On March 9, 1959, New Cohen Heavy Industries merged with Blanca Metal Research Institute to form New Cohen Special Alloys Co., Ltd.
New Cohen Heavy Industry cooperates with the San Martín Aluminum Plant and the Blanca Steel Special Steel Factory No. 1, specializing in the production of special metal alloys, especially the research of aerospace alloys, and won an $8 million research project provided by the La Pampa Provincial Office.
On March 18, the United Aircraft Company of San Martin, led by Dr. Tank, planned to change its name to San Martin Industrial Manufacturing Company of Argentina under pressure from the Cohen consortium.
The new company will fully transition into the civilian manufacturing industry, and has received St. Hesse's approval, but he is also hesitant. This plan is strongly opposed by Dr. Tank.
San Martin Aircraft is the main company of the Arrow 3 fighter jet project. With the investment of the Cohen Consortium, its engineering scale is three times larger than the Argentine National Military Aircraft Factory, and it has grown into one of the largest arms manufacturers in Argentina.
The number of employees related to the St. Martin aircraft and fighter projects is 4,100, but the overall number of employees is as many as 16,000. In addition to the fighter business, it also manages a huge manufacturing plant.
The Tank Flight Research Institute under San Martin Aircraft has a total of 1,400 employees, including more than 300 Argentinian engineers and a German team of only more than 100 people. The training of local talents has been successful.
The St. Martin Aircraft Laboratory employs 1,500 people and is mainly responsible for testing aircraft and solving production raw material problems.
The newly established Fifth Research Institute received a large amount of research and development funding. Many fighter designers were recruited internally and became missile designers. The design team of the Arrow 3 fighter jet was once again facing the crisis of disbandment.
In addition to research institutes and laboratories, San Martin Aircraft also has a prototype workshop with 1,200 people, including 50 managers. In addition, there is an engineering department with more than 200 people. These people are responsible for solving mass production problems of fighter jets and managing all aspects of fighter jets. kind of parts.
The remaining more than 10,000 employees work in business lines that are less related to fighter jets.
San Martin Aircraft is not only engaged in fighter jet manufacturing, but also has factories in military weapons design and manufacturing, electronic equipment manufacturing, and metal smelting. In addition to aluminum alloys, magnesium alloys and titanium alloys can be produced.
Aircraft manufacturing is only one of its business lines. Others include large weapons manufacturing for New Korn Heavy Industries and Leighton Automobile OEM business.
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For example, among the 60,000 vehicles produced by Leighton Motors, in addition to those produced by the factory, some are also produced by St. Martin Aircraft, New Cohen Heavy Industries and Philip Industries.
Last year, St. Martin Aircraft manufactured 8,000 vehicles for Layton Automobile. It has an independent automobile production line and its workmanship quality has reached an excellent level.
The stamping equipment used to manufacture fighter jets is used to manufacture car bodies, and the quality produced is even better than that of Fiat's original factory.
San Martin Aircraft has even improved the design of the Fiat 600. It is rumored on the market that the price of the San Martin Fiat 600 is $50 higher. The body of the Fiat 600 produced in San Martin has a unique San Martin logo.
St. Martin Aircraft is facing the same predicament as New Cohen Heavy Industries. Its main business has been unable to make a profit, and it cannot mass-produce without orders.
San Martin Aircraft has a group of strong engineers, R&D personnel and advanced production capabilities. Coupled with the shortage of production capacity of Leighton Automobile, it is natural to embark on the path of foundry. After all, people also need wages and food.
St. Martin Aircraft slowly split into two parts, the fighter business and the non-fighter business. The fighter business is now profitable.
This is enough to prove that Dr. Tan Ke has super management capabilities and can use an initial investment of several million US dollars to build a factory from scratch, recruit workers, and train engineers, which are all major projects.
The optimization of the Arrow 3 fighter jet has been in place, the engine issue has been solved, and the fuselage material problem has also been solved.
The San Martin aircraft has never received an order from the Ministry of Defense. 16 prototypes have been produced successively, each one more advanced than the last, and getting closer and closer to the next generation fighter aircraft, which costs a lot of money.
This large factory, which cost nearly 30 million US dollars to design and build, has slowly improved a fighter that is better than the MiG-16 and F.
