Locke Sid had just left on the front foot, and Fu Haoran on the back foot came over in the factory shuttle bus.
"Huh? Where are the people from Lockheed Martin?" Fu Haoran asked, looking at the empty workshop.
"I left, I just left ten minutes ago." Li Jianguo explained.
Fu Haoran raised his eyebrows, a little surprised, why did this person come and leave in a hurry.
However, it was a good time to leave, so as not to waste time dealing with these arrogant white guys with a smiling face.
"Where did they look?"
Li Jianguo noticed Fu Haoran's displeasure and quickly explained, "First of all, the first workshop did not stop. They have no interest in the Soviet fighter planes at all. They also said that we are ---- dumping Soviet Union's junk."
"When we came to the second workshop, they felt that we did not have precision machine tools, skilled technicians, or military avionics, and it would be impossible to resume production within ten years."
Fu Haoran glanced at the fuselage that was moving on the slide rail. "You didn't explain?"
"No explanation. There are some things that they don't believe are their fault." Li Jianguo paused, "But I have written down every point they ridiculed."
Fu Haoran was not interested in listening, but asked, "Have all the parts ordered domestically arrived?"
"Here we are, the first batch of static test prototypes have been completed and passed the ground structure simulation test. However, the core material of the flight test prototype is stuck."
People at Lockheed Martin didn't know that when they thought it would be impossible for Fu Haoran and others to complete it within ten years, the first batch of fighter jets had already rolled off the production workshop.
"How efficient is the pulsation production line?" Fu Haoran asked with concern.
When it comes to this, Li Jianguo is a little excited. You know, before this, the pulsating production line was just a concept, but now it has become a reality!
To understand the value of this production line, we must first understand the pain points of traditional aviation manufacturing.
In the past, "fixed-station assembly" was commonly used in aircraft manufacturing.
That is to say, the aircraft is fixed in one place, just like building a house, and workers of different types of work take turns carrying tools and parts.
This model is essentially aircraft-centric, and "the aircraft does not move."
Its disadvantages are tolerable in peacetime, but when faced with large-scale production capacity needs, it becomes a fatal bottleneck.
Various types of work can easily interfere with each other in a small space. Even if a bolt is not finished, hundreds of people will have to wait for subsequent processes.
What's worse is that those priceless large-scale coupling benches and highly skilled assembly workers have been tied up inefficiently for a long time, and the production capacity ceiling has been pressed to an extremely low value.
Driven by the technical directors Fu Haoran and Kallen, the pulsating production line came into being.
This production line introduces the assembly line thinking of the automobile industry into the field of aviation manufacturing, realizing the transformation of "the aircraft moves but the people do not".
This was something that was simply unthinkable in the past.
While the two were talking, the workers who had finished lunch came back one after another and started working.
Under the control of the traction equipment, the F-22 body "pulses" regularly from one work station to the next like a heartbeat according to the set beat.
As soon as the skin riveting was completed at station No. 1, the fuselage immediately slid to station No. 2, and the assembly of the avionics cabin started simultaneously.
The assembly workers and special equipment at each station only need to focus on completing their own process. Everyone carries out parallel operations at the same time without interfering with each other.
To outsiders, this may not seem like a big deal.
But in the eyes of industry insiders like Li Jianguo, this is a change!
When fighter jets can roll off the assembly line like dumplings like cars, production capacity will no longer be a constraint.
What's even more terrifying is that this pulsating production line has been fully digitized, and more than 90% of the parts are processed and assembled automatically, so even a group of freshly graduated college students can get started.
Li Jianguo At the beginning, I was worried about whether this group of inexperienced college students could be qualified for the job.
Now I realize that my worries were overblown.
My boss directly transferred the same ideas for producing cars to the aircraft production line.
"According to our calculations, the current efficiency has been tripled. With all four lines fully open, we can produce 144 units a year.
A complete machine can be rolled off the production line in about 8 days."
