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Saturday, November 29, 2014
F-35C Lightning II
F-35C Lightning II (Multirole
fighter, CATOBAR – Catapult Assisted Take-Off Barrier Arrested Recovery)
Manufacturer: Lockheed
Martin Aeronautics
First flight: 15
December 2006
Introduction: 2018
Produced: 2006-present
Number built: 14
as of May 2014
Number planned: 327
Program cost: $1.0165
trillion (projected over 55 years)
Unit cost: $132
million (low rate initial production)
Crew: 1
Length: 15.67 m
Wingspan: 13.11 m
Height: 4.48 m
Wing area: 58.3 m²
Empty weight: 15,785
kg
Loaded weight: 25,896
kg
Max. takeoff
weight: 30,320 kg
Powerplant: 1×
Pratt & Whitney F135-600 afterburning turbofan
Dry thrust: 12,746
kgf (125 kN)
Thrust with
afterburner: 19,477 kgf (191 kN)
Internal fuel
capacity: 8,382 kg
Performance
Maximum speed:
Mach 1.6+ (1,930 km/h) (tested to Mach 1.61)
Cruise speed: 1.2
mach for 9.8 min
Range: 2,220 km on
internal fuel
Combat radius:
1,135 km on internal fuel
Wing loading: 526
kg/m²; 745 kg/m² max loaded
Thrust/weight:
With full fuel – 0.87
With 50% fuel – 1.07
Maximum g-load: 9
g
Armament
Guns: 1× General
Dynamics 25 mm GAU-22/A 4-barrel Gatling gun, internally mounted with 220
rounds
Hardpoints: 6×
external pylons on wings with a capacity of 6,800 kg and 2 internal bays with 2
pylons each for a total weapons payload of 8,100 kg and provisions to carry
combinations of:
Missiles
Air-to-air
missiles:
AIM-120 AMRAAM;
AIM-9X Sidewinder;
IRIS-T;
MBDA Meteor (pending further funding)
Air-to-surface
missiles:
AGM-88 AARGM;
AGM-158 JASSM;
Brimstone missile / MBDA SPEAR;
Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM);
Storm Shadow missile;
SOM
Anti-ship
missiles:
Joint Strike Missile (JSM);
Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM)
Bombs
Mark-84 or Mark-83
or Mark-82 GP bombs
Mark-20 Rockeye II
cluster bomb
Wind Corrected
Munitions Dispenser (WCMD) capable
Paveway series
laser-guided bombs
Small Diameter
Bomb (SDB)
Joint Direct
Attack Munition (JDAM) series
AGM-154 JSOW
B61 mod 12 nuclear
bomb
Avionics
Northrop Grumman
Electronic Systems AN/APG-81 AESA radar
Lockheed Martin
AAQ-40 E/O Targeting System (EOTS)
Northrop Grumman
Electronic Systems AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) missile warning
system
BAE Systems
AN/ASQ-239 (Barracuda) electronic warfare system
Northrop Grumman
AN/ASQ-242 CNI system, which includes:
The Harris Corporation Multifunction Advanced Data
Link (MADL) communication system;
The legacy Link 16 data link;
SINCGARS;
An IFF interrogator and transponder;
HAVE QUICK;
AM, VHF, UHF AM, and UHF FM Radio;
GUARD survival radio;
A radar altimeter;
An instrument landing system;
A TACAN system;
An instrument carrier landing system;
A JPALS;
TADIL-J JVMF/VMF
X-47B
X-47B (Unmanned Combat
Air Vehicle – UCAV) – 2
Manufacturer: Northrop
Grumman
First flight: 4
February 2011
Number built: 2
Program cost: $813
million
Developed from: X-47A
Pegasus
Developed into: X-47C
UCLASS
General
characteristics
Crew: None aboard (semi-autonomous
operation)
Length: 11.63 m
Wingspan: 18.92 m
extended/9.41 m folded
Height: 3.10 m
Wing area: 88.59
m²
Empty weight:
6,350 kg
Max. takeoff
weight: 20,215 kg
Powerplant: 1×
Pratt & Whitney F100-220U turbofan
Performance
Maximum speed:
Subsonic
Cruise speed: Mach
0.9+ (high subsonic)
Range: 3,889+ km
Service ceiling:
12,190 m
Armament
2 weapon bays,
providing for up to 2,000 kg of ordnance
Avionics
Provisions for
EO/IR/SAR/ISAR/GMTI/MMTI/ESM
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X-47C
Proposed larger
version with a payload of 4,500 kg and a wingspan of 52.4 m.
Northrop Grumman
intends to develop the prototype X-47B into a battlefield-ready aircraft, the
Unmanned Carrier-Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) system, which will
enter service by 2019.