If you include the investment from aluminum plants and other supporting factories, over the past five years, St. Jose's investment in St. Martin aircraft has actually exceeded 40 million US dollars, an average of 10 million US dollars per year.
In San Jose's eyes, 40 million US dollars may be a lot, but that's because of his capitalist face.
He did not see the potential of the San Martin aircraft. 40 million U.S. dollars could not actually accomplish anything, and even studying a fighter jet was too much.
San Martin Aircraft's ability to study the Arrow 3 is just standing on the shoulders of the Argentine National Military Aircraft Factory and Dr. Tan Ke's team.
Dr. Tank had the idea of leaving Argentina for the second time. In his opinion, the San Martin aircraft had lost its soul.
Designing fighter jets and aircraft is all he lives and does.
Not only does he design the Arrow-3 fighter jet, but in his spare time, he also improves the design drawings of the IA36 Condor medium-range jetliner. The prototype is about to be manufactured, and he needs more funds.
Among them, Argentinian engineers Anae San Martín, Amy Cadeja and Norbert Mosby participated in the design of the Condor jetliner.
St. Jose did not underestimate Dr. Tank's talent, but he also greatly underestimated Dr. Tank's talent.
Dr. Tan Ke uses St. Martin aircraft to carry out other businesses, not for the purpose of developing other businesses. The main reason is to make money to support workers.
He does not want to give up the career that Argentina has been striving for for more than ten years, nor does he want the Arrow 3 to eventually become a failure and die on the eve of mass production.
Dr. Tank is actually very grateful to Sanjesé for not disbanding his team, hiring him, and preventing Argentina from deporting him. He gave him enough autonomy and huge funds to freely design and produce fighter jets.
On the evening of March 20, Dr. Tank found St. Jose. He and St. Jose had a long conversation all night long, the content of which is unknown.
For the first time, Saint Jose truly realized that he actually didn’t know anything about Dr. Tank.
Although he didn't want to admit it, Saint Hesse originally agreed with the Cohen Consortium's view. The Cohen Consortium was indeed a bit out of business. Building a fighter jet through free blood transfusion was not something he could do. Continuous investment was the most terrifying thing.
The reason of the Cohen Foundation is very simple. 30 million US dollars is the three-year financial budget of many medium-sized provinces in Argentina, and even the three-year GDP of small provinces. Can fighter jets be used as food?
Compared with shipbuilding, the investment in the steel industry produces output. It seems that the Arrow 3 fighter jet is indeed of no use to Argentina or La Pampa Province, but considering that New China and India both have such great power ambitions, Argentina does not Should have given up early.
But what Dr. Tank said is far better than those short-sighted people. If it really abandons the St. Martin aircraft completely, it will be difficult for Argentina to make any progress in the field of fighter jets.
Just like later Canada gave up Bombardier aircraft under pressure from the United States, it was even more serious. After all, Argentina gave up itself.
After Dr. Tank left, St. Jose carefully reviewed the Arrow-3 fighter project and asked his assistant to bring all the data on the St. Martin aircraft and the information Dr. Tank gave him.
It turns out that the St. Martin aircraft has developed to this extent and has done so many things.
Think about it, in 1953, the economic crisis that swept through Argentina significantly slowed down the development progress of the Arrow II fighter jet at the Argentine Military Aircraft Factory. Various struggles, coups, and even civil wars made the hugely expensive Arrow II finally stopped under external pressure. .
Before Bilong stepped down, the project team was ready to disband. Bilong had no money to renew the contract, and even planned to expel Dr. Tan Ke's team out of the country under false passports.
It was at that time that San Jose left Dr. Tank’s team behind, retained the spark for the Argentinian aviation industry, and established the San Martin Aircraft Factory in María.
For Bilong, it was best not to risk losing reputation, so Dr. Tan Ke's team was not expelled.
Dr. Tan Ke struggled to complete the follow-up development and optimization testing of the Arrow-3 fighter jet, and later rebuilt a larger factory and research institute in Blanca City.
San Jose hasn't paid attention to the Arrow 3 fighter jets for too long. In the past two years, all he has been thinking about is economy, economy, economy.
He didn't realize that the Arrow 3 fighter was completely different from the original one. He always used the excuse of being too busy to not come here.