"At that time, the peak production capacity of Lockheed Martin F-22 was only 2 units per month, and the efficiency of our single line has already equaled the peak of their entire factory."
Fu Haoran nodded. He was not satisfied with the output, but the most important issue at the moment was the cost.
In Fu Haoran's plan, the current model can be directly replaced by Servitor in the future.
Servitor can run continuously for 24 hours without taking a break and inputting commands.
"The F-22 fighter is not considered advanced at all in Warhammer World. Once a full-scale war breaks out, the losses will definitely be huge. Therefore, the cost of the F-22 fighter must be further reduced, and the development of a new generation of low-cost fighters must also be put on the agenda."
Just at this time, boxes of parts were delivered.
"How is the effect of this batch of domestic parts?" Fu Haoran asked.
Li Jianguo patted his chest and assured, "Don't worry, Mr. Fu, I'm looking for parts produced by manufacturers I have worked with in state-owned enterprises before. They are produced by big manufacturers and are guaranteed."
Li Jianguo thought that Fu Haoran would be very satisfied, but Fu Haoran shook his head. "If you go to them for such small batches, there is no price advantage. You can just change it to a regular factory in the future. As long as the price is right, the requirements can be lowered appropriately."
"Ah?" Li Jianguo didn't react. Shouldn't a high-precision product like a fighter plane be as reliable and durable as possible?
Fu Haoran knew what Li Jianguo was thinking, but he could never tell the other party that these fighter planes were all consumables in another time and space. As a "private entrepreneur", he must bow to reality.
However, these words cannot be said. Fu Haoran can only give another reason. "We are a foreign trade version, and price is an important consideration for our customers."
"We must first lower the price so that customers can afford it, and then tie them up with after-sales services to keep them bleeding."
"Remember, our profit is not from selling products, but from subsequent maintenance. As long as we sell more, we will earn more in the future."
Li Jianguo was stunned for a while before he came to his senses.
"Yeah, why didn't I think of that!"
Li Jianguo suddenly became enlightened.
"We are just a new company with no reputation or influence. We can only rely on our price advantage to open up the market, and then rely on subsequent maintenance and upgrade services to make profits."
"Mr. Fu is indeed a businessman, he just thinks further than me."
Thinking White Queen, Li Jianguo nodded heavily. "Okay, Mr. Fu, I will contact my acquaintances in China to find a batch of substitutes."
"If it doesn't work, I will go back to China and inspect it myself to find a suitable manufacturer."
"No, after you go back, you need to formulate a set of standards. You can't just rely on experience to do things according to the standards. That will not be conducive to our procurement." Fu Haoran said seriously.
In the subsequent cost reduction transformation of the entire chain, Fu Haoran directly moved the mature supply chain of DYB trams to F-22
production line.
The avionics core uses an alternative solution to the electric car electronic control platform. The battery is a car-grade solid-state battery. The millimeter-wave radar algorithm directly reuses the smart driving core code of the electric car. Even the thermal management system is a mature solution used on the electric car mass production line.
Originally it was just to reduce costs, but it was unexpectedly discovered that the tram's thermal management algorithm, which has been verified in millions of mass productions, is 40% more efficient than the Lockheed Martin original avionics thermal management system, which directly blocked the heat dissipation bug that they had been stuck with for four years.
The cost of the whole chain has been directly reduced by 70%, and the core performance has surpassed the original factory.
Li Jianguo Expand the report, "Currently, a single line produces two units per month. If we optimize the work station rhythm, it will be no problem to produce three units per month. However, I am worried that if we build so many at once, if we can't sell them, the inventory backlog will be too big."
"There can be no backlog." Fu Haoran said firmly, "Only when the production volume increases, the cost can be reduced."
"The current cost of a single machine is US$70 million. If the production volume increases, if all four lines are fully opened and the annual production capacity is reached, the cost of a single machine can be reduced to less than US$40 million."
