Dominate South Asia

At the company headquarters, Pierre warmly welcomed the arriving Pakistani delegation, with a warm smile on his face.

“At the Farnborough Air Show this time, our Tomcat fighter jets have gained a reputation, and many countries have expressed interest in our fighters, especially Kuwait, which has sent people to inspect our fighters twice and intends to order a batch. " Pierre said.

I see that F-15 and F-16 are sold to many countries, but my company's F-14 fighter jets have never been exported. Apart from Iran and Pakistan, there is no third country. Grumman is very Anxious, now, with the help of this air show, the F-14 is in the limelight, which makes Pierre very happy.

"It's all the Soviets who seek their own death." Old Arslan said: "They actually dare to take the initiative to provoke our fighter planes. They can't beat us on the battlefield. It's useless to fight us at the air show."

"We are also very interested in the models you exhibited at the air show." Pierre said: "Our company also hopes to obtain some of your company's stealth technologies."

Hearing Pierre's words, old Arslan frowned and said, "I'm sorry, as far as I know, your company's plan has been excluded by the U.S. Air Force, right? Now, it's mainly Northrop and Locke. It’s about Sid Company, right?”

Pierre also had a depressed expression. He participated in the bidding for the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program. Initially, six companies bid, but now, only two companies are left. Grumman's bid has been excluded, which means Therefore, Grumman will not be able to get a share of the U.S. military aircraft feast in the future.

"Although the U.S. Air Force's plan excludes us, we have another plan." Grumman said: "The Navy Advanced Tactical Fighter. That is the NATF plan."

Grumman's F-14 is still the most advanced fighter of the U.S. Navy. Its air combat performance is unparalleled. Even the F-15 of the Air Force once conducted an internal confrontation exercise. The result was a proud record. 10:2, in 12 confrontations. The F-15 only won twice!

No matter how the U.S. Air Force is doing, at least the U.S. Navy is still very satisfied with the Tomcat fighter jets. Grumman is full of confidence and has started an upgrade plan at the same time, which is the F-14E Silent Cat Plan in later generations. Unfortunately, in later generations, , with the end of the Cold War, the U.S. Navy has become the invincible opponent in defeating the world. This kind of fighter plane is no longer needed, and finally it became completely silent.

Now, the U.S. Navy has a need for stealth aircraft. The air force already has the F-117, is developing the B-2, and has the Advanced Tactical Fighter Plan. These fighters all have stealth capabilities, but the Navy can't come up with a stealth aircraft! This is absolutely not possible!

so. Grumman's plan is to invest in the Navy to design an advanced stealth fighter!

Grumman doesn't have much reserves in stealth technology. When it learned that Pakistan's stealth technology was developing rapidly, Grumman certainly valued it very much. In addition, Pakistan already had a long-standing relationship with Grumman. Good relations, including Pierre's daughter, the wife of Pakistan President Mhamad. The relationship between the two parties should be the closest. Although the United States has been delaying the production line of the F110 engine some time ago, that is because of the US Air Force and has nothing to do with Grumman. Now. With the help of Grumman, the F110 engine project has been restarted in Pakistan.

"In our plan, we need our fighters to have excellent stealth performance." Pierre said: "Your design is a great inspiration to us. We would like to see your complete technical information."

Old Arslan frowned, Grumman wanted it too!

Seeing the attitude of old Arslan, Pierre continued: "I know that the conditions offered by the other two companies are good. Although I don't know what their conditions are, I can say that our conditions are On the basis of their conditions, more is given.”

Pierre thought that old Arslan was unwilling because he was too embarrassed to put forward conditions. A sale is a sale, and if a deal is to be concluded, sufficient sacrifice is required.

"I'm sorry, I have to report this to President Hamad. Only the president has the right to decide which company to sell these technologies to," said the old Arslan.

Looking at old Arslan's statement, Pierre said: "Okay, then we are looking forward to your president's response. We have another proposal. You now have about 80 Tomcats. After several Years of fighting have also resulted in certain losses. Don’t you think we should continue to order a batch of fighter jets?”

