Chapter 525： Section 525 - Fen Lille (1/2)
Boeing and Lockheed
The Martin corporation is still a mortal enemy
In 2003, Lockheed retaliated against the 1998 Us air force tender for the ”Improved dispensable launcher program” (eelv), and the Us air force” illegally used documents obtained from the company,” resulting in Lockheed, the world's largest arms dealer
The Martin corporation failed in the bidding
Lockheed has lost nearly $ 40 billion in contracts and technological opportunities for military and civilian rockets over the next 20 years
After Lockheed successfully sued, In order to punish boeing for commercial espionage, A $ 1 billion contract that was originally given to boeing
Boeing, relying on the strength of the world's largest maker of civil aircraft and the third largest arms dealer in the united states, managed to calm the matter with only a small price
Even after the filing of the lawsuit by the Lockheed Company on the same day, the share price of the company dropped slightly
But at the close, it was still up $ 1
14 from the day before, closing at $ 34
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For a Boeing invitation, frodo
Lockheed smiled coldly
He knew exactly where the fighters came from, and Lockheed's” skunk” plant was developing the same type of fighter
Orders for the sixth generation of us fighter jets are not easy to snatch
For Lockheed, who had the qualification to supply the fourth and fifth generation main fighter jets in the united states
For the Martin corporation, this was a very obvious challenge
Us navy had made demands for the next generation of fighter jets
Must be able to cruise at high subsonic speeds for up to 50 hours
In order to meet the navy's requirements, the” ghost” research and development plant under the Boeing has carefully produced a corresponding solution to replace
Shipboard fighter jets
The meeting met the navy's requirements and the combat radius reached 1600 kilometers
Lockheed understood that they were also trying to snatch orders for the f-35's follow-up model
The f / a-xx, which can be compatible with pilotless fighter jets, must be highly intelligent
It can be piloted or capable of fighting
The design of the variable swept wing with a large wing surface, five times supersonic speed, wider stealth range, and even full-frequency omnidirectional stealth and multiple-spectrum stealth
With a comprehensive situational awareness capability, it can be loaded with laser weapons, kinetic energy weapons and energy beam weapons, close to the subspace aircraft, or perhaps the integration of space and sky
There are many more things to think about
But even if the Us navy were to choose and place the order, the first f / a-xx would have to be shipped at least after 2020
What was the purpose of Boeing's early appearance of the prototype
Frodo
Lockheed guessed part of the reason, but not all of it
Go
Why not
Old Lockheed didn't want to keep guessing
He had a cramp in his brain
Since boeing offered such a good opportunity, it could not disappoint the other party in vain
If you don't go into a tiger's den, you won't get a tiger
Lockheed
Martin corporation uses a hierarchical authorization management mechanism to process documents that reach the president's office
Then he dealt with several important documents
A piece of news that fell into view was an unexpected joy for the Lockheed Company
The news came from Carter Johnson, the head of the 41haoshiyanshi
This” 41haoshiyanshi” is just a code name
It wasn't that there were 40 labs in front of them, it was a secret high-tech research institute belonging to Lockheed
Specialized in developing high-tech equipment and even future technology for Lockheed
Martin corporation provides solid technology accumulation
Lockheed's rise to become the world's largest arms dealer had a lot to do with this” 41haoshiyanshi
” To this end, Lockheed secretly invested billions of dollars in research and development every year, and the daily consumption was no less than a fighting army