The Felcon early warning aircraft was jointly developed by David Aircraft Company and its subsidiary ELLA Company in the late 1980s. The aircraft was modified with a Boeing 707 transport aircraft. The English name of Felcon Phal is Phased, which is the radar carried by the aircraft.

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L-band

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Radar abbreviation.

This system was designed in 1987. David was also at the forefront in the development of active phased array radars. They directly modified a Boeing 707. Of course, the work was a long time. It was not until May 1993 that this advanced air early warning aircraft with far exceeding the performance of E-2C and E-3A finally made its first flight.

Developing such a system will inevitably cost a lot. Therefore, after David was completed, he hoped to sell it out and sell it as soon as possible. This is also an inevitable choice for military R&D. Only by selling it to make money can we continue to invest money in R&D.

There are many people in the world who need this, but few people have this financial resources.

The East's economy has developed, so you can still purchase Felcon's. After all, modern wars cannot be supported without early warning aircraft.

The two sides have not cooperated once. Mr. Wang and his team have been here several times and have seen this Felkang early warning aircraft. Now they are mainly accompanying Qin Tao.

Qin Tao was very excited.

"Actually, it is most appropriate to modify the passenger plane. Unfortunately, we can't. When we have our own large passenger plane in the future, everything will be easy." Qin Tao looked at the portholes on both sides of the Felcon early warning plane and couldn't help but sigh.

To modify early warning aircraft, large aircraft are required as platforms. Western countries generally choose passenger aircraft to improve.

As an evergreen tree of international passenger planes, the Boeing 707 has also been transformed a lot, whether it is early warning aircraft, tanker aircraft, or electronic warplanes, all have the shadow of Boeing.

However, the East cannot be used.

Dongfang has a large number of passenger aircraft, but they are all civilian. There was an agreement when it was introduced and it must not be used for military purposes. Therefore, when building early warning aircraft in China, the first problem is the lack of a suitable modification platform.

"Our Felcon system uses Boeing 707 passenger aircraft, the same as the E-3, but it has an advanced radar system, with a total of six L-band phased array radars installed on it, so that it can not only detect aircraft, but also detect small targets such as cruise missiles. For targets of fighter size, the search distance is close to 400 kilometers, and it can also process hundreds of targets at the same time."

Kaz introduced it to everyone.

In fact, everyone already knows these data, so I will introduce it to Qin Tao.

Kaz didn't know why Qin Tao was mixed in the inspection team of the Oriental Early Warning Aircraft, but he knew that Qin Tao had a lot of energy and must do a good job in reception.

"Not bad, it's really good, but this installation method will create a certain blind spot at the tail of the machine, right?" Qin Tao asked.

"This blind spot is very small. Compared with the balance beam in Sweden, our blind spots are almost negligible," Kaz said.

Not only David was the one who developed the active phased array radar early warning aircraft, but David was the first to develop it, and it was also a large strategic early warning aircraft.

Sweden is also a major military-industrial country. The early warning aircraft they set up is unique: a piece of "wood" is supported on the top of the medium-sized aircraft. This shape can also reduce the drag in flight. However, sixty degrees in front and back are blind spots. During flight, the flight S route is reduced. This design is also unique.

"We are not compared to the balance beam, we need to compare with the E-3." Qin Tao said: "The design of this kind of aircraft cannot satisfy us. We need to have an early warning aircraft like the top plate."

Kaz frowned.

The two sides have been in contact several times, and David China Aircraft Company has told Dongfang the detailed data. This time, the Orientals came here to sign the contract. Who would have thought that such a change occurred?

"Old Lin, what do you think?" Qin Tao looked at Old Lin who had not spoken much.

"Is this big plate very important?" asked Mr. Lin.

"Of course it's very important. Has your Air Force done research?" The two began to sing double acts.

"We have done research, but since Faircan has made the current layout, maybe..."

"That's because of the different national conditions." Qin Tao said: "Look at the land area of ​​David and how much our land area is? During the war, David's early warning aircraft could fly directly over their land, facing a safe place, or even flying to the sea, and supervising the direction of the target. What about us? How vast our territory is, we must be able to perfectly cover the entire airspace early warning aircraft, and we cannot leave any blind spots. Otherwise, when fighting, the opponent flew over from behind our butt and attacked, and our precious early warning aircraft would be destroyed!"

Mr. Lin thought carefully, then nodded seriously: "Yes, we must not make such a mistake. Mr. Kaz, we need an early warning machine with a large plate!"

Kaz's face looked ugly.

"It's getting late. Let's have a meeting tomorrow and discuss the ordering." Mr. Lin said.

order!

This news made Kaz very excited, but the way to ask for the big plate made Kaz really embarrassed.

The guest from Dongfang went to the hotel to rest. Kaz reported to the company leaders and relevant experts in the company's conference room.

"How is this possible?" radar engineer Omri Afik immediately opposed it: "We have no relevant development experience at all, only the United States and Damao have it. Moreover, after the collapse of the Red Empire, Damao also lost this ability. It is impossible for us to order a rad cap from the United States for them to use!"

Why do they have early warning aircraft with big noses and big cheeks? Isn’t it because they are also afraid of the development of radar covers, so they simply use the characteristics of phased array radar to simplify the design. Now, Orientals still want large plates?

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! They can make the radar antenna inside, but the radar cover outside cannot be made.

Don’t underestimate such a radome. After the electromagnetic wave passes through the radome, it must be completely uniformly scanned at 360 degrees, and its thickness must gradually change according to different electromagnetic waves. At the same time, the wind resistance, compression resistance and loss rate of the entire radome must also be designed according to the highest standards. This thing is not so easy to make, and it is much more difficult than the radome of a fighter!

