Honeywell International, Inc., Aerospace Industries.
The Department of Aerospace Industry was established in 1986 after Honeywell acquired Sperry Aerospace Company. It relied on the technical materials of the original Sperry Aerospace Company and the increased investment of Honeywell International to establish or Controlling more than 20 companies involved in aviation, automated control systems, special materials, and power, they have become the leading integrated manufacturer in the aviation industry in the world.
In the Honeywell Aerospace Industry Department, executives from the marketing and technology departments met together to discuss orders from China Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Company.
"Judging from the information sent back by Anderson Fogus, it is obvious that the materials department of Hongxin Group has mastered the manufacturing and large-scale molding technology of new carbon fiber composite materials." said the marketing director. "In the order, there is something about this Some, involving more than $30 million in sales, are determined to be cancelled.”
"This is a huge loss for us. Sales of aviation materials in China this quarter will drop by a quarter!"
"What I'm most worried about is not this, but that China Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Company has also begun to manufacture and sell this material. According to the description, their manufacturing speed is faster than ours, but their cost is lower than ours. They will soon compete with us globally. market." said the deputy director of marketing.
"I hope to apply for a R&D fund of US$1.5 billion to invest in the research and development of new carbon fiber composite materials and filament laying machines." said the director of the technical department.
"You can apply and wait for approval from above." A senior executive nodded.
"The most important thing now is how to maximize our interests before Hongxin Group completely invades the field of aviation materials." said the marketing director. "We can't just let go of this order!"
The director of the technical department said, "Don't they want us to assist with engine blade material manufacturing technology? We can sell some of the technical data to them at a high price, at least a few hundred million dollars."
The marketing director wondered: "This is one of our core technical data, can it be sold to them?"
"Yes, we will not sell the core data, but some insignificant technical data can be sold. I think with the technical strength of Hongxin Group, it will take only a few years to develop it, so it is better to sell it early and make a fortune. "
"The company's business intelligence team said that the British company Rolls-Royce is also in contact with the Chinese Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Company. If they sell technical data to the Chinese first, we won't be able to make any money!"
British Rolls-Royce Company, also known as "Rolls-Royce". But this company is different from Rolls-Royce. It is an aviation technology giant that specializes in manufacturing aero engines after the split of the Rolls-Royce brand. It is also known as the World Aviation Company together with General Electric Company and Pratt & Whitney Company of the United States. The three giants of engines!
Not only the civil aviation of various countries need their aero engines, but also the military fighter jets of some countries use their aero engines.
"I agree with this proposal, and it can also be submitted to the board of directors together with the R&D funding application."
Business activities involving hundreds of millions of dollars in technology sales require board approval according to Honeywell's Corporate Governance Regulations.
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Huaxia Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Company, Lu Zixin, accompanied by Peng Zhengge and Gao Wei, visited their aero-engine research group.
In addition to being the director of the Aeronautical Materials Research Institute, Gao Wei also serves as the chief designer of commercial aircraft engineering.
He introduced: "Aero engines can be said to be one of the most complex engineering aircraft systems in human history! The commercial aircraft C919 we have currently produced uses aero engines that are purchased from foreign products."
"In the manufacturing of aero engines, the military has given us great support. We have spent more than 10 billion Chinese dollars just on the research and development of engine engineering aircraft. However, there is still a long way to go before the core technology of aero engines. "
Lu Zixin was convinced that he had known the relevant information. The research and development of aero engines accounts for about 30% of the total aircraft!
This is only a commercial aircraft engine for civilian use, military aircraft is even more difficult! The latest aeroengine for military aircraft in the United States has been developed for more than ten years, with R&D investment reaching nearly 8 billion US dollars! This is no longer a commercial competition between companies, but a technology and arms competition between countries!
They are not yet capable of researching high-performance military aviation engines, so they can only hope to solve the problems of civil aviation first.
Gao Wei continued: "Let's not mention the issue of the overall structure. Just one engine blade is enough for us. In the past six months, the Institute of Aeronautical Materials has had a big project to overcome the problem of low-pressure turbine engine blade materials for aerospace engines. "
Zhang Ming interrupted: "I saw it at the research institute. Are you preparing to make titanium aluminum blades?"
"Yes, it is titanium-aluminum alloy material." Gao Wei nodded, "Titanium-aluminum alloy has the same strength and stability as traditional nickel-based alloys, but its density is only half that of nickel-based alloys, which can increase fuel efficiency by 20%."
Aviation fuel consumption is a major cost expenditure for commercial airlines. If the fuel efficiency can be improved by 20%, such an engine will be very popular among airlines in any industry.
Peng Zhengge said: "A few days ago, the vice president of the British Rolls-Royce company contacted us and wanted to support our titanium aluminum alloy blade manufacturing technology. But the cost is 50 million euros!"
Fifty million euros, according to the current exchange rate, is close to 400 million Chinese dollars. It's hard to say how much water the other party's technical support contains.
"What surprises me is that Anderson also showed us today that Honeywell is also willing to support us in blade material technology. The asking price is lower than Rolls-Royce!"
Lu Zixin said: "I think you can reject them directly."
"Why?" Peng Zhengge said, "I think we can let them compete with each other and lower the quotation. Even if we spend two to three billion Huaxia coins to buy this technology, compared with our R&D investment, it is still relatively worthwhile."
"Because we can solve this small problem, Mr. Peng, you can reject them." Zhang Ming said.
"Professor Zhang, can you solve the problem of low-pressure turbine engine blade flat materials?" Gao Wei was shaken and turned around to ask.
"Of course, it's just titanium-aluminum alloy. Hongxin's Materials Research Center already has relevant technical reserves." Zhang Ming said with a matter-of-fact expression. In fact, this material technology was also obtained by Lu Zixin from Bruce Wayne last time. of.