Grumman.

This period was simply the happiest time for Grumman, because the war was coming.

Yes, the average person is war-averse, but the arms dealers are welcoming it, and when it comes, they become the most profitable companies.

Their main force, the Tomcat fighter, has now also picked up a big bargain, and the BS country has given a large amount of deposits, including the interest-free loan provided to Grumman at the beginning, and Grumman will certainly not spit it out again.

It's so happy, Nathan said, don't let them deliver it sooner, and now, sure enough, I've waited for a good opportunity.

In addition to this batch of orders, another news, even more excited about them, the United Kingdom is also going to order a batch of Tomcat fighters, in addition to the BS country, the Tomcat fighters finally ushered in a second foreign customer, that is, the British Navy!

The current British Navy is trying to expand their fleet, and has also asked for a second-hand mothballed aircraft carrier from the United States, if all of them are used to operate Tomcat fighters, there will be at least more than 50 orders, which can also keep Grumman's production line running at full capacity for several years.

At the same time, they did not relax, according to Nathan's idea, to improve the Tomcat fighter, and now that they have money, even if the army has not yet established a project, they can test it in advance.

This experiment, of course, still uses the F-14B, and now, on the runway of Grumman, this special fighter with white and orange stripe paint is ready to take off.

The F-14B, with only one of them, existed for experiments, and now, in its tail, the two newly installed engines, look so dazzling, and the nozzles reflect a dazzling reflection in the sun.

"Hopefully this experiment will go well, we've had enough of bad engines." On the side, the face of the old general Thomas, with anticipation.

As a single-handedly promoted the Tomcat project, and finally watched it finalized into service, Thomas is quite looking forward to it, from the beginning of the Tomcat test flight, everyone knows how bad its engine is, because of the engine lost Tomcat fighters, accounting for about a quarter of the proportion.

"Yes, even if we use the TF41, it only solves the problem of reliability." On his side, Kennier, vice president of Grumman, also said with a sigh.

Keniel, in fact, is named here, he belongs to the retired admiral of the United States Navy, and he is also the former commander of the European military in Europe, you know, the rank of admiral is already the highest military rank in peacetime.

After he retired, he became the vice president of Grumman, what is the use?

Of course, it is of great use, as a big arms dealer, you must have a good relationship with the government, how to lobby the government? Of course, these generals are the most useful, and their connections are the most valuable wealth.

At the same time, Keniel is also from the Navy, and the fighters produced by Grumman are also for the Navy, so this is the most suitable, and now, Keniel is also participating in this flight test.

Keniel and Thomas beside him, who are old acquaintances, are now full of emotion when they mention the heart problem of the Tomcat fighter again.

Later, at Nathan's suggestion, a modification of the Spey engine was adopted, that is, the TF41 engine, the thrust of this engine is actually the same as the original TF30, except that this engine is more stable and does not have that terrible surge.

To say enough, of course it's not enough, look at the Air Force, their fighters, thrust-to-weight ratios are more than 1, take this everywhere to suppress the Tomcat.

"Our pilots say that the stability of the TF41 engine is about the same, but in terms of high-altitude performance, there is a decline." Thomas also said: "I hope the current engine can meet our needs." ”

Now the engine!

Nathan had proposed to use an upgraded version of the TF41 and add a thrust version to improve the Tomcat and further increase the power, but Grumman had a different idea.

No matter how you change it, it is also the foundation of a second-generation engine, which is used on the Tomcat, just for emergencies, and you still need to have an advanced third-generation engine.

And the Air Force, with the F100? Of course not, this engine has very high performance indicators, but the reliability is quite poor, and now the F-15 of the Air Force is lying on its stomach because of the engine, does the Navy dare to use it?

Of course I don't dare to use it!

Fortunately, in addition to the F100, the Navy still has new options.

Michael Jones, deputy chief engineer at Grumman and the person in charge of the change, looked at the generals and said, "We believe that General Electric's technology, their engines, will meet our needs." ”

That's right, this time it was the engine of General Electric, codenamed F101.

The F101 is a medium-bypass afterburner turbofan engine developed by General Electric for the strategic bomber B-1. The development of this engine dates back to the mid-'60s, when their GE9 demonstrator won the competition for an advanced manned strategic bomber, leading to a $406 million contract with the company in June 1970 for the full development of 40 prototypes, with engines officially designated F101-GE-100.

In October 1971, the core engine was tested for the first time, and in July 1972, the whole engine began to operate. The pre-flight test was completed in March 1974, and in December of the same year, it was directly installed on the B-1A prototype for flight without passing the air test bench test.

Originally, these projects could have been steadily advanced, but Carter came to power.

Carter hated war the most, he was also actively cutting military spending, things like the B-1A aircraft were too expensive, the newly developed cruise missiles were cheap and effective, and the B-52 bomber could be used until the 80s, so it was decided to stop the B-1A program.

Fortunately, GE did not abandon the engine, and the F101-GE-100 trial program continued.

It was previously designed for bombers, and now it is intended to be matched with fighters, so they aimed at the F100 that had been selected by the Air Force at this time, and the thermal parameters were similar to those of the F100 engine, and compared with the original F101-GE-100, the main improvement was to reduce the bypass ratio and increase the boost ratio.

Up to now, the project of this engine has been carried out for ten years, and now it has finally come to fruition. It waited for its own installed object, which is now the Tomcat fighter whose engine is urgently needed by the Navy!

Even, if the experiment on the Tomcat fighter passes, they can still grab the market for the F100 and reequip the Air Force! The engineers of General Electric Company on site are also looking forward to it.

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