Chapter 184 CFM was stunned. Can Daxia make such a thing? Don’t you want an airworthiness certificate?

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Behind the Dean's office.

After a brief silence, Zheng Lixing randomly asked the answer he wanted to know most: "What stage have they reached in development?"

"Has the main construction of the aircraft been completed? Or has some key technology been broken through?"

As for the completion of the C919 project, he dared not even think about such an unattainable dream.

It has been less than five months since Great Wall Watch submitted this technology. It is impossible to develop an aircraft in such a short time even if everything goes smoothly.

The speed at which other aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing and Airbus deliver orders is not as fast as your R&D!
But now he looked at Zhang Yuli's expression, he was so excited that his face and neck were flushed. To be so happy, it was obviously not an ordinary breakthrough in research and development, or a small progress like completing the construction of a 'design model'.

Hear this.

"This surprise is much bigger than you expected!"

Zhang Yuli's eyes flashed with surprise, and he picked up a cup of tea and drank it all: "The C919 project has entered the critical comprehensive development stage, and the main construction of the aircraft has been preliminarily completed."

“What’s more important is.”

When he said this, it seemed as if what he was holding in his hand was not a cup of tea, but a glass of liquor.

I heard a quiet pause in the second half.

"Don't keep me in suspense!" Zheng Lixing glared at him and said unhappily, "What's the key? Is there any new progress? "

"I'm in a hurry now, don't just tell me half the story, okay?"

No wonder he was so anxious.

After all, for today's Daxia, large commercial civil aviation aircraft are quite important.

Nowadays, the freight volume and passenger travel volume of the entire Daxia are increasing sharply every day, and are even doubling every year.

And due to the popularity of the Internet, the volume of express delivery orders for online shopping is also growing at a terrifying "multiple level".

At this critical stage, major domestic airlines are preparing to purchase a large number of civil aircraft, and some express companies are also interested in entering the air transport market.

The faster the C919 aircraft is produced, the more beneficial it will be for Daxia, as the money will be earned less by foreign countries.

Listening to his muttering, Zhang Yuli's smile became more rampant: "More importantly, the first test run of the core aviation engine of our domestically produced large aircraft has been declared a success."

“And performance data such as thrust are consistent with data predictions.”

Whether it is a fighter jet, a transport plane or even a civil airliner, the aircraft engine is like the heart.

If its research and development does not go smoothly, the entire project will be postponed indefinitely.

Now that it has announced the success of the 'trial run' test, it means that the entire C919 project has achieved unprecedented success.

Hear the words.

"What about the other data of this engine?" Zheng Lixing blurted out two key questions: "What is its fuel consumption rate? How long can it operate reliably?"

For the engines of civil airliners, what data are the most important and eye-catching?
Then there is no doubt that it is fuel consumption and reliable operating time.

In particular, fuel consumption is one of the most critical indicators of almost every reliable commercial aircraft engine.

Don’t underestimate the high price of civil airliners, which can easily cost hundreds of millions of RMB. It seems that a slightly higher fuel consumption doesn’t matter. At most, you will spend a little more money on a flight.

It’s just like an ordinary person buying a car. If you buy a luxury car worth millions, why do you care about fuel consumption?
But in fact, the fuel consumption of civil airliners is a serious issue that every airline needs to consider repeatedly. Even if the price of the aircraft is much higher, they will buy aircraft with the same performance and lower fuel consumption.

After all, you have to consider that the environments in which these aircraft are used are completely different.

Like most airlines, the utilization rate of passenger planes is basically more than 10 hours. (Calculated on a daily basis)

A large wide-body passenger aircraft like the Boeing 747 or Boeing 777 needs to consume a full five tons of aviation kerosene just for takeoff. Even during the more fuel-efficient cruising phase, it still requires more than two tons per hour.

Based on the current price of Daxia Aviation kerosene at 4000 yuan per ton, it would consume more than tons of fuel for each flight, with a fuel cost of more than yuan, and a round trip would be close to yuan.

It is basically impossible for an airplane to have idle time, so airlines need to pay more than 100 million yuan in flight costs a year. Based on the general flight cycle of a passenger aircraft of 20 years, the expenditure on fuel alone will cost more than 2 billion yuan.

If the fuel efficiency of the C919 aircraft engine developed by COMAC is not good enough, it will be extremely difficult to get domestic airlines to accept it. After all, no one will do business at a loss.

Listening to his concerns, Zhang Yuli smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, Mr. Zheng, there is no problem with the fuel efficiency of this engine."

