What was first brought to Shenfei by Grumman was an overhaul line for the F-14. Qi Yiming also paid a lot of money for this overhaul line.

After the 12 Tomcats arrived and took flight, they were basically poorly maintained, and some even failed to fly at all. Iran sent those fighter jets that were basically used as "organ donors" to Qi Yiming in advance. , needless to say, a large number of them are disabled people who are missing arms and legs.

Mycroft was the chief technical director sent by Grumman to work with China. Faced with Qi Yiming, who was almost a powerful figure in the United States, he still showed a very restrained respect.

"Sir, this batch of aircraft basically needs a complete overhaul and maintenance. After our preliminary inventory, we found that there are at least more than 700 parts that need to be replaced. Before your Shenfei masters the overhaul line, this batch of parts You can only enter through our head office."

Qi Yiming nodded and turned to ask another Chinese engineer next to him. This person is Shenfei's new F-14 project leader and a senior engineer from a red police base. His name is Xia Gaohong. Worker, do you think how many things Shen Fei can restore now?"

"Not too much. Our company is still undergoing rectification, and some equipment has not been fully utilized. However, after the installation of the overhaul line is completed, we can slowly try the production and replacement capabilities of some non-critical components. The first batch of components will definitely It will be imported from the United States, but our team believes that the upgrade verification work should start from this first batch of aircraft, and the priority is to improve the power system and avionics system of the fighter aircraft."

Mycroft couldn't help but frowned. Not long after he came to Shenfei, he had a very average impression of this Chinese aviation manufacturing company. Many workers were not particularly qualified, but the level of a group of people headed by Xia Gaohong was very high. If possible, he would like to encourage these people to go directly to the United States to join Grumman.

Although they were very capable, Mycroft did not expect that this group of people would skip the steps of repairing these fighters first and start by replacing major components and directly upgrade the fighters. He wanted to pour cold water on it and said that this was impossible. , but after all, he is a guest soldier, sent by Grumman to help solve the problem. Customers are God. Since the Chinese want to cause trouble for themselves, then just ask them.

Mycroft actually felt that even Grumman might not be able to achieve the kind of comprehensive upgrade planned by the Chinese. Even though the Chinese said they would modify the Tomcat, they would not make major changes to the aerodynamics. Of course, they would not There is no way to change it, because these fighters are all ready-made. You can't just weld on a piece of main wing because it doesn't have enough area, or cut off a piece of the tail because it looks uncomfortable.

But the Chinese want to properly upgrade and replace all the fighter jet's power system, avionics system, weapon system, etc. The workload itself is so huge that Mycroft's scalp goes numb just thinking about it, but It was hard for him to imagine that his Chinese counterparts were engaged in this undertaking with a high working status. Even they had already planned some improvement projects. For example, they had already brought over their homemade engines and were ready to install them and test them. .

It would definitely not be possible without Mycroft and other Grumman technicians who were directly involved in the design and construction of the F-14. Mycroft is also very curious to see the avionics, power and other components produced by his Chinese counterparts.

At what level.

Qi Yiming actually didn't show the best system to Grumman. In fact, he didn't think there was much value in overhauling the F-14. His opponents in the 1980s were all weak. No.

It is worth taking out a series of components such as the AESA radar, helmet-mounted display, and super mission computer that Qi Yiming relies on as top secrets. He personally prefers to further improve the level of the AWG-9 radar, such as replacing the old tube and transistor components.

, use better integrated circuits to improve data processing capabilities, etc. In addition, modify the glass cockpit and flat-panel displays to replace the old instrument panels of the F-14. At the same time, outdated things like the three-piece sealed clamshell canopy also need to be replaced.

Instead, although Qi Yiming has no plans to install an integral canopy, the bubble-type canopy used in standard third-generation aircraft must at least be installed.

The flight control system may be the biggest thing that needs to be changed. The famous 1553B data bus of later generations has not been used in the F-14. This centralized time division serial bus has been used since the F-20 Tiger Shark, which has no export record.

, has the characteristics of two-way transmission, reliability and immediacy, and the fault-tolerant double redundancy also starts from here.

Because of the emergence of Qi Yiming's big bug, the third and a half generation J-10 Raptor fighter has actually used quad redundancy, but this data bus is still based on MIL-STD-1553B.