The next day, San Jose officially visited two large factories of San Martin Aircraft. The first one he visited was the largest foundry in Argentina.
Just like a small industrial park, the 10,000-acre St. Martin Industrial Park actually has more than one factory in the park, but more of them are manufacturing workshops. Aluminum ingots are produced by the aluminum factory, and huge automobile bodies are being stamped out. , and a workshop that produces fighter glass produces automotive glass.
After seeing the Fiat 600 cars being assembled on the assembly line, San Jose has made up his mind to continue working on fighter jets. If the cars can be produced in such an orderly and clean manner, the aircraft project will definitely not fail.
After seeing the improved Arrow-3 fighter jets, and even wooden models of jet airliners, as well as various production and research and development laboratories, and weapons design centers, Saint Jose was still greatly shocked.
In the workshop warehouse, prototypes of the Arrow 3 were neatly arranged, especially the latest test model, which was completely different. Seeing the Arrow 4 engraved on it, Saint-Jesse almost fainted.
"Did it really happen?"
Saint Jose was still a little shocked.
The test pilot was wearing an Argentine military uniform, and the plane was spray-painted with the Argentine flag. Sanjesé even went up to experience the fighter cabin, touching here and there, like a countryman who had just entered the city.
The electronic equipment in the cabin has been upgraded a lot, and many of them seem to be equipment modified and produced by Enke Electric. The airborne electronic equipment, weapons and fire control systems, as well as radars are more complete.
It's not like he has never seen Arrow 3 before, but now this beautiful big guy is very close to the second-generation supersonic fighter. In terms of aerodynamic design, the original round head has been changed to a sharp head with air intake on both sides to improve low-speed performance. Some use variable swept wings and a dual-engine solution.
On the airfoil, a thinner supersonic airfoil is used.
Saint Jose could vaguely see a word printed on Dr. Tank's face, "Play money."
In the evening, Sanjesé stood in front of the window on the top floor of Barron's Bank, looking at the bustling city of Blanca. He lit a cigarette, took a few puffs, and stamped out the cigarette butt.
There was only one word left in his mind, do it, even if it means selling everything, continue to raise money, but how to get the money is a problem. He is really short of money recently. There are hundreds of construction projects in the La Pampa Provincial Hall waiting to be started. Cohen All profits from the consortium are invested in expanding the company.
"The economy has been bad recently. It's really terrible. Where can I get some money?"
The landlords have no surplus food, they have too much debt, and their finances are prone to collapse. Now is a critical moment.
The Cordoba project cannot be stopped, nor can the San Martin aircraft project.
Since March, the economic situation in Argentina as a whole has suddenly become unfavorable, and borrowing has become more difficult. The economic foundation of La Pampa Province is relatively weak, and its ability to resist risks is also poor. It has to survive.
San Jose is 28 years old, at an age when he sleeps less and works much more. He goes to work at 7 a.m. every day and has dinner at the canteen of the La Pampa Provincial Hall at 7 p.m. With almost no exceptions except for business trips, he returns home. When we are at home, our children basically go to bed early.
A master of time management like him quickly adapted. He had plenty of time to take breaks from his busy schedule. Although he got up early, he also went to bed early. He often went to his lover's house instead of going home.
In the past year, he devoted his time to the administrative reform and economic development of the La Pampa Provincial Office. He did not fly to San Martin for a year. If it were not for his approval every year, Dr. Tan Ke would probably think that The Argentines abandoned the project.
San Jose did not stop and carried out a thorough reform of the organizational structure and personnel system of La Pampa Province. Now most of the companies of the State-owned Assets Commission are profitable, and through the talent exchange of the Cohen Consortium, La Pampa Province established Argentina The most competitive legion of state-owned companies.
Bribery and greed have been curbed, and the La Pampa Provincial Office can be called the most clean provincial office in Argentina. The well-built infrastructure has shown great charm. In December last year, La Pampa became the province that attracted the most foreign investment in Argentina. In January, There were new investments worth tens of millions of dollars almost every month in February.
But St. Martin Aircraft is an exception. The only unprofitable company in the Cohen consortium has always been a big headache for St. Jose. The most experienced managers he sent out could not change this fact. Slowly, St. Jose gave up. Lying flat.