Fu Haoran silently added in his mind, "Then the entire industrial chain will be localized. All non-core parts will use the mature production capacity of the domestic automobile supply chain. Complex parts and special materials will all be produced at Warhammer World. The cost can be reduced by another 30%."
"Lockheed Martin's F-35 bare metal sells for 120 million US dollars. My F-22 must be sold for 60 million US dollars to have an absolute price advantage."
Before leaving, Fu Haoran said, "Get ready, I have already signed up for Zhuhai Airshow at the end of next month."
"This air show is the first shot to open up the global market. Just in case, we must sell spot goods and we must not give Amerikan any room to jam us."
Li Jianguo took a deep breath. What his boss did was considered a beheading business in ancient times.
Li Jianguo even thinks that after this mission is completed, he should consider applying to stay in the country.
Meanwhile, Washington.
Locke Sid Martin Headquarters Boardroom.
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Hendricks and Gregory just got off the plane and rushed straight into the conference room without even changing into their suits.
"Gentlemen, I can responsibly say that DYB's F-22 production line is a complete scam."
Gregory slapped the evaluation report on the table with a firm tone.
"There are no precision machine tools, no skilled craftsmen, and no military-grade avionics."
"They can't even build a flying prototype."
The board members nodded.
Hendricks pushed up his glasses and added, "I have submitted a formal report to Congress, recommending that the F-22 production resumption plan be completely abandoned and F-35 global procurement be fully promoted."
However, these are just excuses.
It was clear to everyone present that the fact that the F-22 will never be able to resume production is not just a matter of money.
You know, the F-22, as the first fifth-generation fighter, was established very early, and the design drawings still use traditional paper.
Now these design drawings are scattered in the archives of hundreds of departments across the United States, with no unified index and no electronic backup.
Finding all the drawings would take at least ten years and cost more than $5 billion.
No one is willing to pay this money.
Secondly, the start-up capital is too high.
Their Locke Sid company has internally calculated that restarting the F-22 production line will cost at least US$30 billion, which is equivalent to the cost of two Ford-class aircraft carriers.
Even if it is restarted, if the production volume does not increase, the cost of a single aircraft will exceed 300 million US dollars, and the Congress will never agree.
In the end, the industrial chain was completely broken.
Half of the 1,127 suppliers that provided parts and components for the F-22 have gone out of business, and the rest have long since switched production.
It is almost impossible to rebuild the entire industrial chain.
There is no other country with a complete industrial chain except University of Tokyo.
There was a chorus of agreement in the conference room.
Gregory picked up the coffee and took a sip proudly. "No one in this world can produce F-2 anymore."
2."
"Even if you put a complete set of blueprints in front of the Chinese and give him ten years, he still won't be able to build a complete aircraft that can fly into the sky."
"The sky of the future is destined to belong to the F-35."
Everyone laughed.
No one knew that while they were having a meeting, Los Angeles, a gray-haired old engineer Richard, pushed the last encrypted hard drive to Jimmy in an inconspicuous cafe.
"All the tooling parameters, process documents, and coating formulas of the F-22 are all here." His voice was a little hoarse. "I have worked on the F-22 all my life. It should not be buried in the archives to rot."
As he spoke, he quickly pulled the box full of cash at his feet in front of him, his eyes alert.
"Everyone is here?"
"Yes, this is the final payment of 1 million in cash." Jimmy nodded.
Richard picked up the box, walked out of the cafe without looking back, and disappeared around the corner.
He devoted his whole life to Lockheed Martin, and finally sold his life's hard work to a company he had never heard of.
He said that the F-22 should not be buried, and he was not slow at all in counting the money on his hands.
You said that selling national interests is illegal?
Richard scoffed.
"When I was laid off, no one sympathized with me as a bad old man. Rather than stick to the bottom line and live on the street, I would rather take a gamble."
"At least my retirement life is guaranteed."
Such a scene did not only happen to Richard.
