Chapter 711 Market Expansion
In 1979, Factory 132 was opened to the outside world under the name of Chengdu Aircraft Corporation. As the country decided to focus on economic development, various military factories were faced with the problem of transformation. Chengdu Aircraft Corporation quickly changed its thinking and expanded the market in the tide of reform and opening up.
The factory's military product production began to shift from military aid to foreign trade exports, and the product structure gradually developed from single military product production to military-civilian multi-variety production. For example, it began to produce motorcycles, a modern means of transportation that was most needed by the grassroots.
Chengfei's management began to change from production-oriented to production-operation-oriented. They had to understand the pulse of the market in order to continue to grow in the market development.
The civil field is just one of the breakthroughs. As an aircraft manufacturer, the most important thing for Chengfei is to produce aircraft! At this time, the most capable one they can bring out is the J-7! How to make this aircraft have greater development potential?
Of course, it is to replace the advanced foreign electronic technology to improve the performance of fighter jets!
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In the Soviet Union, the MiG-21 was just a transition. Not long after the Soviet Union equipped the MiG-21, it began to equip the MiG-23. In China, the J-7, which was developed from the MiG-21, was often treated as a treasure. The slogan "Long live the J-7" was put forward during this era.
Fortunately, the West began to woo China, and China also came into contact with advanced Western technology. After negotiations with the British Marconi Company, Chengfei reached a modification plan. On the basis of the J-7II, it modified the Marconi Avionics Company's head-up display and target aiming computer, namely the 956 head-up display HUD and weapon aiming computer WAC; added a new anti-interference ranging radar; a new atmospheric data computer, as well as a new radar altimeter and friend-or-foe identification system, a radio communication security radio station, etc. These electronic systems composed of advanced digital circuits will raise the combat effectiveness of the J-7 to a higher level!
When they first came into contact with Western technology, they realized how backward they were!
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For example, the aiming of the J-7's fire control system used to be based on the same principle as in World War II, which required a lot of preparation and often resulted in missed opportunities. But the West has solved the aiming problem directly through the hotline on the head-up display!
At that time, the Air Force was quite interested and hoped to introduce Marconi's fire control system. After the J-7 was modified, the Air Force wanted to equip at least 100 aircraft.
After that, the two parties reached an agreement and prepaid 40 million yuan in contract deposits, bank loans, insurance, handling fees, etc. Just when Chengfei decided to make a big move, the MiG-23 project arrived, and the Air Force immediately took a fancy to the MiG-23. As a result, the project was immediately delayed indefinitely.
The British would not refund the deposit. Seeing that the contract was about to fall through, Tu Jida showed his courage and used Chengfei's own funds to continue the project! At the same time, he actively promoted his fighter jet to the outside world!
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At this time, the model was officially designated as the J-7M, a modified fighter jet of the J-7 designed purely for export!
Now, they can only use all the funds for the initial investment. A total of 5 J-7 fighters have been modified, and then they will be able to promote them everywhere. As long as there are sales channels, they will have more funds to develop the J-7!
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Which countries would be interested in this project? Western European countries would never be interested in a second-generation fighter like the J-7. Only the traditional Eastern world, the Soviet Union's younger countries, do not have strong funds and cannot replace the third-generation aircraft. At the same time, they also need fighters that are easy to operate and have low maintenance costs. In these countries, the J-7M still has a large market.
And now, the Moscow Air Show is an opportunity! Many of the Soviet Union's allies have come here, and perhaps they can find opportunities here to sell the J-7M!
After coming here, it was obviously beneficial. At the opening ceremony, there were quite a lot of people from various countries! It was just right for them to show their J-7 to the world. However, after staying for half an hour, they found that almost no one was interested in their fighter planes!
Therefore, even Tu Jida had to distribute flyers himself, hoping to attract more attention.
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Now, there is a Westerner with a camera hanging around his neck who is very interested in his fighter planes? Tu Jida handed the leaflet in his hand to the Westerner opposite.
Günter Rall shook his head: "No, I'm not interested in the MiG-21."
"This is not the MiG-21, but the J-7, an advanced fighter jet produced by ourselves," Tujida said to Günter-Lahr.
J-7? Günter-Lahr had heard of this fighter. To put it simply, it was an early model of the MiG-21 copied by China. Its performance was not as good as the original Soviet MiG-21, right? With this, could it still be called an advanced fighter?
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"This pencil can reach a speed of Mach 2 at high altitudes with wings, but that's the only advantage. The nose air intake cannot accommodate a larger radar, so it has no long-range combat capability and can only engage in close-range combat. However, its combat performance in close-range air combat is not as good as that of the twin-engine MiG-19. There is no market for this type of aircraft now. Sir, you can take a look at the latest aviation technology. Wing slats, the use of vortices, and belly air intake, only these can form an advanced fighter."
Pencil is the code name given to the MiG-21 by NATO. From a distance, the entire fuselage looks like a pencil. The J-7, the successor to the MiG-21, is also almost the same pencil.
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Günter Rall didn't mean anything derogatory, he was just being realistic. From today's perspective, the MiG-21 is already outdated.
"No fighter jet is outdated. Even in our Soviet Union, we are still equipped with a certain number of MiG-21s." Just after Günter Rall finished speaking, a voice came to his ears.
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He turned around and found that it was General Andre, who had just spoken at the opening ceremony, who had come to his side!
After the opening ceremony, Andre left the booth. He relaxed and walked around during the morning.
Andrei's current status is important, and he has long been regarded as a thorn in the eyes of the Western world. And now, it is the most crowded time, but there are many KGB agents protecting the crowd, and strict inspections are carried out before entering, so Andrei does not have to worry about his personal safety.
As long as Westerners have brains, they will know that it would be extremely wrong to launch an attack against Andre now, and the whole of Europe is in danger of falling into war.
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Andre originally planned to take a look at the American booth, but when he passed by the Chinese booth, he heard this conversation.