Over the past few years, the St. Martin aircraft has become a black hole for the Cohen consortium. It has no output and no profit. It has to invest more than 9 million US dollars and close to 10 million US dollars in R&D and production every year. Moreover, the Air Force has been slow to place purchase orders, resulting in Vietnam. More and more losses come.
But is this true? Is the truth.
But that's not all the truth.
The situation is much better than this. United St. Martin Aircraft Company supports 16,000 people, and more than 50,000 people survive on St. Martin aircraft, without even losing money. The factory is getting bigger and bigger, and the welfare is getting better and better. In addition to the annual requirement Invest a disproportionate amount of R&D funding.
San Jose controls the large-scale Cohen Consortium and the rapidly developing La Pampa State Assets Commission, and indirectly manages the Blanca State Assets Commission, but does not really understand the San Martin aircraft, nor does it have a thorough understanding of Dr. Tank's abilities.
Dr. Tank was actually the strategic-level scientist he dreamed of, but Saint Jose only regarded him as an excellent fighter engineer, and his abilities were far from that.
In the past five or six years, the optimization of the Arrow 3 has not stopped. It has been upgraded to a twin-engine delta-wing supersonic fighter. And because it continues to provide money, at least San Jose is willing to keep investing money.
Saint Jose sent many people to manage the Saint Martin aircraft, but none of them were capable enough to compare with Dr. Tank. He was the real person in charge.
A company that can easily manage 16,000 people is even better than the person in charge of the Blanca Steel Works and Blue Cloud Textile owned by San Jose.
Now San Martin Aircraft can be said to be the most innovative and technologically powerful company in Argentina, far surpassing Leighton Motors, which has extremely strong marketization.
You know, Layton Automobile is the star company of the Cohen Consortium, with a profit scale of 30 million US dollars. It is also one of the most profitable companies in Argentina and one of the best paid companies.
The equipment invested in the new factory is also the best, the office building is also very luxurious, and the R&D team is also large.
Even if San Jose provided enough resources, proposed the development direction of the automobile industry, and roughly what best-selling cars would look like in future generations, and German Audi gave enough outstanding talents, they could not build a decent Argentinian car.
The result was that even the cars designed by Leighton Motors were inferior to Detria cars and looked like industrial garbage.
Layton Automobile has developed a Layton 800 model, which is known as an upgraded version of the Fiat 600. It has a completely different internal structure and appearance, and better technical optimization, but there is no possibility of mass production.
Leighton even planned to build a factory in Europe, but the result was that it was stuck with the counterfeit drugs of later generations. It was just a car based on blueprints. The Leighton 800 invested 10 million US dollars in research and development was an industrial waste.
After Leighton Auto became completely independent, it still could not fully understand all the technologies of Fiat 600. Saint Hesse once wanted to disband Leighton Auto's R&D team.
He was also wondering whether it was because Argentina's industrial foundation was insufficient, there was no automobile culture, or because he could not find a talent suitable to lead Leighton Motors.
On the contrary, Philip Industries, through the production of motorcycles, tricycles, tractors, agricultural equipment and other products, has even produced many good products. It has developed very rapidly and healthily. After inspecting the Cote Diya Automobile Factory, it planned to develop its own cars. Designed by Philip A5 is much better looking than Fiat 600.
When Leo Ralph, a young fighter designer at the St. Martin Aircraft Factory, transferred to the automobile production department, he independently designed a car named the St. Martin C4. The design drawings seemed very feasible. Fiat 600 and Philippe A5 are even better.
Leo Ralph is one of the talented engineers brought out by Dr. Tank. He graduated from an ordinary national university in Argentina and grew into an excellent aircraft designer in just a few years. The cars he designed are no worse than the German Audi cars. It's just that San Jose didn't find such a talent.
When both Philip Industries and St. Martin Aircraft were able to produce such excellent car designs, St. Hesse also felt that Leighton Automobile had a big problem. It might be a human problem or a mechanism problem, but first of all it was a human problem. question.
In contrast, the managers of Leighton Motors are a bunch of idiots. The Fiat 600, one of the best cars of this era, cannot produce an excellent car.