"Even from the test results, after using advanced new materials, its fuel efficiency is better than the original GE90-115B engine, and the comprehensive fuel consumption has dropped by 5%."

After using high-strength carbon fiber materials and some newly developed composite materials, the ideal fuel consumption of the C919 large aircraft is likely to be further reduced because its empty weight will be even lower.

"5%? That's so much?"

Zheng Lixing's eyes widened, his face filled with excitement and excitement: "This is really great."

Although a mere 5% fuel consumption may not seem a big deal, if it accumulates over time, it will become an extremely terrifying number.

If the fuel price is 20% higher, it means an additional cost of 4 million. If it is reduced by 20%, 4 million will be saved.

Therefore, most airlines around the world have set up a fuel-saving award. If the captain does not exceed the fuel consumption limit, the company will reward him with an additional considerable bonus.

After all, if the captain eases up on the throttle a little, the company can save tens of millions in fuel costs every year, so taking out a bonus of several hundred thousand is not a big deal.

A 5% reduction in comprehensive fuel consumption means a reduction of RMB 1 million in operating costs, and this is calculated based on the aviation kerosene price in 09. If the price of aviation kerosene doubles in the future, the cost reduction will also double.

This is the real lifeline and a fatal temptation for profit-making airlines.

Zhang Yuli added: "As for the reliable operating hours, there is not much difference between the Boeing 747 and 777 models."

This is developed based on the former's technology and is unlikely to have any problems with reliability.

Hear this.

"Good, good, good job, Xiao Xu did a great job!"

Zheng Lixing's head was like pounding garlic, and he kept nodding in agreement.

After all, if something like an engine breaks down easily, it will cost more than tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands to repair it, but millions, and the cost will be calculated in US dollars.

Therefore, even if many civil airliners are scrapped, their engines can be sold for 20 to 30 million RMB as long as there are no major problems, and that is just one engine.

Whether the engine can meet the standard of reliable working time is the basic guarantee of an aircraft engine and the most critical requirement.

It took a while.

The two old men finally digested this huge amount of information.

Zhang Yuli took a long breath and sighed, "I really didn't expect that COMAC could develop products so quickly."

It was really beyond his expectation that Xu Qianren could do this.

After all, the "engine test was successful". As long as there are no major problems in the main construction, the next step is to carry out flight tests after the main construction is completed.

What followed was production process construction, production management and other production-related matters, and ultimately a large civil aviation aircraft that truly belonged to Daxia was built.

Hear the words.

"I thought it would take them several years to achieve this." Zheng Lixing stroked his gray beard and spoke in a low voice.

He originally estimated that the C919 large aircraft project would take at least three or four years to complete the "engine test run" stage.

Unexpectedly, now it is in the test flight stage, how can this be called fast? This is simply like riding a rocket and soaring into the sky.

"After all, the Boeing 777 technology provided by the Great Wall Watch Organization has been verified by the market." Zhang Yuli smiled and answered: "It is normal for research and development to progress quickly. If it is slow, there may be something wrong."

Today, we not only have a full set of technologies for the Boeing 777 model, but also the success of the Y-20 and the technology of the C-5M transport aircraft, with Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation providing a lot of technical assistance.

Therefore, the research and development progress of COMAC is so fast this time.

If the research and development were to start from scratch, no matter how optimistic Zhang Yuli's estimate was, it would probably take more than ten years to build a qualified large civil aviation aircraft that met market expectations!
"Hurry up and notify Xu Qianren to build it as quickly as possible." Zheng Lixing said impatiently.

Boeing and Airbus, the two aircraft manufacturers, are not good guys and women. When Daxia needs a large number of civil airliners, they will definitely not be able to hold back and make a lot of money.

Moreover, being able to develop large commercial aircraft is also very important for Daxia's future business layout, just as the saying goes.

If you want to be rich, build roads first.

And this road in the sky, the economic lifeline in the sky, must be firmly controlled by Daxia in its own hands.

Rather than allowing Europe and the United States to slaughter him at will, he cannot tolerate this, and the more than one billion people of Daxia cannot agree to it.

Eagle Sauce.

Pentagon, Office of the Director of Global Security Affairs.

An assistant knocked on the office door in a hurry, and these were the first words he said when he walked in.

This made Kimi Andrew, the security director, stunned where he was: "What did you say? Say it again!"

The assistant looked at the documents in his hand and continued to report: "Director, according to reliable intelligence data from CIA's Middle East department."