"Even if we can make a rad mask, it is impossible to solve the matching problem between the body and the rad mask. That big plate will bring huge aerodynamic problems." Another person said.

If you add a large plate, the plane will also have to be changed, otherwise the maneuverability will be severely reduced and even threaten the safety of the plane itself!

Their IAI company doesn't have that ability.

"I think, the relevant work will be left to the Orientals to solve, and we are only responsible for installing equipment!" Finally, Boaz, the head of David's Aircraft Company, spoke.

"Orients, can they solve it?"

Afik was a little worried: "What if they can't solve it and then don't cooperate with us? This is a contract worth hundreds of millions!"

"They have no choice but to cooperate with us. After all, they do not have the ability to develop early warning aircraft. Looking at the international level, only we can provide them with qualified early warning aircraft radar equipment." Boas said.

This is true. Now there are few countries in the world that can independently develop early warning aircraft. Even the UK has given up self-developed and directly purchased E-3 early warning aircraft from the United States.

Orientals have no other choice!

"If we put the radar antenna into a large plate, we still need to modify the software, but this technology is not very difficult." Afik said: "We are sure to complete it within three years."

"It's better to have four years. We have to leave enough time to avoid breach of contract." Boaz said.

Everyone nodded.

In this world, the smartest businessman is of course David. They will never make any mistakes in doing business, and the same is true for this business.

"That Mr. Qin is very powerful and always likes to fool others. We must be more careful in negotiations with them." Boaz continued.

"Ah sneezing!" Qin Tao sneezed.

"This season is indeed not suitable for coming to the beach."

This is Qin Tao's first time to come to David Country. It was the Air Force that paid for travel expenses, so he was not polite. Of course, he had to walk around, especially the beach.

The beach here is also a very famous tourist destination, and there are many bold women who are here to feast their eyes. But I didn’t expect that this time is wrong.

Although it has a Mediterranean climate, it is still winter and the temperature outside is only a dozen degrees, so no one comes here to show off their bikini. The beach is deserted and there is nothing else except a few soldiers with live ammunition.

The sunset shines on the beach, and the scenery is very good.

"Yes, Mr. Qin, let's go back." Xu Zhengyang said to Qin Tao: "This place is not suitable for you."

Qin Tao nodded: "Okay, I won't cause trouble for the security personnel. Mossad is really true. It's boring to send an agent to approach me."

Xu Zhengyang was speechless. Everyone was worried about your safety. Unexpectedly, you actually wanted to use yourself as bait to catch a Mossad agent? Are you asking for trouble?

"However, they will definitely install eavesdropping devices in our residences, so that's good, let's lay the groundwork first."

the next day.

"After our careful study, we believe that the early warning aircraft plan proposed by you will greatly increase our development time. In order to ensure our R&D progress, we recommend that you carry out the modification of the aircraft. You are responsible for installing the radar cover and backup generators, cooling systems, etc., and we will install the radar equipment."

Kaz is still the one who speaks, he is the main representative in charge of the negotiations.

"If this is the case, I hope you can reduce the price." Mr. Lin said: "According to the previous modification plan, you have given a quotation of 250 million US dollars. Now that the modification of the body is left to us, can the modification cost be reduced to 200 million?"

The Felcon, who was inspected in the past, had a big nose and big cheeks, and David China Aircraft Company could directly modify it. Now it is required to turn it into a large plate, so the modification unit has also changed, and of course the price has to change as well.

"We can reduce a million dollars, and those modifications don't cost much. We mainly sell the world's most advanced active phased array radar systems, and these are the most critical ones," Kaz said.

"The modification costs no matter how much? Then we won't have to worry about it. Just fly the Il-76 over and you can modify it." Qin Tao said: "We don't have to study it ourselves in order to save this million US dollars."

"But this will extend our construction period."

"How much can it be extended? Is it okay for half a year? A simple radar cover is enough, right?" Qin Tao said: "We can afford to wait."

The opposite side stopped talking.

Kaz's mind was thinking quickly, should the other party use this argument to bargain, or would he have other ideas?

At this moment, a staff member hurried in and said a few words in Kaz's ear.

Kaz's face changed immediately. He looked at the person opposite and squeezed out a smile: "Everyone, let's put aside the price matters first and talk about it later. Now, please ask our radar expert Mr. Afik to introduce to you the revised radar layout plan and the layout of internal electronic equipment. I have a little something to do, so I will leave for the time being."

"Mr. Kaz, please give me a gift." Mr. Lin said with a smile.

Next, Afik introduced the radar and equipment. He introduced it very carefully and listened carefully to the people present. For Mr. Wang and others, it was the first time to develop a modern early warning aircraft. Now, through this project, it is very important to contact experts who have already developed a mature early warning aircraft.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! In another room, Kaz met Boaz.

"Now, the other party is biting the change of the design and asking us to lower the price." Katz said: "Mr. Boas, is there any insider about this matter?"

As the head of David's Aircraft Company, Boaz did not intend to show up at the beginning, and did not meet with the Orientals on the excuse of going abroad and not meeting with the Easterners. He waited until the talks were almost done before coming out. In this way, if the talks collapsed, there would be room for maneuver.

Now, the subordinates were called over urgently during the negotiations, and it was obvious that there were other important things.

Boaz nodded: "Mossad just gave me a recording, so come and listen."

recording?

Kaz's face was serious and nodded. As the receptionist, he could directly understand Oriental dialect without any translation.
To be continued...