v2 Chapter 1354： ability problem

No one likes to lose, even if the opponents are from different fields and different identities. As the chief engineer of the Tupolev Design Bureau, the most important design bureau in the Soviet Union, Alexei Tupolev is also the only engineer who has inherited the mantle of the old man, but he has his own pride. Although Little Ustinov is young, it is also a relative position.

After all, he is not too young, and he is relatively mature. Of course, I know the old man's inner thoughts, so I can only say that the future prospects are very good, at least it can't show that the effect is worse than that of the Diamond Design Bureau. Both Principal and Alexei-Tupolev were chief engineers and heads of the design bureau. If you let your subordinates know that the design of the aircraft must be designed with a small bonus for missiles, they must be unconvinced.

So Ustinov wanted to make them comfortable, mainly to make Alexei Tupolev happy. The old man may not care about the amount of money, because it is not a big problem at all; but the staff of the Tupolev Design Bureau must not feel that they are inferior to others; in terms of ability and honor, they are very important.

Sure enough, after the little Ustinov finished speaking, Alexei Tupolev was still very satisfied. Isn't it the pursuit of their father and son to be able to create benefits for the country! Although I don't care about the amount of the bonus, the staff of the Design Bureau still have to support their families; being able to get huge bonuses and subsidies is also beneficial to the management of the organization.

Seeing that the employees of the two design bureaus were very satisfied, Little Ustinov continued: "Of course there is another highlight, that is the Il-76 transport aircraft. It is also the star product we sold this time, and the bonuses they got, Nor will it be less.”

The Il-76 transport aircraft was designed and built by the Ilyushin Design Bureau; the predecessor of the Ilyushin Design Bureau was the Ilyushin Experimental Design Bureau established in 1933, and the first chief designer was С.В. Ilyushin. After the war, the focus was on the design and development of transport aircraft. For example, the once widely used Il-18 and Il-62. In 1970, Novozhilov succeeded Ilyushin as chief designer. Designed and manufactured the Il-76 dual-use transport aircraft and the Il-86 and Il-96 wide-body passenger aircraft.

It can be said that in the field of large Soviet aircraft, it has a great advantage. Perhaps only the Tupolev Design Bureau can compete with it, but at present in the field of transport aircraft and passenger aircraft, Tupolev is still worse than the Ilyushin Design Bureau.

Novozhilov, the chief engineer of Ilyushin, also knows that the sales profit of the Il-76 is not as good as that of the S-300 air defense missile system; it is even less than the Tupolev Design Bureau in terms of overall profit. It's good to be able to get the bonus, it seems that it takes continuous effort.

Today is the first day of the exhibition. The achievements made by the major Soviet design bureaus are already very good. When the news came back to China, even the top Soviet leaders did not have such a big surprise.

However, hearing that the three design bureaus won bonuses made the Soviet two veteran aircraft manufacturing professional design bureaus very unconvinced.

At present, although the major aircraft design bureaus in the Soviet Union look harmonious, the division of labor is relatively clear.

For example, the Antonov Design Bureau mainly designs and manufactures transport aircraft; the Tupolev Design Bureau manufactures bombers; the Mikoyan Design Bureau manufactures light fighters and high-speed interceptors; the Sukhoi Design Bureau manufactures heavy air fighters and attack aircraft; Miri Design Bureau and Kamov Design Bureau mainly produce helicopters; Ilyushin Design Bureau produces large transport aircraft; Yakovlev Design Bureau develops vertical take-off and landing fighter jets.

But that is only their main business, and there is still a lot of business overlap between the various design bureaus; or it can be said that they compete with each other. But no matter how they are divided, the two most important aircraft design bureaus in the Soviet Union are definitely Mikoyan and Sukhoi. A whole section.

Now that other design bureau staff can get bonuses, the two of them will of course be unconvinced. This is especially true of Mikoyan Design Bureau.

The Mikoyan Design Bureau, formerly known as the "Mikoyan-Grevich Design Bureau", was a major Soviet aircraft designer and manufacturer. Founded on December 8, 1939 by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich, the design bureau is named after Mikoyan and Gurevich. Famous for the production of MiG fighter jets, the "MiG" is named after the first letter of the surnames of two designers, A-I-Mikoyan and Mi-Yo-Grevich.