Contrary to Leighton Motors, St. Martin Aircraft has actually become a comprehensive aircraft manufacturer, with its own aluminum factory, engine design team, electronics factory, and even a dedicated glass factory and paint factory. It can almost all produce itself. Almost all were established to build fighter jets.
But the fact is equally cruel. Argentina’s limited aircraft market demand is not enough to support the San Martin aircraft factory.
Dr. Tank started with other projects to make the St. Martin aircraft self-sufficient.
St. Martin Aircraft Company has many people working on technology, many research results, abundant talents, a world-class production and design team, and the most advanced equipment.
The short-sighted Saint Jose did not discover the advantages of the Saint Martin aircraft or the Saint Martin aircraft factory. He only saw nuclear weapons, only two bombs and one satellite.
After all, Sanjesé is still capitalist at his core, and it seems that he has more and more Argentinian temperament. Fortunately, he has not fallen too deep.
On the morning of March 21, Andes Tobacco Company sent last year’s profits to the Cohen consortium, which was almost 18 million US dollars.
This money was deposited in Barron's Bank. In the afternoon, the La Pampa Provincial Office issued a special provincial bond to support the development of the San Martin Aircraft Factory. The amount was 16 million U.S. dollars. The bond was issued for 3 years and was quickly Andes Tobacco Bought.
On the morning of March 22, Dalton Visier, the head of the Aviation Bureau and the head of the Fifth Research Institute, was received by St. Hesse, and the two discussed in the office all morning.
On the afternoon of March 22, the United Aircraft Company of San Martin received a two-year, US$14 million research project fund from the La Pampa Defense Force and the Aeronautical Flight Agency.
On March 24, the Aerospace Department of the San Martin Aircraft Company became independent and joined the Military Academy of La Pampa and the University of Blanca. The "Twilight Bow Hunting Project" was officially established and moved into the underground research institute not far from the Institute of Nuclear Physics. .
On March 26, after 20 test flights without failure, the Arrow 3 prototype No. 12 unexpectedly received the first batch of 36 Arrow 3 fighter orders from the Ministry of National Defense and the Air Force, successfully defeating the American F86 fighter project. The Arrow 3 project was reborn and won the The order requires an advance payment of US$3.6 million, and the only condition is payment in pesos.
The reason for successfully obtaining the purchase was the quotation. When the Air Force Ministry was purchasing second-hand American-made F-86 "Saber" fighter jets, Fernando Cahill, a sales manager of San Martin Aircraft, gave a speech. , saved the San Martin aircraft factory and also saved St. Jose.
Facts have proved that there is a high probability that it is still a human problem. Whether it is the development of St. Martin Aircraft Factory or Leighton Automobile, Leighton Automobile lacks a leader like Soichiro Honda and Eiji Toyoda, but Dr. Tank has many.
Speaking of fighter jets, St. Hesse was too ambitious. He wanted to build the next generation of fighter jets, but he forgot that the Arrow 3 itself was a good fighter. After comparing and analyzing the current mainstream fighters in the world, St. Hesse discovered that it was his forward vision. The result, to put it bluntly, is high-minded but low-handed, which seems to be a common problem in Argentina as a whole.
The money spent on the Arrow-3 fighter jets was not in vain. 70% of the money went into factories and equipment, and the rest was research and development funds.
The current Arrow-3 fighter jets are not inferior to the mainstream fighter jets in the world such as the American F-86 and MiG-15 fighter jets, but their vision is too high and they always want to overtake in corners, but Argentina does not have the ability to overtake in corners. potential.
At first, Saint Jose only saw the benefits that the other party brought to Dr. Tank.
However, none of them expected at the time that together they would change the sky of Argentina.
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In the new round of procurement meetings of the Ministry of Defense, the Americans have already secured victory. They don't even need to bribe the procurement personnel of the Ministry of Defense. People from the presidential palace are visiting the United States. This is a major benefit. Even Saint Jose has given up on this procurement. , is preparing to place an order for San Martin aircraft in the name of the La Pampa Defense Force, but that does not mean that the Arrow 3 has been recognized by the Argentine mainstream.
The Air Force is not too resistant to the temptation of second-hand American fighter jets. Most of the Air Force pilots have a close relationship with the United States. The quality of the Argentine air force is indeed very high.
