Chapter 1134: Enemies Meet Again

The peaceful and anxious four months passed quickly.

The sun, which is getting closer to the Tropic of Cancer, brings warm sunshine in early summer to the entire Eurasian continent.

UAE, Abu Dhabi.

Albatin Palace Airport.

A twin-engine small plane with a slightly weird appearance, as if there were two tumors growing on the side of the fuselage, landed on the 3,200-meter-long asphalt runway.

Although the approach was not very graceful due to strong crosswinds, a group of people on the tarmac in the distance still cheered and clapped.

The one with the brightest smile is undoubtedly Shaul Mavita, who stands in one of the two middle positions.

He is also the person in charge of the IAI bidding for this project.

After two and a half months of high-intensity final assembly, followed by one and a half months of intensive test flights, the G550 "Sea Eagle" prototype finally lived up to expectations and successfully completed all test projects arranged by the UAE.

"Your Excellency the Crown Prince,"

Mavita turned to look at Crown Prince Mohammed beside him, and said with full confidence:

"These days, I think you should have a fairly good understanding of the performance of our early warning aircraft, but I still want to add some additional technical details that were not covered in your test..."

"In addition to detecting air targets, the 'Sea Eagle' can also monitor ground targets within a certain angle range. If you are willing to purchase a special upgrade, you can even use synthetic aperture radar to perform certain strategic reconnaissance missions, which is important for maintaining Peace and stability in the Gulf region are of extremely important significance..."

"..."

It should be said that Mavita's confidence is not without reason.

According to the test results of these three days, the Sea Eagle early warning aircraft is not weaker than the 707 platform "Felcon" previously equipped by the Great Patriotic Air Force in terms of detection range, multi-target capability, command level, air time, etc.

In terms of volume of less than 40 tons, it is undoubtedly a hero among early warning aircraft.

The biggest disadvantage is that the radar field of view is limited, and the main detection range is only 120° left and right. However, this is a problem that small and medium-sized early warning aircraft cannot avoid, and the same is true for the other two competitors.

Furthermore, the detection accuracy of L-band radar is not ideal.

However, as a part of the remote early warning system, accuracy itself is not the core indicator of the early warning aircraft.

The L-band brings a longer detection range, which can be actually shown on paper.

In short, no matter how you look at it, it’s a big win.

Even Crown Prince Mohammed, who had been very picky in the early and mid-term, just nodded with satisfaction after hearing Mavita's explanation:

"As for performance, I have read the report given by the flight engineer and there is really no other doubt."

"But I still want to confirm that if you win the bid, then the delivery issue..."

Hearing this, Mavita couldn't help but feel a thump in her heart.

Fortunately, the crown prince stopped just in time and did not mention the embarrassing topic of the ring project, which saved some face for both parties.

But from the look in the other person's eyes, it was not difficult for Mavita to see that this was what others were worried about.

While mentally scolding the superior who caused this mess several times, he quickly explained:

"This No. 01 prototype will be transferred into active service in our army after completing all tests. However, if your country finally finalizes the purchase of the Sea Eagle early warning aircraft, then considering that the date for making the decision should be at the end of the year or next year, then the 02 is currently being assembled. The machine can be delivered directly as ready stock..."

In order to defeat two enemies in this air-to-air contest, IAI has spent a lot of money.

Since you know that you have a bad reputation in the past, just deliver the goods directly.

There is no need to worry about this, right?

However, the Crown Prince's expression seemed unchanged from before.

I don’t know whether it’s because there is really no fluctuation in my heart, or because I have become accustomed to this expression during the training process as an heir.

Just as the two of them were talking, the plane that had just landed had completed its deceleration and slowly drove onto the taxiway following the command.

Crown Prince Mohammed also changed the subject:

"Mr. Mavita, as usual, we have arranged a dinner in the VIP reception hall. Please come and join us with other members of the delegation..."

Before 1982, it was an international airport fully open to the outside world.

However, after the larger and more advanced Abu Dhabi International Airport was put into use, it was transformed into an airport dedicated to business jets that is quite rare in the world.

Specializing in serving the official fleet of the United Arab Emirates, as well as various wealthy and respectable bosses.

Therefore, it is naturally impossible for relevant supporting facilities to be left behind.

As for why we chose such a place as a testing base...

Firstly, there are no foreign troops stationed here and it is not a civil airport, so it is relatively quiet.

Secondly, it is more important.

Al Batin Palace Airport is not directly managed by the UAE Air Force, but by the Royal Family Enterprises.

This matter is more complicated to say.

Although the United Arab Emirates covers an area of ​​only 83,000 square kilometers, less than one-fifth the size of Tongliao, as a "United Emirates", its country has long been in a de facto feudal state.

Not only do each emirate have great financial and administrative freedom, they can even form their own armies.

For example, the UAE Air Force has long been composed of two completely independent armed forces, the Dubai Air Force and the Abu Dhabi Air Force.

This abstract organizational structure has huge problems in daily operations, let alone fighting.

So by the end of the 1990s, the two were finally merged under unified command.