"Saudi Arabia is deliberately paying war reparations to the Houthis and has effectively stopped cooperating with Saleh in Yemen and withdrawn all its troops."

"WTF?" Kimi Andrew couldn't even hold the coffee in his hand, and it fell to the ground and broke into pieces: "Saudi Arabia paid compensation to the Houthis?" Although he didn't know how huge the specific amount of this war reparations was.

But for Saudi Arabia, a major oil producer, any little money that comes out of their royal family's fingers is probably enough to make those barefoot "slippers army" extremely wealthy.

Instantly, Kimi Andrew's heart was filled with nameless anger, and he cursed: "F*CK, this must be Persia and Daxia's doing this in secret."

“What do they want to do?”

They originally felt that Saudi Arabia was becoming increasingly disobedient, but now they are even cooperating with the Houthi armed forces in Yemen?
Pay compensation? I'm afraid all the money and bullets fired will hit the agents supported by the Eagle Sauce.

It was Palestine that was dishonest before, but now even Saudi Arabia is starting to make moves?
Aren't you afraid that the Eagle Sauce will send its soldiers to attack you? Don't you know what mold is growing on oil?
Think for a long time.

Kimi Andrew rubbed his painful brow and said, "Send it to the Ministry of Defense and the Parliament for their approval."

Although he is the director of global security affairs, he is responsible for handling anything that may affect the "Eagle Sauce" from all over the world.

But the problem is that this matter is too serious, and his level is not enough to handle such a "big thing".

This will not only affect the United States' layout for the entire Middle East, but also involve the key situation of the future of the world. It may even be printed in a book of global history to record this key process.

He simply cannot bear the responsibility, and doesn't want to take the blame.

The assistant didn't think there was anything strange about this order. Even if their 'Office of Global Security Affairs' asked the aircraft carrier battle group to attack Saudi Arabia, would the Fifth Fleet obey the order? He was just overthinking.

Just as he was about to leave the office, he suddenly thought of something: "Manager, I heard there's trouble in New York. Have you heard about it recently?"

As an assistant and a confidant, this topic was just a casual chat for him to take advantage of this brief free time to get closer to his superior.

Hear this.

Kimi Andrew nodded: "That 'protest march', right? It is said that they all went to the gate of Wall Street!"

How could he not have heard of such big news?
"It seems like he caught a black man?" He smiled and said sarcastically, "Is he trying to imitate Martin? But even that guy doesn't dare to do that."

The Martin mentioned by Kimi Andrew is naturally the most famous black man in the last century, 'Martin Luther King'.

But others only dared to propose "equal rights for black people", while that black person now actually wants "equal rights for capital".

It seems that you need to be creative not only in your thinking but also in reality.

"It is said that he is currently detained at the New York Police Department and is awaiting trial?"

Kimi Andrew knocked on the table and shook his head helplessly: "It seems that this person is going to die a 'tragic' death."

These "capitalists" want to kill him and destroy his soul. They not only want the black man to die physically, but also want to destroy all his previous efforts.

Only then will a public trial be held to allow public opinion to discredit his previous proposal of "capital equality" as wrong and lead the public to despise this person.

This is their usual tactic, and this time they are just repeating the same mistake.

at the same time.

Magic City, this is the headquarters of Daxia Commercial Aircraft Corporation.

In an office in the administrative building.

A high-level negotiation is underway.

The visitor was Charles Borden, the executive general manager of CFM International Engines, a global aero engine giant.

An interpreter sat next to him.

Looking at the two people below.

"Mr. Boden, I wonder what your purpose is this time?" Xu Qianren sat in his office chair and continued in a calm tone: "Our previous communications have made it clear that you don't need to keep coming here."

Due to the height, he was now talking to Charles Borden in front of him from a high position, and there was even a hint of "contempt" in his eyes.

This is not the first time this guy has visited the headquarters of Daxia Commercial Aircraft in recent times. It can be said that he comes here every few days. He is almost treating Daxia Commercial Aircraft as his home, which makes Xu Qianren very annoyed.

Hear the words.

"Mr. Xu, I am here on behalf of CFM..."

Charles Borden suppressed his anger and asked in his most friendly tone: "We at CFM are willing to provide Daxia with the best engine integration system."

"No matter what discounts the other party offers you, we at CFM can do it, we can negotiate, and we can offer discounts!"