Fernando Cahill's speech was impromptu, but someone quickly compiled the speech and handed it to St. Jose's desk.
"Dear leaders of the Ministry of National Defense and heads of the Argentine government, please allow me to finish my last words and finalize this purchase order from the perspective of an Argentinian, not the sales manager of San Martin aircraft. If you think about it seriously, I think the Arrow 3 fighter jets can determine the success or failure of our future wars."
"Why did I have this idea? In fact, I didn't want to admit it. I just suddenly realized a few days ago that our country needs to produce its own fighter jets. I think the best chance is to plant an apple tree. It was 10 years ago, then now.”
"As Argentines, should we miss the great opportunity to develop domestic fighter jets because of our willfulness and ignorance? Perhaps this will make us the sinners of the country."
"The aircraft manufactured by our St. Martin Aircraft Factory are no worse than the American Saber fighters, and can even have the same performance as the Soviet MiG-15 and F86 Saber fighters. Although we are a project left by President Bilon, I I believe I am proud to be an Argentinian.”
“When the fighter team of the Argentine Military Aircraft Factory in Cordoba was disbanded, I think the designers were confused, but there were people who were willing to keep the fire for the Argentine aviation industry, establish the San Martin Aircraft Factory, and continue to build this fighter jet. , persisted for five years, shouldn’t I be excited for such a person? I think I feel lucky.”
"Furthermore, facts have proven that the fighter jets made by our own people in Argentina are very powerful. As long as the Air Force Ministry purchases even 10 of them, our factory and design team will have the value to continue to exist. This aircraft is the pride of the Argentine people. Please allow me to use the word proud."
"I can sincerely invite all the officers to visit our city in Blanca. This is a miracle. All parts are produced in factories, but I don't want such a good aircraft to end up in our national museum. , until future generations come to remember us.”
"I think that the entire team led by Tan Ke from our aircraft factory came here to help. It has been ten years since the Air Force recognized the performance of the prototype, but chose to give up at the last moment. I think, even if the great Saint Martin is resurrected, It won’t be allowed.”
"And we are willing to pay in pesos, and the price will not be lower than the F86. Our country is currently short of foreign exchange. Can't we reserve it for the only aircraft manufacturing factory in Argentina? Wouldn't this be too embarrassing for the San Martin Aircraft Factory? Are investors disappointed?
"...Will many people feel that we are not worthy of having such a great fighter? Please allow me to use the word great. The Cordoba Military Aircraft Factory designed the Arrow 2, making us the ninth independent fighter in the world. The country that designed fighter jets!”
"Are we going to hand over this sharp sword to others because Americans' second-hand fighter jets are cheap? When we go to war with other countries, we find that we have to rush to buy weapons? We will be able to buy them by then. As such, Argentines, I feel desperate, I hope that our San Martin aircraft factory can become the sword maker of Argentina!"
"Maybe I'm not good at speeches, but I'm just stating the fact that you must never hand over your weapons to others. This is not what a great country should do, thank you."
When Fernando Cahill was about to finish speaking, his eyes were filled with tears and his voice was choked with sobs. When he got off the podium, he threw away the work badge around his neck and prepared to go back to his hometown to plant trees.
In his view, Argentina has lost its soul. If it gives up such excellent domestic fighter jets, then Argentina's dream of becoming a great power is just a joke.
It's just that when he left, he didn't see the looks of the people from the Ministry of National Defense and the Presidential Palace. Most of them were deep in thought.
St. Hesse had no hope for this military aircraft purchase order. After all, everyone knows that the Air Force Ministry has no money. Although the Air Force Ministry has many rich and handsome people, it is indeed considered a poor department. It basically relies on the Ministry of Defense to spend its money. budget.
The Ministry of the Air Force has few factories, and none of them are profitable. The Ministry of the Army has the most factories, and it has also won the Rennes Military Industry. It purchases many military orders and has the largest annual budget. The Ministry of the Navy often receives special care from the Argentine Customs.
Of course, the main reason was that President Bilon at the time did not have enough foreign exchange to pay, and the Americans did not recognize the peso, so it was delayed for another two years.
At that time, the Arrow 2 of the National Military Aircraft Manufacturing Plant in Cordoba had failed due to economic and political reasons.
