Chapter 156 Total Value: Billion USD
After Abdul brought a delegation to Yan Country, a voice emerged within the United States: Should we import Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft from Yan Country?
This proposal was not only supported by several senior officials, but also echoed by many others.
Why would anyone make such a suggestion?
There are two main reasons.
First of all, the United States urgently needs a multi-purpose transport aircraft to replace the old C-2A Greyhound carrier-based transport aircraft.
Of course, the C-2A Greyhound carrier-based transport aircraft is not old either. After all, this transport aircraft began to be delivered in 1964.
It’s less than twenty years from now!
But for the Eagles, the C-2A Greyhound carrier-based transport aircraft cannot adapt to the latest aircraft carrier requirements.
They urgently need a new weapon to fill the gap left by the C-2A Greyhound carrier-based transport aircraft.
Secondly, the United States attempted to steal the technology of this aircraft by introducing it in order to accelerate the development of its own foldable tilt-rotor aircraft.
In fact, their main purpose is to steal technology.
Not everyone agrees with the proposal, and there are some opposing voices.
As the world's number one superpower, the United States actually needs to purchase weapons and equipment from other countries. If this gets out, it will definitely be mercilessly ridiculed.
Especially the Eagle Sauce’s mortal enemy - the Russian bear.
However, Boeing and Bell Helicopter are very determined. They believe that as long as they can introduce the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft, they can greatly speed up the development of their own foldable tilt-rotor aircraft.
To this end, they do not hesitate to use their "money power" to build relationships and try to persuade those who hold opposing views.
In the end, they successfully changed the Eagle Sauce's position, making the Eagle Sauce decide to introduce the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft from Yan Country.
Gary Aurelio and Sorel Knoss, along with the entire Folding Tilt-Rotor team, were adamantly against the proposal.
They believe that their research results have achieved a major breakthrough and it is only a matter of time before they develop a foldable tilt-rotor aircraft.
However, executives at Boeing and Bell Helicopter were unhappy with their progress, believing it was too slow.
Faced with this situation, the top management of both sides decided to take some special measures to speed up the research and development process.
At the same time, senior Eagle-Sauce officials issued a warning, saying that they could import Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft from Yan Country, but it must be done in secret and must not be discovered by the Russians.
At least it can be justified on the surface.
When the top leaders of Yan State learned that the Eagle Sauce wanted to import the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft from their country, they were first confused, and then showed expressions of disbelief.
The United States has always been a world military power. Why did it suddenly think of importing weapons and equipment from Yan Country?
This situation is very rare.
The last time the Eagle Sauce imported equipment from Yan Country was in 1982, when they imported the J-21 fighter jet, which was a copy of the Mi-7 fighter jet.
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There were also two voices among the top leaders of Yan State.
One is to reject the Eagle Sauce’s request to purchase the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft.
At this time, the Eagle Sauce wanted to import the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft from them.
That is Sima Zhao's intention, and everyone knows it. They are going for the foldable technology of the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft.
The purpose is not pure!
Another voice: Sell the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft to the Eagles and make a fortune from it.
Both sides have their reasons.
Especially now, Yan's foreign exchange reserves are extremely scarce.
Being able to reach cooperation with the Eagle Sauce and earn a large amount of foreign exchange from it can greatly alleviate the foreign exchange pressure.
In the end, it was the top leader who made the final decision.
The decision on whether it can be sold to the United States lies with the 077 Mechanical Arsenal.
Some high-ranking officials of Yan State began to have ideas.
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At this time, Lin Chenran didn't know that the Eagle Sauce would actually want to introduce its own Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft. Lin Chenran was bringing his "big money sponsor" to the test site.
Get a close look at and ride on the domestically developed Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft.
"Abdul, my friend, how do you feel?"
Lin Chenran and others are already on the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft.
He directly asked the "big money bag" what he thought.
"cool!"
"Lin, the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft is very stable and has excellent performance."
Abdul said with a slight smile.
He was quite worried at first.
Only Yan Country possesses foldable technology.
He was worried that there might be problems after going to heaven.
After flying into the sky and switching to parallel flight mode, he felt that his worries were unnecessary.
The flight was very fast and was over in just over ten minutes!
Abdul and other Saudi representatives in the camel area looked as if they were still not satisfied.
Now Abdul’s desire to buy the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft has reached its peak!
It is necessary to introduce the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft back to the country.
When Lin Chenran saw the smiles on the faces of the Saudi representatives from the Camel region, he knew that the deal was done!
After watching, playing with, and riding the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft up close, everyone returned to the conference room of the 077 Mechanical Arsenal.
Next, let’s talk about the price of the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft.
"Abdul, I'm sorry, the technology and production line of the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft cannot be sold. Our 077 Mechanical Military Factory can only sell finished aircraft."
Lin Chenran directly rejected Abdul's request.
It turned out that Abdul wanted to bring all the technology and production lines of the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft back to the country.
But that's really impossible.
"Lin, we came here with sincerity."
Abdul wanted to hold on a little longer.
"Abdul, this is not something that our 077 Mechanical Arsenal can decide."
If we bring the entire set of technology back to Saudi Arabia in the camel area, the cost will be sky-high!
Therefore, Lin Chenran does not recommend that the Saudi country in the Camel region introduce the entire set of technology and production lines of the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft into their country.
Especially the technology of the Z-20 heavy helicopter, which Saudi Arabia has not yet fully mastered in the Camel region, and now wants to introduce another more complex Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft.
Since Yan State was unwilling to sell the entire set of technology and production lines of the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft, Abdul was disappointed but did not force it.
The main reason is that Lin Chenran is right. The cost is too high, and Saudi Arabia in the Camel area has not yet fully digested the previous Z-20 heavy helicopter technology.
It would be useless to introduce another set of helicopter technology back.
Abdul then asked about the price of the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft.
“2100 million US dollars a piece!!!”
Lin Chenran directly revealed the price of the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft.
"Five million dollars?"
This price was within Abdul's expectations, mainly because the Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft is the only foldable tilt-rotor aircraft in the world.
It’s expensive for a reason.
The two sides soon signed a contract, and Saudi Arabia in the Camel region introduced 077 Osprey multi-purpose transport aircraft from the 20 Mechanical Military Factory.
(End of this chapter)
