Rebirth of the Strongest Tycoon

When Xia Yu was still further researching Tiangong Group.

Detailed surveys on the global aerospace market and satellite market are also finally out.

Two reports, one from the North Star Consortium in the United States, and one from the Jiuding Consortium in Hong Kong.

Both reports have their strengths and weaknesses.

The one from the United States is very detailed about the North American region where the United States and Canada are located, which is incomparable to the report of the Jiuding Consortium.

However, the report of the Jiuding Consortium's investigation is quite clear about the situation in the European field.

Combining the two reports, the global market situation is very clear.

What Xia Yu needs to build is a giant in the global aerospace market!

However, in the early stage of development, he also had a focus.

This has to say about the pattern of the aerospace market.

The global aerospace market is divided into four major industries.

The four markets are launch vehicles, space shuttles, space stations and satellites.

Among them, the two industries of the space shuttle and the space station are currently military, and there is almost no civilian market.

And in these two industries, Xia Yu has no involvement at all, nor does it control any companies in this field.

But British Aerospace, in which Bright Fund owns 12.5%, and General Electric, in which Polaris Capital owns 14.6%, are involved.

It is a pity that these two companies, as far as the current situation is concerned, it is impossible to control them, and they can only hold a small amount of shares.

Whether in the UK or in the US, these two industries are, for the time being, easy to enter, but difficult to grow.

After all, both markets need the absolute support of the military, which is difficult!

Therefore, Xia Yu did not think too much about these two industries before, but put his ideas on the two markets of launch vehicles and satellites.

These two industries have not only the military market, but also the civilian market.

In the launch vehicle industry, military ones are generally used in the field of spacecraft launch and missiles.

In the civilian market, it is complementary to the satellite market.

It is a pity that Xia Yu's consortium has not set foot in the military or useless market. The purpose of Peter Lynch's Space Technology Exploration Company in California is to become the world's top commercial launch service provider for the launch vehicle industry.

At present, due to the policy orientation of the United States, the world's first commercial launch service provider is not in the United States, but in Europe, called Ariane Space.

Ariane Aerospace was proposed by France in July 1973 and established in conjunction with 11 countries in Western Europe, and was a rocket program implemented and developed by the European Space Agency.

This is the world's first commercial launch service provider!

It's a pity that behind this company are 13 European countries, including France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland and other European powers, and there are 36 aerospace and electronics companies from these 13 countries. Strong support from companies and 13 banks.

The strong background determines that Ariane Aerospace is going sideways in Europe, and no company can grab European orders from it!

If Xia Yu wants to open up the market, it can only grow by grabbing orders from North America and Asia outside of Europe.

Fortunately, Arianespace currently only has one commercial launch vehicle, the Ariane 1 launch vehicle.

The Ariane 2 launch vehicle is still under development and is expected to be tested in the middle of this year!

It can be said that Xia Yu's newly established space exploration technology company will face great pressure!

Of course, in the United States, the launch vehicle market is very suitable for development.

Because from the 1970s to the present, in order to compete with Hongsu for space hegemony, the United States has gathered the strength of the whole country to support the space shuttle project, requiring all payloads to be used for space shuttle launches and deactivating other delivery vehicles.

As a result, the original launch vehicle giants, such as Martin Mariette, Douglas Aerospace, General Dynamics and other giants, have gradually stopped production of their launch vehicle production lines.

It can be said that the reason why Europe has been able to develop Ariane Aerospace is because the American boss is carrying the pressure of Hongsu, and the European younger brother is on the mission to play business!

In the satellite industry, the military field has always existed, and the civilian market is also booming.

There are many competitors in this industry.

There are many in Europe, such as British Aerospace, French National Aeronautics and so on.

But in terms of strength, the United States is stronger!

In the United States, it goes without saying that the manufacturers of military satellites are all established companies, such as Rockwell International, Boeing, Hughes Aircraft and so on.

In the field of commercial satellites, the threshold is lower than in the field of military satellites.

Of course the market is bigger too!

