Chapter 722: All Are OEM Factories

No matter what kind of organization it is, in its early days, there are problems such as unclear division of responsibilities, unclear division of functions, and blurred management boundaries, especially in the Space Force.

Although it is an independent military branch in terms of the system, the Space Force is actually still under the trusteeship of various parties. From the military, the Academy of Sciences to the Aerospace Development Commission, each party has a lot of involvement and cannot be separated.

The nascent Space Force needs the blood transfusion of these old institutions to be established. On the other hand, the scope of responsibility overlaps, and the system cannot be clearly divided at all. It can only deal with the matter and adapt to the situation.

This situation will continue until the Space Force has a formed system power. Before that, what it can develop into depends entirely on the chief officer himself. Lu Jianfei was parachuted in not only for his personal ability, but also for his thick skin, which is highly valued. To put it crudely, he needs to beg for alms everywhere.

In this case, it is extremely important to win people's hearts first.

Even if half of the crew of the Advance are actually employees of Xinyuan Company, Lu Jianfei has considerable confidence in pulling them into the Space Force:

The soldiers serving on the space battleship are at least technical talents at the engineer level, and it is too difficult to train them by themselves.

Only the ground crew/pilots of the Air Force and officers above the level of NCOs in the Navy and Army have the potential for transformation, which has greatly limited the size of the Space Force. The future combat force may only be a few thousand people, which is surprisingly small.

The current 26 seeds are particularly valuable, and the entire Space Force must rely on this backbone for construction.

"Comrade Li Sheng, this time I came here by accident, so I am not very well prepared, but I can still tell you something."

Lu Jianfei looked past him and looked at the other curious crew members, and Li Sheng immediately understood:

"Please follow me, we have divided the meeting room in the Chenlong cabin, it is very quiet."

The two left the axis cabin of the Advance one after another, and the voices of the crew members who stayed behind immediately became louder.

"Quiet! Some people follow me to the space shuttle, and the other part returns to their posts!"

Hu Dong immediately stopped this meaningless discussion, directed the crew members to work, and then looked at Lian Xinwei who was thinking and not moving.

"Company squad leader?"

"Hmm? Oh, I was distracted."

Lian Xinwei came back to his senses, and just as he was about to leave, he turned his head and looked at the insignia on Hu Dong's shoulder and asked jokingly:

"Deputy Captain Hu, are you interested in being a real soldier?"

"What do you mean?"

Hu Dong's face showed no expression, but Lian Xinwei knew that he was already somewhat moved, and he disappeared quickly without saying anything.

...

Yizhou.

"Chief Engineer An, Chief Engineer An!"

Zeng Xiangdong shook Androv's hand excitedly up and down. He almost greeted him with a roar, but it was still covered by the noise at the scene.

Around them were circles of boiling crowds. The final thanks were being given on the temporary podium not far away. The sound of the speakers was so loud that it could be heard throughout the factory area.

It is now July 25th. After the unreserved efforts of Southwest Commercial Airlines, 611 Institute, and Xinyuan, the Yizhou Large Aircraft Production Base of Southwest Commercial Airlines was officially completed.

In fact, the factory building was completed last year, and the equipment and production line were all installed at the end of April. The remaining three months were all spent on recruiting personnel and debugging equipment.

Xinyuan's support for Commercial Aviation is at most design and technical equipment. As for the large number of production line workers and parts supply negotiations, they have to handle it themselves.

At this time, Commercial Aviation played the golden signboard of self-research and self-production and recruited people all over the country, even waving a hoe at COMAC, and dug a group of skilled workers over.

When debugging the equipment in April, it was actually considered a trial production. The Yizhou production base received parts of two C822s and two C832s and began trial assembly. While building and debugging, it finally assembled the first C832 that passed the acceptance.

Southwest Commercial Aviation finally has independent production capabilities, and immediately held a ceremony. A large number of politicians and industry peers came.

When Androv arrived at the scene, he immediately received the highest enthusiasm from Zeng Xiangdong.

The independent Star Airlines is not a competitor. It is more like the relationship between a design bureau and a factory with Commercial Aviation, and it has a lot of competitive products.

As far as Zeng Xiangdong knows, Star Aviation independently developed two turboshaft engines in the first half of the year, one for medium-sized helicopters with a power of 2,000 kilowatts, and one for heavy helicopters with a power of more than 6,000 kilowatts.

Not to mention that the military immediately had the idea of ​​purchasing, the State Grid and several "China Construction" companies, which have strong demand for outdoor operations, immediately hoped to develop large helicopters based on them. It is currently rumored that they have reached cooperation with Harbin Aircraft Industry Group and Changfei Aircraft Industry Group to start developing several new helicopters.

But what he cares most about is the C1000 project. The aviation industry around the world has spread the news of the bet between Star Aviation and Boeing. Both C1000 and Boeing 3707 must make their first flight this year, otherwise the defaulting party will pay a huge fine.

Boeing 3707 has been reported from time to time. Since the beginning of the year, its design prototype XB70 Valkyrie has resumed flight. Now it is said that it has been pulled back into the modification workshop. Boeing is trying to modify the first 3707 prototype based on this nearly 60-year-old bomber.

However, this is a big project that requires changing the engine and modifying the fuselage. Even if there is a foundation, it may not dare to test fly before the end of the year.

The progress of C1000 has been mysterious. Androv disappears from time to time, but no real object has been seen so far.

Zeng Xiangdong has been thinking about this big order. Star Airlines is not large enough to deliver so many supersonic passenger aircraft.

"How many people do you have now?"

"More than 7,000! We will expand to 10,000 this year!"

"Then you have to keep working hard. C1000 requires additional production lines and testing processes."

"Mr. An, is your prototype about to fly, C1000?"

"It has started. The main frame has just been sent for forging."

Androv's words almost choked Zeng Xiangdong to death. He coughed for a long time but still couldn't believe it:

"Only five months, and they are starting to build it now?"

Androv nodded. The design work of C1000 did not take too long. The main reason was that he was afraid that Boeing would break the contract. He waited until the other party's investment cost in the 3707 project reached a certain level before deciding to start building the prototype of C1000.

The first prototype was manufactured by Xinyuan. Although the cost was high, the advantage was that it was very fast and it only took two months to start from scratch.

His confident expression made Zeng Xiangdong speechless for a moment. He gave up the idea of ​​questioning and said:

"Comac fully supports the C1000 project. If you need a test flight site or other support, you can contact us for cooperation."

"Thank you, but I still hope you can ensure the yield rate of the production line first. I will come to inspect it later."

"Of course... what is 'you'?"

"Oh, Star Airlines will soon bid for the C1000 foundry, and Comac has also joined. I visited their factory and it is still very good."

"??!"