This speech made Saint Jose feel that he was still not down-to-earth enough. Thinking about it, he was still too sentimental. He thought highly of himself and Argentina.
Judging from the speech, Fernando Cahill's speech was not outstanding, and could even be described as pulpy, but the feelings in it were sincere and sincere.
Cahill is just an ordinary sales manager at the St. Martin Aircraft Factory. There are many such talents in the St. Martin Aircraft Factory.
His heart is as high as the sky and his life is as thin as paper. This can be described both for Argentina and for St. Jose.
He also did not expect that he would become such a savior in the eyes of St. Martin Aircraft employees, although many people did not know the relationship between St. Martin Aircraft Factory and St. Jose.
San Jose almost gave up such a great fighter like Argentina. If it really gave up the Arrow 3, Argentina might have suffered another defeat in the Falklands War.
This combat capability, which can be compared with that of the American F86, will once again fly into the Argentine sky. As long as the Air Force Ministry is satisfied, there is a high chance that the Arrow 3 fighter will receive an order for 80 more aircraft.
With the order from the Ministry of Defense, everything else fell into place.
The Arrow 3 fighter jet is of great significance. It is a high-tech product in the true sense.
On April 2, San Martin United Aircraft Company and Philip Industries established the San Martin Automobile Factory and Philip Automobile Factory respectively to enter the automobile manufacturing industry. The Cohen Group invested US$10 million, and Fernando Cahill was promoted to management.
San Martin Automobile and Philip Automobile will be authorized to use the existing factory of Leighton Automobile to design and manufacture their own brand cars. San Jose estimates that more than half of Fiat 600 production capacity may be idle next year, making it necessary to transform the production line. .
On April 5, Louis Philippe, the head of Leighton Automotive, resigned and was transferred to the head of the military factory under New Cohen Heavy Industries. He is still more suitable for the military industry with less competition. The automobile industry is too important to St. Hesse. Although Philippe deserves credit Big, but still somewhat lacking in ability.
St. Jose's lover Natalie Habet quit Leighton Automobile Management and was transferred back to the New A newspaper by St. Jose. Women are still rarely suitable for the automobile industry, especially in this era. This is a problem for Saint Jose. And not everyone can do cross-border work.
Natalie's management at Layton Motors has indeed affected the development of Layton Motors.
The new general manager of Leighton Motors will be Andy Rifone, general manager of the St. Martin Aircraft Manufacturing Division.
Andy Laforn was born in the military and came from the Argentine Defense Force. He managed the manufacturing department of the huge San Martin aircraft with more than 10,000 people in a militarized manner. He supported Leo Ralph in completing the design of the San Martin C4. He was Tan Ke. Talents recommended by doctors.
As for Philip, he admitted that he made a mistake. Talents who can handle tractors and motorcycles cannot handle automobiles. The categories of automobiles are more complex and more difficult to integrate. Moreover, Philip does not understand the automobile industry and has been working on it for the past few years. Too much effort has been put into the Fiat 600.
After the Fiat 600 completes mass production, it should develop its own model. Although the short-term profits are considerable, under the changing circumstances, Layton Automobile is prone to sudden death.
This directly reduces the two major resistances to reform of Layton Motors, allowing Andy to better control Layton Motors.
It's time for Layton Automobile to undergo changes. The Argentine automobile market has undergone a sudden change this year. A large number of foreign-funded automobile factories have begun to produce and assemble automobiles. Competition from Fiat 600 will become extremely fierce.
Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Chevrolet, Rover, Austin, Leyland Motors, Renault, Peugeot, Citroën, Cadillac, Buick, Dodge... are all famous car brands. In the era of internal combustion engines, these brands he was familiar with almost dominated the market. dominated the global automobile market until the rise of Japanese and German cars, and then to the new energy era.
The fight is about to begin, and the crisis has arrived. Leighton Motors has not yet come up with a decent car to compete. The Buddha system and lying flat will only make the efforts of Saint Hesse come to naught.
On April 6, with the support of St. Hesse, Layton Automobile began to carry out top-down reforms. All existing management were dismissed and Layton Automobile re-selected talents.
The headquarters also moved out of the luxury office building in the city center and replaced it with the old headquarters in the Layton Automobile Industrial Park. He streamlined the organizational structure of Layton Automobile, reformed the personnel system, and established an incentive mechanism.
