then transported to your country by air. Moreover, the A300-600ST itself is built on a mature platform, and the flight cost is similar to that of a normal passenger aircraft. , for an industry like aviation manufacturing, it is not a big expense.”

It should be said that his doubts are justified.

Airlifting large components from first-tier suppliers to assembly plants may sound like a luxury, but considering the very high added value of products like aircraft, it is not that difficult to accept in real terms.

Moreover, even if the first-tier suppliers are brought together, many parts provided by the second-tier suppliers, such as the aircraft fuselage bulkheads or landing gear actuators that Jiangzhong plans to produce, will still need to be transported by air.

It just doesn’t require a specially modified aircraft.

But Huai Guomo can't say that we are not only preparing to produce your Airbus aircraft here on a small scale, but also preparing to produce other companies' aircraft here, and may even include the aircraft of your archrival Boeing. If we don't plan for the long term, then Just transport aircraft transporting large parts may not be able to arrange routes due to too many sorties...

So I had to focus on the front half:

"Dr. Ziegler, according to our plan, the first phase of the cooperation not only includes a final assembly line, but also transfers the A320 fuselage section to China for production, and these ancillary facilities are exactly what is planned. part."

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Ziegler just gasped and said to himself that your ambitions are quite big. It doesn't look like you just want to do final assembly, but more like you are planning to move the entire aircraft production process here...

"Dr. White, with all due respect."

He said firmly:

"Although the body of a passenger aircraft looks simple, it actually contains many structural components, which have very high requirements for processing quality and technology, especially..."

But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Huai Guomo waving his hand:

"Dr. Ziegler, of course I know what you are talking about."

"As for whether we have this capability, I believe you will be able to make a judgment later in the trip."