Research and development was a company's primary driving force. Lin Qi understood this better than anyone.
Even though the Flight Research Institute's aviation patents and technology were the best in the world, he had not reduced its research funding.
With huge sums of money being poured into it, the Flight Research Institute's designs for new aircraft were now basically complete.
In Lin Qi's words, the completed designs had reached the second generation in the truest sense—and they were not even the primitive version.
The incorporation of fluid dynamics and mechanics had drastically changed the appearance of the new aircraft compared with those of the past.
They had a more beautiful shape, lower drag, greater flexibility when turning and climbing, and, most importantly, greater speed!
If the aircraft produced by Blackstone Aviation currently had a combat strength of 1.5, while the Peng Joe Empire's fighters had a combat strength of 1.2, then the new fighters theoretically had a combat strength exceeding 2.
This was already a qualitative change!
In the Chief Engineer's eyes, they now had a better design, and the war was still ongoing. They should put the better aircraft into production. Leaving aside whether it would help the Federation achieve victory, they could at least make money, couldn't they?
Lin Qi was stunned for only a moment before recovering. He smiled and shook his head. "No, not for now. At least, there's no need to announce these externally within this year."
"Our orders are already booked through next March. It's currently in its hot-selling period."
"Besides, its performance is already sufficient to give the Federal Air Force a considerable advantage in the struggle for air supremacy. There's no need to replace it with a new aircraft at the perfect moment."
"Excess performance won't bring us any profit. Instead, it