After the improvement of the F-14's flight control, another big demand point for combat performance is the weapon system. When he was in the United States, Qi Yiming had already proposed to Grumman to make the Tomcat compatible with domestic weapons and weapons management.

Grumman has promised to provide codes and other information to Shen Fei. Furthermore, in order to improve combat efficiency, Qi Yiming does not plan to give the helmet sight, but the helmet sight that Mig-29 has should be equipped with it.

To complete this series of complex tasks, it is necessary for an enterprise to have an efficient modern management model. Therefore, Qi Yiming carried out considerable rectifications for Shenyang Fei, which although still had the prefix Guo, had control over itself.

Leaving behind the technical geeks Xia Gaohong and Mycroft, Qi Yiming took his main business assistant Zhou Yutong around Shen Fei's factory. Zhou Yutong held a folder and reported to Qi Yiming as he walked: "Create a mess.

It took us more than a month to basically dispose of those departments from our core business. Now they are all under the name of Shenfei Group, but they have different names, and they are basically not involved in management.

It’s time for the aviation business. We have replaced more than half of the leadership in the aviation sector, mainly with some engineers from Dalinol and some management talents poached. Before you stopped the J-8II project, we sent

The engineers have finished it. There are definitely no orders from the country, but I suggest selling it in the international market. Even if you don't make much money, the business is running well."

Qi Yiming nodded. The divestiture of non-aerospace businesses was an important measure for him to streamline his troops and streamline his administration. It is not necessary for these military factories to have no civilian business, but the leaders who are responsible for the production of refrigerators and motorcycles cannot be responsible for the production of fighter jets in the afternoon.

It's so unreliable.

Zhou Yutong added: "We have concentrated the most capable technicians and workers in the entire group on the aviation business. Preliminary results show that work efficiency has been greatly improved. The working groups and 'flat management' you advocated

', we also think it's good to have a few engineers lead a group of workers to work on a small project, and then rely on senior engineers to use concurrent engineering to summarize all the small projects to form a complete large project. Our Tomcat upgrade plan is based on a similar

pattern."

The reform model of enterprise organization proposed by Qi Yiming was not common in this era. It would be twenty or thirty years later that more enterprises in the high-tech field appeared. Because the larger the enterprise, the more afraid it is of bureaucratic management.

Too rigid and direct vertical management is very serious for technology companies. Moreover, the biggest problem with status now is that employees are not very motivated. Qi Yiming directly uses the two magic weapons of honor and rewards and punishments.

After putting it all together, we can now see that the company is developing in a relatively healthy direction.

He is good at doing these things, but the specific operations are the employees' business. Most of the original factory employees are now mainly familiar with the process with a few red alert engineers stationed by Qi Yiming and the big guys from the original factory.

The way of working seems to have become easier, but the production efficiency has actually improved.

What most people are most busy with now is studying the small things they have been assigned to. For example, the power group is studying how to install the smaller WS-10A on the big F-14, and the avionics group is studying

Study how to improve and then secretly copy the AWG-9 radar inside the Tomcat, etc.

They basically lack experience in developing these third-generation fighters, but the leading red alert engineers have hard skills. It is also a good working model for everyone to give these main forces a shot and learn on the way.

Zhou Yutong reported some more situations, and Qi Yiming expressed satisfaction with how to improve and upgrade the F-14. Qi Yiming proposed a policy of providing money and people, but he couldn't do much, so he simply returned to Dalinol.

base.

Returning to the plateau where the sky is high and the wind is light and the clouds are light and the grass is green, the whole person's spirit will be relaxed. Dalinuoer Lake will be a famous scenic spot in this area in later generations, but I am afraid that there will never be another chance in this plane.

It's summer now. Gray swans are playing in groups in Dalinol Lake. I don't know who got the horses and prairie yellow goats eating green grass not far from the base.

The base has special regulations that prohibit the hunting of any wild animals within 100 kilometers of the base. This is why this metal science fiction place can be perfectly integrated with the natural ecology.

Although everything was beautiful, Qi Yiming clearly realized that his main business could no longer be conducted from this remote but beautiful place. He needed to handle the affairs of the capital closer, report to the bosses, and go to Shenyang.

The aircraft upgrade progress is progressing, and he also hopes to start building a shipyard now. So now Qi Yiming believes that it is time to open a branch base.
Chapter completed!