Friday, November 28, 2014
F-35B Lightning II
F-35B Lightning II (Multirole
fighter, STOVL – Short Take-off and Vertical Landing)
Manufacturer: Lockheed
Martin Aeronautics
First flight: 15
December 2006
Introduction: December
2015
Produced: 2006-present
Number built: 42
as of May 2014
Number planned: 353
Program cost: $1.0165
trillion (projected over 55 years)
Unit cost: $142
million (low rate initial production)
Crew: 1
Length: 15.57 m
Wingspan: 10.67 m
Height: 4.36 m
Wing area: 42.7 m²
Empty weight: 14,650
kg
Loaded weight: 22,240
kg
Max. takeoff
weight: 27,215 kg
Powerplant: 1×
Pratt & Whitney F135-400 afterburning turbofan
Dry thrust: 12,746
kgf (125 kN)
Thrust with
afterburner: 19,477 kgf (191 kN)
Internal fuel
capacity: 6,045 kg
Performance
Maximum speed:
Mach 1.6+ (1,930 km/h) (tested to Mach 1.61)
Cruise speed: 1.2
mach for 9.8 min
Range: 1,670 km on
internal fuel
Combat radius: 845
km on internal fuel
Wing loading: 520
kg/m²; 632 kg/m² max loaded
Thrust/weight:
With full fuel – 0.90
With 50% fuel – 1.04
Maximum g-load: 9
g
Armament
Guns: 1× General
Dynamics 25 mm GAU-22/A 4-barrel Gatling gun, internally mounted with 220
rounds
Hardpoints: 6×
external pylons on wings with a capacity of 6,800 kg and 2 internal bays with 2
pylons each for a total weapons payload of 8,100 kg and provisions to carry
combinations of:
Missiles
Air-to-air
missiles:
AIM-120 AMRAAM;
AIM-9X Sidewinder;
IRIS-T;
MBDA Meteor (pending further funding)
Air-to-surface
missiles:
AGM-88 AARGM;
AGM-158 JASSM;
Brimstone missile / MBDA SPEAR;
Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM);
Storm Shadow missile;
SOM
Anti-ship
missiles:
Joint Strike Missile (JSM);
Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM)
Bombs
Mark-84 or Mark-83
or Mark-82 GP bombs
Mark-20 Rockeye II
cluster bomb
Wind Corrected
Munitions Dispenser (WCMD) capable
Paveway series
laser-guided bombs
Small Diameter
Bomb (SDB)
Joint Direct
Attack Munition (JDAM) series
AGM-154 JSOW
B61 mod 12 nuclear
bomb
Avionics
Northrop Grumman
Electronic Systems AN/APG-81 AESA radar
Lockheed Martin
AAQ-40 E/O Targeting System (EOTS)
Northrop Grumman
Electronic Systems AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) missile warning
system
BAE Systems
AN/ASQ-239 (Barracuda) electronic warfare system
Northrop Grumman
AN/ASQ-242 CNI system, which includes:
The Harris Corporation Multifunction Advanced Data
Link (MADL) communication system;
The legacy Link 16 data link;
SINCGARS;
An IFF interrogator and transponder;
HAVE QUICK;
AM, VHF, UHF AM, and UHF FM Radio;
GUARD survival radio;
A radar altimeter;
An instrument landing system;
A TACAN system;
An instrument carrier landing system;
A JPALS;
TADIL-J JVMF/VMF
Thursday, November 27, 2014
AH-1Z Viper
AH-1Z Viper (Attack helicopter)
– 28
Manufacturer: Bell
Helicopter
First flight: 8
December 2000
Introduction: September
2010
Number built: 28
Number planned:
189
Unit cost:
$27 million (upgrading AH-1W)
$31 million (new built)
Developed from: Bell
AH-1 Super Cobra
General
characteristics
Crew: 2 (pilot,
co-pilot/gunner)
Capacity: 3,021 kg
Length: 17.8 m
Rotor diameter:
14.6 m
Height: 4.37 m
Disc area: 168.0
m²
Empty weight:
5,580 kg
Useful load: 2,620
kg
Max. takeoff
weight: 8,390 kg
Powerplant: 2× General
Electric T700-GE-401C turboshaft, 1,800 shp (1,340 kW) each
Rotor systems: 4
blades on main rotor, 4 blades on tail rotor
Performance
Never exceed
speed: 411 km/h in a dive
Cruise speed: 296
km/h
Range: 685 km
Combat radius: 231
km with 1,130 kg payload
Service ceiling:
6,000+ m
Rate of climb:
14.2 m/s
Armament
Guns: 1x 20 mm
M197 3-barreled Gatling cannon in the A/A49E-7 turret (750 round ammo capacity)
Hardpoints: Up to
6 pylon stations on stub wing
Rockets: 70 mm
Hydra 70 or APKWS II rockets – Mounted in LAU-68C/A (7 shot) or LAU-61D/A (19
shot) launchers
Missiles:
AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles – 1 mounted on
each wing tip station (total of 2);
AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles – Up to 16
missiles mounted in four 4-round M272 missile launchers, 2 on each wing
Avionics
Lockheed Martin /
Northrop Grumman AN/APG-78 Longbow fire control radar
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
F/A-18 Super Hornet
F/A-18 Super Hornet (Carrier-based
multirole fighter) – 382