Therefore, there are many companies in this field, but most of them are small companies that have just emerged and are not very competitive.

There are now three giants!

From strong to weak are Hughes Aircraft Company, Astro Aerospace and Ford Aerospace and Communications.

Hughes Aircraft Company was acquired before and is currently the military leader of the Polaris consortium.

Astro Aerospace is a subsidiary of General Electric Company, which is the core company of the Morgan consortium.

As for Ford Aerospace and Communications, it was formed from the assets of Philco, which Ford Motor Company took over in 1961. At present, it not only manufactures satellites, but also manufactures many missiles and radar models. Among them, the aim9 Sidewinder is a masterpiece.

According to the survey report, in addition to these three companies, there are many companies, and one of them has a very bright growth rate.

That's Laura Electronics!

The company went public in 1959 with a market value of just over 10 million US dollars. Later, it acquired small businesses on a large scale to accumulate strength and became a comprehensive communications company. Manufacturers of telemetry, radar and satellite navigation equipment, the US military's Doppler navigation radar project, and the Air Force's f-111 and rf-4c reconnaissance aircraft electronic equipment projects are all taken over.

Just because the expansion was too fast, it filed for bankruptcy in the early 1970s, and was later bought by Bernard Schwartz, the current chairman of the company. After he took over, the development momentum has been very good for more than ten years.

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Peter Lynch's idea was mergers and acquisitions.

In the satellite industry, let Hughes Aircraft Company come forward and go all out to acquire Laura Electronics, strive to acquire Ford Aerospace and Communications, and complete its absolute dominance in the field of satellite manufacturing.

As for the launch vehicle industry, it will take over the assets of the original old-fashioned launch vehicle giants such as Martin Mariette, Douglas Aerospace and General Dynamics, and take part of the production line, as well as technical materials and elite researchers, supplemented by digging other the company's researchers.

On this basis, let Space Exploration Technology Corporation set up a project team to develop its own commercial launch vehicle.

Use Hughes Aircraft Company's orders to support SpaceX, making the latter the largest commercial launch service provider in the United States.

"This development strategy is indeed very feasible and has a lot of room for imagination."

After thinking about it, Xia Yu chuckled to himself.

"It's hard to say other companies, but Martin Marietta is controlled by the Mellon consortium, so it shouldn't be difficult to buy the launch vehicle project."

"It's just that Douglas Airways and General Dynamics are not doing well."

Thinking of this, Xia Yu frowned slightly, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea to soothe him.

Douglas Airways is the core company of the Rockefeller consortium.

General Dynamics is the core company of the Morgan consortium.

These two major consortiums are not bad money owners. It is difficult to say whether they will let the Polaris consortium develop a space exploration technology company for some money.

Morgan consortium is better.

But you don't have to guess, the Rockefeller consortium is absolutely hostile to the Polaris consortium.

"Forget it, anyway, Martin Marietta was originally one of the three giants in the launch vehicle industry. As long as it can win its technology and assets, it is enough for SpaceX to have a solid foundation and to develop by leaps and bounds."

"And Martin Marietta's Hercules series of launch vehicles are heavy-duty launch vehicles with extremely high technical content and high technology transformation potential."

"Anyway, it is not difficult for technicians in the US aerospace field to dig people. As long as they are willing to spend money on research and development, the results will definitely come out."

After the decision.

Xia Yu called Peter Lynch directly, approved his plan, and told him for nearly half an hour.

After hanging up the phone, Xia Yu made another call to Pennsylvania, called Leonard Mellon directly, and after pulling a family, he talked about the launch vehicle.

Knowing that Xia Yu cooperated with the Polaris consortium and wanted to go deeper into the launch vehicle industry, Leonard Mellon agreed on the phone after thinking for a while.

As for the specific cooperation details, that is, after the space exploration technology company came forward and negotiated with Martin Marietta.

At this point, Xia Yu finally felt relieved.

The first layout of the aerospace market already has a good foundation, and it depends on how it develops in the next few years.