Before Sukhoi made a lot of money by exporting Su-27, the current order is simply not lined up. However, because of the defection of Belenko, the MiG fighter aircraft was the star product of the Mikoyan Design Bureau, and the performance of the MiG-25 fighter was completely mastered by the Americans, which put the Mikoyan Design Bureau in an extremely embarrassing situation.

Gu Jun

On September 6, 1976, there was panic at the Sakharov Air Base, about 200 kilometers northeast of Vladivostok in the Soviet Union. "068 is lost!" "068 is lost!" The ground monitoring personnel screamed in panic. "068, please answer if you hear it! 068! Please answer if you hear it!" the tower commander also called desperately. However, they got no response. "Organize the interception immediately!" Without any hesitation, the top decision-making level of the Soviet army issued an order. But in the end, it was a step too late, and Belenko had defected to Japan by plane.

The news reached the Kremlin; the Soviet leader, Brezhnev, hit the ground running. In a hurry, he personally ordered that the secret of the MiG-25 "Foxbat" should be closely guarded, and no matter what, it could not let it fall into the hands of the United States. Seeing that the diplomatic approach could not work, the Soviet Union had to dispatch the KGB as a last-ditch attempt.

When the political circles of the three countries were secretly competing, the military of the United States and Japan was not idle. They organized a large number of technical experts to start research on the MiG-25 "Flying Fox". Because it was known from Belenko in advance that the "Fox bat" has a self-destruction device, experts were cautious and slow in testing.

It wasn't until the pre-set self-destructing bomb was defused that they dismembered the "Fox Bat". In order to avoid the destruction of the KGB, they used a huge transport plane to transport the decomposed "Fox bat" to the Baili Air Force Base, more than 100 kilometers north of Tokyo. Here, experts from the United States and Japan conducted a thorough "physical examination" of the "Fox bat".

However, the results of the test disappointed Americans somewhat, because they found that the technical performance of the "Fox bat" was not as terrible as they thought. US Congressman Robert Carr, who specially rushed to the scene, determined after inspection that: although the Soviet MiG-25 fighter has its own advantages in many aspects, in terms of overall performance, it is only equivalent to the US F-4 "Ghost" It was not a big threat to the newly developed F-15 "Eagle" fighter and F-16 "Fighting Falcon" fighters developed by the United States at that time.

In this way, insisting on possessing the "Fox bat" has little meaning. Therefore, on November 12, 1976, the United States and Japan "generously" agreed to the Soviet Union's request for return.

As the ace product of Mikoyan Design Bureau, the MiG-25 has shocked NATO countries for nearly a decade. However, all efforts were wasted because of a pilot defection. Now the Mikoyan Design Bureau has become a joke in the fighter sales market, and the days of engineers and technicians can be imagined!

As the current chief engineer of the Mikoyan Design Bureau, Rostislav-Belyakov knew that changes had to be made. If engineers do not get bonuses, not only their working status, but also important national resources and future attractiveness will be greatly reduced.

Rostislav-Belyakov: "Minister Ustinov, I don't know if the Mikoyan Design Bureau can sell the most core products. Today, the military of several countries have come to the exhibition hall to inquire about the specific situation."

Hearing this, UU Reading Little Ustinov knew that the old man was so anxious. Everyone is a shameful person, seeing other people drinking and eating meat; Mikoyan, as a veteran design bureau, is of course not far behind.

Little Ustinov said very seriously: "The Soviet Union is different from the United States. Our entire country's system supports you in research and development. If you are already developing products with better performance, except for weapons and equipment that are not allowed to be sold by international conventions; Nothing else is wrong."

"I was just about to talk to you about this issue. At present, several countries are very interested in the MiG-29 and MiG-31; they have also found me. Now I need the chief engineer of Belyakov to give me a word. , does Mikoyan have any new projects going on. If so, I think both aircraft can be sold.”

No one will buy the MiG-25, so the MiG-29 and MiG-31 are the first choices. But only if there are better planes, otherwise the Soviet military is also worried about technological leaks.

Rostislav-Belyakov said solemnly: "Mikoyan Design Bureau never disappoints. The new aircraft has been developed and will enter the test flight stage next year."

For the research and development capabilities of fighter jets, the strength of the Soviets is not weak at all. In this case, Little Ustinov is more confident.