If it were in the past, it would have been Xu Qianren who was so humble. Even half a year ago, in this same conference room, it was Xu Qianren who begged CFM to sell the engine integration system.

As a result, the situation has changed now.

But the Daxia market is too important. In the future, more than 50% of the global emerging civil aviation market will be born in this country. If CFM loses the opportunity, it will have no chance to enter Daxia in the future.

This market is too important. According to the order sent from CFM headquarters, if he loses this order, his career will probably be over.

He was ready to be severely pressured into paying a low price, and he could even accept some excessive demands from Daxia Commercial Aircraft.

CFM International Engines is willing to pay a huge price as long as it can get this order!

Listen to this.

"I don't think it's necessary, Mr. Borden." Xu Qianren shook his head: "We have already completed the engine integration system of COMAC, so there is no need to trouble you, CFM."

"Xu, which company is it?" Charles Borden could no longer suppress his anger. "What conditions did they offer? Are they going to set up the final assembly plant in Daxia? Or will they accept a joint venture?"

"Why don't we even have the conditions to negotiate? How high is the price they are paying?"

CFM has clearly made huge concessions, and has been adhering to the principle of "everything is negotiable" in terms of price and technology.

Even the originally very slow LEAP-X Engine Integrated Propulsion System project can be developed by CFM at the fastest speed and delivered on the specified date.

However, Daxia Commercial Aircraft insisted on canceling the cooperation and was too lazy to even talk about negotiations.

Charles Borden couldn't figure out which company provided the technology to COMAC?
RR? Pratt & Whitney? Or IEA Engine Alliance?
Or some small aero-engine company is even willing to give up its technology and build its final assembly plant within Daxia in exchange for the market here.

"I've said this many times, Mr. Borden." Xu Qianren stopped pretending and said decisively, "We want a large aircraft that is 100% domestically produced. Every link in it must be self-developed, including the 'engine integrated propulsion system' you mentioned, which will also be domestically produced."

The previous C919 was a 100% independently designed by Daxia, but the new C919 will be made entirely of domestic products from Daxia from beginning to end!

Whether it is the engine or various parts, every part is domestically made and truly belongs to Daxia.

"You want to produce domestically?" Charles Borden sneered again, "Do you have the technology? How difficult is it for you to manufacture and develop a commercial aircraft engine?"

"With Daxia's current level, it may take 20 years to develop it."

With Daxia's current strength, why do you think you can build reliable commercial aviation engines?

Even if it is built, can its fuel efficiency and performance meet the standards?

I'm afraid the engine will be scrapped after only a few hundred hours of flying.

Then, a hint of amusement flashed across his face: "Besides, don't you want the European airworthiness certificate? And the trial flight certificate for the Americas?"

"You know, only we at CFM can do this!"

Without the help of CFM International Engine Company, COMAC would never be able to obtain airworthiness certificates from major countries such as European Airlines and American Airlines on its own.

This means that the large aircraft they produce cannot enter the airspace of "England" and "Europe" at all.

This is a huge disadvantage for civil airliners.

"Mr. Borden, maybe we don't have to play 'word games' anymore!"

Xu Qianren glanced at him, a hint of mockery on his lips: "Can we obtain an airworthiness certificate by adopting your CFM integrated engine?"

"I think that's totally unrealistic, right? Is the airworthiness certificate due to production problems of the aircraft? Or is it a national problem? You should know clearly."

As long as it is not a purely domestically produced civil aircraft, can it obtain the airworthiness certificate from Europe and the United States?
Stop kidding! Isn't Airbus considered a European product?
As long as Daxia poses a threat to Europe and the United States, as long as their momentum of Daxia's rise is unstoppable, as long as this C919 large aircraft seems to be able to threaten the status of Airbus and Boeing.

Well, no matter what compromises you make in these areas, it will be absolutely impossible to obtain an airworthiness certificate!
These Western countries always have such disgusting faces.

"And, Mr. Borden," Xu Qianren stood up, "I have good news for you. The performance of our domestically produced engines is better than those provided by your CFM company."

"I have something else to do, please help yourself!"

After he said this, he walked out of the office.

The engine test run has just been completed and I still have a lot of things to deal with. How can I have the time to waste with this foreigner?
At this moment.

Charles Borden was stunned when he heard this: "Daxia's commercial aircraft engines are better than our CFM company?"

"WTF?? Are you kidding me?"

Behind them stand GE and France's Snecma, the undisputed giants in the global aero engine industry.

How can Daxia produce better engines than CFM? What a joke!

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