Jimmy started looking for practitioners related to the F-22 fighter jet in the United States through the three religions and nine schools he knew, and bought the F-22 design drawings from them.
Locke The information that Sid thought he had kept safely had already been sold to DYB Company by his own people at a price that was not high.
However, things were not all smooth sailing.
Late that night, as soon as Fu Haoran returned to the domestic headquarters, Li Jianguo took the materials Manifest and rushed into the office with a worried look on his face.
"Boss, we have encountered two troubles."
"We do not have the formula for the raw materials for the F-22's special stealth coating and cannot provide it domestically."
"Amerikan These are military products and we can't buy them at all."
"Also, we lack carbon fiber that meets the requirements."
This is what Li Jianguo is most worried about.
The carbon fiber required by the F-22 is not ordinary.
Although it is inconspicuous, this kind of carbon fiber is lighter than aluminum and more than ten times harder than steel.
Let's put it this way, the T1200-grade carbon fiber used in manufacturing the F-22 fighter jet can lift a fully loaded main battle tank.
Not only that, carbon fiber is also very resistant to high and low temperatures. It can withstand temperatures as low as minus 180 degrees Celsius and as high as 3000 degrees Celsius. It also has excellent properties such as oil resistance, acid resistance, corrosion resistance, etc.
It is therefore ideal for lightweighting and strengthening.
In the manufacturing of military fighter aircraft, especially stealth technology, carbon fiber can also effectively absorb radar waves, thereby reducing the possibility of the aircraft being detected by radar.
It is an important structural support for the F-22 fighter jet. However, although carbon fiber is good, it has a disadvantage, that is, it is expensive.
Therefore, it is also called the "black gold" in the sky and is a veritable strategic grade material.
"Are there no other channels to purchase?" Fu Haoran asked.
"As far as I know, Japan's Mishima Company is also available. They hold 85% of the global share, but they refuse to sell it."
Fu Haoran also knows a thing or two about Mishima Company. This is a well-deserved giant in Japan country, but he does not seem to have offended them.
"Did they give a reason?" Fu Haoran asked.
"It's not that they won't sell it, but the price is too high. They seem to know that we are manufacturing F-22 fighter jets, so they sold it to us at a price that is 250% higher than the market price." Li Jianguo hurriedly explained.
Fu Haoran was laughed out of anger, he really thought he was being taken advantage of.
You know, the price of T1200-grade carbon fiber is US$4,500 per kilogram.
If the price is 250%, then it is US$11,250 per kilogram!
Chun Chun kills people as if they were wronged, only a fool would buy it!
However, Fu Haoran has to admit that the little devil is indeed capable, and he can actually find out that he is making F-
22 Fighter.
But this appetite----
Fu Haoran checked some information and found that Mishima Company did not have a criminal record.
In the 1980s, they took the lead in conquering the mass production technology of T300 carbon fiber. From that day on, this thing became their "money printing machine".
Boeing 787 Dreamliner, 50% of the materials for the fuselage are supplied by Mishima.
Airbus A350, the carbon fiber usage accounts for 52%, which is still dominated by Mishima.
Mishima alone holds 80% of the global market share, and the rest is divided up by Japanese companies such as Mitsubishi Chemical and Teijin.
It seems that this is a mountain that cannot be avoided.
However, when Fu Haoran thought about it, the aircraft engine blades, missile casings, and deep-sea submersibles he wanted in the future would all depend on others.
Want to buy?
Price increase of 250%.
Want to buy more?
Sorry, limited supply.
"I understand, don't worry about this matter. I will take care of the raw materials."
After Li Jianguo exited, Fu Haoran opened System Panel, and his fingertips landed on the redemption button.
Carbon fiber? Stealth coating?
Plastisteel of Warhammer World is lighter and stronger than T1200 carbon fiber, and has wide-band radar stealth performance.
"You kid wants to make some dirty money by squeezing someone's neck? Then just destroy the other person's job!"
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