Chapter 1078: Arrogant

Today’s visit to the base was quite enjoyable. Seeing that President Bam had already decided on the introduction of this time, if the talks continued, it was time to sign the contract. At this moment, Qin Guan frowned slightly.
Another group of people came in the distance, and Qin Guan could know from a distance that he was from Northrop, relying on the powerful mental point scanning system.
It's no wonder that they recently promoted F-5G here, and they were almost finished talking. Suddenly, Qin Guan stepped in again and the duck in hand was about to fly. How could they not make them impatient?
Generally speaking, the various countries that promote sales do not meet each other. But they had been behind closed doors for a few days, and they had long been anxious. They heard that President Bam had come to inspect here, so they took the initiative to attack.
Leading the team was Northrop's chairman and decision maker John Thomas. He personally attacked because this project is of great importance.
Northrop relies on F-5 fighter jets to make a fortune in the international arms market. In their eyes, there are at least thousands of F-5Gs in the market. How can they not value it?
Northrop is one of the major aircraft manufacturers in Eagle Country. Created by John Northrop. Northrop's famous products include P-61 Black Widow Night Fighter, F-5 Freedom Fighter, F-20 Tiger Shark, B-2, T-38. And YF-23 Black Widow, who lost to F-22 in the competition!
It can be said that their military aircraft research and development capabilities are quite strong, especially the YF-23. This aircraft is simply more sci-fi. It is said that they have better performance in the competition.
It is a pity that the Eagle Air Force is scared. In the development of the third-generation F-15, they blindly looked at the indicators and felt that the F100 engine indicators were high enough. The result? There was a problem with reliability. The F-15 had been lying around for several years because of engine problems, so I still felt that it was too sci-fi, and it was better for it.
Northrop's fighters failed the bid because they were too advanced, which is simply a weird thing.
Although this failed, they were successful on the B-2 bomber, because the B-2 bomber, a sci-fi flying wing bomber, was successfully developed by them and became the strategic force of the Eagle Nation. Unfortunately, their cost control is not good. The Eagle Nation couldn't afford it, and in the end, it was simply equipped with more than 20 aircraft, which was just a symbolic one.
In later generations, Northrop and Grumman merged, becoming the world's number one arms giant (or second?)
Now, Northrop has come to the most difficult time to fail.
It is very difficult for the second-generation F-5 to continue to be sold. It must be upgraded. Such an improved aircraft with engine replacement, avionics, etc., needs sufficient funds. If it can be sold in advance , Of course, it is the best, the company's investment will not be in vain.
At the same time, another project of the company, which has an unpredictable future, is high-end diamonds.
The success of Lockheed on the F117 made the Eagle State Air Force very satisfied. They all hope to continue their efforts. After all, the F117 is only an attack aircraft with a short combat radius and cannot meet the needs of the Eagle State Air Force. They want to build a stealth bomber. .
As a major company in the development of military aircraft, Northrop will certainly not give up this opportunity. After all, the Eagle State Air Force intends to order hundreds of aircraft. This is a huge market.
Northrop's program code-named "Advanced Diamond" is an advanced aircraft with a flying wing layout, which looks very sci-fi, while Lockheed's program code-named "Advanced Nail", similar to an enlarged version of F-117.
"Premium diamond" is the company's key project, by the company's senior vice president of advanced planning Wilco? E? Hosted by Garcic, is Hal? Markalyan is currently in the bidding stage, so their investment is all of the company's own, which is quite expensive.
Although they are determined to win, it is generally believed that the team will win the competition in view of Lockheed's achievements in stealth technology at the time and the experience of the collaborative unit Rockwell in the B-1 project.
Now, it is time to decide life and death. It will be a few months before the Eagle State Air Force announced that Northrop had become the winner of the ATB contract on October 20, 1981. The aircraft was numbered B-2, and it signed 6 test flights. The initial contract for the aircraft and two static test aircraft, plus the intention to order 127 production bombers, is planned to achieve initial combat capability in 1987.
This ending is very puzzling. In fact, from a technical point of view, it is not appropriate. The important thing depends on the Eagle State Air Force's own consideration.
They suffered a loss on the F100 engine. Because they chose Pratt & Whitney as the contractor, they lost the competition. As a result, Pratt & Whitney was above all else. Although it knew there was a problem with the engine, they refused to improve. It has been slow and continuous. When the local government asks for funds for the air force, the face of capitalists is undoubtedly revealed.
It wasn't until the Air Force couldn't bear it that General Electric's F110 engine came out, and Pratt & Whitney felt the pressure and began to make efforts to mature the F100 engine.
The Eagle State Air Force suffered a big loss in this regard. Without the F110, I don't know how long the F100 engine will be delayed and how much it will cost.
Therefore, there is only competition in their eyes.
Lockheed has succeeded in the F117 project. If the B-2 project is also handed over to them, then Lockheed will be the dominant one, so if they continue to delay, ask for funding or something, the Air Force really has no temper. Therefore, the Air Force must support another company, which is equal.
It’s a pity that Northrop was really disappointed. The cost control was in a mess, and the cost continued to soar. In the end, the Eagle Air Force lost patience. They also lost the opportunity to develop YF23. When the Air Force selected the model, it absolutely considered it. To the cost control of the two.
In a few months, they will have the result of bidding for B-2, and the hope is still very small. Of course, they will pay more attention to the current F-5G project.
Thomas’s face was gloomy. He looked at the few people present and made a snort from his nose. He swept through Qin Guan and Stanley. Then he said to Vice President Bam: "Mr. President, we will tell you Selling fighters is very sincere, but I didn’t expect that you would secretly leave us and have such a relationship with the Han people. Does this look down on our Eagle Country?"
Hearing the other party's arrogant attitude, Qin Guan couldn't help but feel happy. Are there any of you talking about business like this? It's a if you don't lose business!
I was afraid that it would be difficult to deal with it. Qin Guan was confident enough to hear the other party coming up and saying that. I'm going to be stunned here today. Do you think that the Eagle Country is behind you, so you straighten up?
You know, Vice President Bam in front of him, what he dislikes the most is this arrogance!