However, due to the merger, the differences between the two parties will naturally not be resolved in such a short period of time.

Including the UAE's abnormal large-scale purchase of new combat equipment in recent years, there is also a lack of considerations to balance the balance of power between the two sides.

As for a big job like the selection of early warning aircraft, no matter which base in the sphere of influence is arranged, the other side will obviously not be satisfied.

In the end, the royal family had to intervene directly.

The three types of early warning aircraft that happened to participate in the bidding were all based on business jets as modification platforms. Albatin Palace Airport naturally stood out from the few options.

Professional counterpart belongs to yes.

…

Soon, a group of dozens of people arrived at the splendid VIP reception hall under the leadership of the staff.

In fact, Mavita always believed that since she had been living in Europe for more than ten years, she could be considered a member of the upper class no matter what.

But after coming to the UAE…

He felt that he still lacked some insight.

After briefly admiring the luxurious decorations around him, Mavita quickly got into the mood.

A dinner party on this occasion is not all about eating and drinking.

It also carries commercial, even diplomatic and intelligence functions.

And just for that moment of confusion, when Maweita looked back at the crowd again, she suddenly couldn't find Prince Mohammed.

Logically speaking, the other party was wearing a burqa and a turban, so he should be very conspicuous among a group of people in suits and ties.

However, he didn't make too much fuss.

On the contrary, I was a little happy.

After all, according to the principle of reciprocity of status, the person who contacted him should have been Abu Sabah, the head of the UAE delegation.

Crown Prince Mohammed was an additional attendee.

Moreover, Mavita is going to do some unfriendly things in the future. If the crown prince himself is present, it will cause a lot of trouble.

So he turned around and looked behind him, and soon found his deputy, Elan Copus, among the crowd.

Of course, the latter actually has another identity.

They are the staff sent by the Great Patriotic Intelligence Agency to help Mavita collect intelligence.

But just when he opened his mouth to call Ellan, another voice came from behind.

"Mr. Mavita."

Mavita, who was about to do something bad, was so frightened that he suddenly realized that the person coming was none other than Abu Sabah, who was his target.

Fortunately, the latter didn't notice anything unusual about him, and just came over and clinked the glasses:

“I look forward to a successful cooperation with you!”

According to the teachings, neither of them can actually drink alcohol.

But fermented grape juice...

Everyone was tacitly aware of it.

After some useless oral gymnastics, Mavita finally found a reason to get away from Sabah, and then immediately found Copus who was also hiding in a corner.

"Elan, how is the situation?"

Cops' apparent identity is that of a technical engineer, so he has been conducting random tests these past few days.

"Much easier than I thought..."

He shrugged and replied in a low voice:

"The UAE's testing method is very...traditional. It simply takes off several unmanned target drones as targets, and requires us to conduct search tests at different directions, altitudes and distances..."

"What's more beneficial to us is that the preparation of the target drone is also handled by the technical staff of Albatin Palace Airport. They are not soldiers, and the difficulty of bribery is very low..."

Having said this, Copus took another sip of the drink in the cup, and then his tone became slightly more serious:

"The only problem is that I found out through some insinuation that the earliest paper plan proposed by the French emphasized the anti-jamming ability of the early warning aircraft, but we don't know how the other party achieved it at the technical level..."

In this regard, Mavita seemed quite relaxed and immediately waved his hand:

"The anti-interference of modern radar is nothing more than using pulse compression processing technology to invalidate incoherent interference and compress the effective response time of coherent interference... Elta has come up with several plans, but if the other party uses unmanned As for the target drone... it may still need some modifications.”

"But this shouldn't matter. According to the estimates of our technical department, the French plan will not be tested until October this year at the earliest, and the Swedish plan will not be tested until early next year, so there is still plenty of time..."

Copus also breathed a sigh of relief:

"Then..."

He had just begun to speak, but it was as if a mouthful of phlegm was stuck in his throat, and he could not continue to make any sound.

Mavita only saw the other person's mouth slowly opening, and then slowly closing.

"Elan?"

He shouted worriedly.

But Copus just raised his arm and pointed behind Mavita:

"Is your estimate... not very accurate?"

The latter was still a little confused at this time:

"How is it possible..."

As he spoke, he turned around and looked out the window through the huge floor-to-ceiling window.

A setting sun hung on the horizon, emitting blood-colored light that made it difficult to open one's eyes.

Even so, he still noticed that -

On the runway not far away, a business jet with all the speed brakes opened was taxiing.

It had obviously just landed.

Of course, business jets were not rare at the Albatin Palace Airport.

But there was an extremely eye-catching long strip of bulge on the back of the plane on the runway.

Mavita had seen this highly recognizable outline in the information.

It was the French Falcon 8Z "Gao Ming" early warning aircraft.

It was also their most important competitor.

For a moment, the air around the two seemed to solidify.

Until the plane disappeared from the window, Mavita barely recovered:

"This..."

He took a big sip of wine and didn't even notice that his tie was wet because of it:

"How is this possible?"