Andy LaForn took an iron-fist approach to reorganizing Leighton Motors, first targeting management and then the factory.
On the morning of April 7, the Leighton Automotive Design Department was dissolved and a new Leighton Brand Design Department was established to integrate existing resources and cooperate with Philip Industries and St. Martin Aircraft to start designing new cars.
On the afternoon of April 7, Layton Automotive’s finance department, purchasing department and supply chain department were disbanded. Blanca Police Department officers arrested 14 people suspected of economic crimes and restructured the three major departments at the same time.
The drawings of the Wuling van and the Volkswagen Golf provided by San Jose were taken seriously by Andy. The design department was divided into two parts, focusing on these two models and starting over. The chief designers of both models were from San Martin Aircraft. Poached, for Andy, San Martin Aircraft is a treasure trove of talents for Argentina’s local automobile industry.
The designers and engineers exchanged from Audi in Germany were fully utilized and mobilized by him. In his opinion, this was simply a huge waste.
Next, Leighton Automobile established a quality-centered factory manufacturing concept, aimed at improving technology, and focused on the three major components of automobile engines, gearboxes, and chassis.
He reorganized the current factory, established professional workshops, and began to merge some important parts factories into his own factories. He used military management methods to redesign the production management process, establish standardized work workshop assembly lines, standardize the assembly department, and improve The overall quality of the Fiat 600 produced in Argentina remains stable.
At the same time, we will establish a standardized procurement process for parts and accessories, reduce the number of suppliers, and support core first-tier suppliers with strong technology and large scale.
On April 8, Layton Automobile and Blanca Steel Special Steel Factory finalized a cooperation agreement to launch comprehensive cooperation in automotive steel, develop new lightweight alloy steel, boron steel, galvanized sheets, and upgrade the automotive stamping workshop.
There are many types of steel produced by Blanca Steel. The crude steel that is exported more is generally lower in profit. However, the finer the steel is processed, the profit of automobile plates is obviously much higher than that of crude steel. The premise is that Leighton Automobile can survive Come down.
The Precision Machine Tool Factory in Blanca City was completely taken seriously, and the concept of San Jose began to be implemented. Leighton Automobile has the richest resources of local automobiles in Argentina, which is lacking in the San Martin Aircraft Factory. Andy took over Leighton Automobile. I am confident about the future development.
On April 10, Layton Automobile Andy personally led the newly recruited designers and management to study at European automobile companies. The first stop was Ingolstadt, the headquarters of the sister company Audi in Germany.
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To compensate for the San Martín aircraft, San Jose expanded the La Pampa Defense Force's military airfield specifically for testing.
The Aeronautical Institute of Blanca, which was already under preparation, is also accelerating its preparations, and its specifications have been improved. The La Pampa Education Department has approved the establishment of the Aeronautical Institute of Blanca, and the La Pampa Provincial Office has taken the lead in investing construction funds. The Lanka Municipal Education Department is responsible for the management.
The address of the Aeronautical University is directly located less than 10 kilometers away from the San Martin Aircraft Factory.
At the same time, the preparation and construction of the Polytechnic University of La Pampa, the University of Science and Technology of La Pampa, and the Polytechnic University of Blanca, which focuses on military weapons research, have also been accelerated.
This time, special funds were obtained, the pilot department was established, and enrollment began.
On April 20, the State Assets Commission of La Pampa established Pampas Airlines to be responsible for the construction of San Martin International Airport in Blanca City, located on the outskirts of San Martin District in Blanca City.
The Condor jetliner project was officially approved, but the improvement direction became similar to that of later regional aircraft. It no longer uses five rear-mounted engines, but uses turbofan engines.
In the Fifth Research Institute, the Institute of Independence has been established, and the new person in charge has been selected. From research materials, to rocket launchers and advanced missile models in the United States, the international smuggling channels of Columbia's free dusk trade have great contributions. From the United States Get a large number of original materials, which can save a lot of time.
The newly established La Poppa Institute of Technology joined the Institute. New Cohen Heavy Industries has excavated 5 German missile experts 10 years ago, and Tan Ke Institute also has several missile research experts to join.