If the company's production line wants to continue to operate, it needs a steady stream of orders. Pierre is confident that Pakistan will place another order.

Order again? Now Pakistan has very few external threats. It has a secret agreement with the Soviet Union. There will be no war between them. A war with India? India now has too much time to take care of itself and cannot even solve its domestic problems, let alone have the strength to challenge Pakistan.

However, if Pakistan's dream of great rejuvenation is to be realized, only about eighty Tomcat fighter jets are obviously not enough. Ordering about forty more will make Pakistan's air power more substantial, but...

Pakistan needs Tomcat fighter jets, and it also needs to obtain various technologies of Tomcat fighter jets. Direct purchase of complete aircraft is not in Pakistan’s interests.

"I'm afraid our president is not interested in this." Old Arslan said: "If you can export the production line of Tomcat fighter jets and let us manufacture them in our own aircraft manufacturing company, maybe we will order another batch. ”

Pierre's body trembled when he heard these words. Do you give birth by yourself? So what does Grumman make? If we export our technology to you, won’t it block our own financial path?

Pierre immediately rejected the proposal in his heart, but still showed a normal expression on his face: "This proposal requires careful consideration by us. Our production line cannot be exported casually. This is also related to the interests of the U.S. Navy. You need to get their consent, which I guess will be difficult.”

Old Arslan knew what the other party was going to say. With a smile on his face, he said: "If you can let us produce Tomcat fighters in China, then we can use our stealth technology without any additional conditions." At the same time, we can also invest to participate in the development of your navy's advanced tactical fighter jets and share the development costs with you. We can also win over Saudi Arabia and other countries to invest together. When the development is successful, we can also order one. batch."

Export the opponent's stealth technology to Grumman Corporation without reservation! At the same time, participate in their development, and you can even order a batch after the development is successful!

These are all temptations that Grumman cannot refuse. Now, the Navy's advanced fighter plan is only proposed by the Navy itself. It has not yet received the support of Congress, and the military budget has been seriously overrun. If there is investment from Pakistan, it will undoubtedly make the development of this fighter plane smoother, especially if there is investment from Saudi Arabia! France's Mirage 4000 project is carried out almost exclusively with Saudi investment!

After the development is successful, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia will definitely equip a batch of them, which will allow Grumman to gain huge profits! And when this kind of aircraft is successfully developed, the technology of the Tomcat fighter jet will not be particularly advanced, and the U.S. Navy will be allowed to export the technology.

Pierre just couldn't refuse.

"Then we are very much looking forward to cooperating with your company." Pierre said: "If I have time, I would like to go to Islamabad in person to meet with the president of your country."

It is also very difficult for the president of a large company to meet the president of a country. Fortunately, Pierre has another identity, that is, Mhamad’s father-in-law. He really wants to go, so Mhamad Mader has no reason to shirk.

Old Arslan agreed to come down.

The trip to the United States was over, and Arslan Sr. returned to Islamabad.

"Grumman's advanced naval fighter?" Mhammad was delighted when he heard what the old Arslan said: "This fighter should be derived from our Tomcat fighter."

Grumman has a very good grasp of variable sweep wing technology. They still use this technology when developing new fighters, making the fighters unparalleledly advanced.

If it can be jointly developed with Grumman, Pakistan will learn a lot of experience.

In fact, the so-called joint research and development is to learn from others. Pakistan participates in their research and development and needs to dig out more technologies.

Apart from anything else, many technologies of the current Tomcat fighter jets will promote the development of new aircraft. Pakistan will be of great benefit if it comes into contact with these technologies. The development of a new fighter aircraft takes a long time, and Pakistan can learn a lot of useful technologies.

"When negotiating, we must emphasize that we can't just pay for research and development, we also have to get in touch with the core things." Mhamad said: "We are not in a hurry anyway, and the talks can take longer. No problem.”

There are other companies that want these technologies. This time, Hamad has successfully deceived the Americans. The Americans were fooled by an empty shell. It was enough for Hamad to use these so-called stealth technologies to replace the F110 production line. Everything else was earned. (To be continued ~^~)