Manufacturer: McDonnell
Douglas, Boeing Defense, Space & Security
First flight: 29
November 1995
Introduction: 1999
Status: In service
Produced: 1995-present
Number built: 500
as of April 2011
Program cost: Total
procurement – $48.09 billion (through FY2011)
Unit cost: $60.9
million (2014 flyaway cost)
Developed from: McDonnell
Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
Variants: Boeing
EA-18G Growler
General
characteristics
Crew:
F/A-18E – 1;
F/A-18F – 2
Length: 18.31 m
Wingspan: 13.62 m
Height: 4.88 m
Wing area: 46.5 m²
Empty weight:
14,552 kg
Loaded weight:
21,320 kg (in fighter configuration)
Max. takeoff
weight: 29,937 kg
Powerplant: 2×
General Electric F414-GE-400 turbofans
Dry thrust: 6,353 kgf
(62.3 kN) each
Thrust with
afterburner: 9,983 kgf (97.9 kN) each
Internal fuel
capacity:
F/A-18E – 6,780 kg;
F/A-18F – 6,354 kg
External fuel
capacity: 5× 1817 L tanks, totaling 7,381 kg
Performance
Maximum speed:
Mach 1.8 (1,915 km/h) at 12,190 m
Range: 2,346 km clean
plus two AIM-9s
Combat radius: 722
km for interdiction mission
Ferry range: 3,330
km
Service ceiling:
15,000+ m
Rate of climb: 228
m/s
Wing loading: 459
kg/m²
Thrust/weight:
0.93
Design load
factor: 7.6 g
Armament
Guns: 1× 20 mm
M61A2 Vulcan nose-mounted Gatling-style cannon, 578 rounds
Hardpoints: 11
total – 2× wingtips, 6× under-wing, and 3× under-fuselage with a capacity of
8,050 kg external fuel and ordnance
Missiles
Air-to-air
missiles:
4× AIM-9 Sidewinder; or
4× AIM-120 AMRAAM; and
2× AIM-7 Sparrow; or
2× AIM-120 AMRAAM
Air-to-surface
missiles:
AGM-65 Maverick;
AGM-84H/K Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Range
(SLAM-ER);
AGM-88 HARM Anti-radiation missile (ARM);
AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW);
AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)
Anti-ship missile:
AGM-84 Harpoon;
Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), in the future
Bombs:
JDAM precision-guided munition (PGMs);
Paveway series of laser-guided bombs;
Mark-80 series of unguided iron bombs;
CBU-78 Gator;
CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition;
CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon;
Mark-20 Rockeye II
Others:
SUU-42A/A Flares/Infrared decoys dispenser pod and
chaff pod; or
Electronic countermeasures (ECM) pod; or
AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR Targeting pods; or
up to 3× 1,200 L Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for ferry
flight or extended range/loitering time; or
1× 1,200 L tank and 4× 1,800 L tanks for aerial
refueling system (ARS)
Avionics
Hughes APG-73 or
Raytheon APG-79 Radar
Northrop
Grumman/ITT AN/ALE-165 self-protection jammer pod or BAE Systems AN/ALE-214
integrated defensive electronic countermeasures system
Raytheon AN/ALE-50
or BAE Systems AN/ALE-55 towed decoy
Northrop Grumman
AN/ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receiver
MIDS LVT or MIDS
JTRS datalink transceiver
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
MV-22B Osprey
MV-22B Osprey (VTOL/STOL
transport) – 119
Manufacturer: Bell
Helicopter, Boeing Rotorcraft Systems
First flight: 19
March 1989
Introduction: 13
June 2007
Produced: 1988-present
Total scheduled: 49
to be delivered by 2016
Program cost: $35.6
billion after planned procurement of 408 aircraft
Unit cost: $69.3
million (flyaway cost for FY2012)
Developed from: Bell
XV-15
General
characteristics
Crew: 4 (pilot,
copilot and two flight engineers/crew chiefs)
Capacity:
24 troops (seated), 32 troops (floor loaded); or
9,070 kg of internal cargo, or up to 6,800 kg of
external cargo (dual hook)
1× Growler light internally transportable ground
vehicle
Length: 17.4 m
Rotor diameter:
11.6 m
Wingspan: 14 m
Width with rotors:
25.8 m
Height: 6.73 m;
overall with nacelles vertical (5.5 m; at top of tailfins)
Disc area: 212 m²
Wing area: 28 m²
Empty weight:
15,032 kg
Loaded weight:
21,500 kg
Max. takeoff
weight:
Vertical Takeoff Weight: 23,982 kilograms;
Rolling Takeoff Weight: 27,443 kilograms
Powerplant:
2× Rolls-Royce Allison
T406/AE 1107C-Liberty turboshafts, 6,150 hp (4,590 kW) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 509
km/h at sea level / 565 km/h at 4,600 m
Cruise speed: 446
km/h at sea level
Stall speed: 204
km/h in airplane mode
Range: 1,627 km
Combat radius: 722
km
Ferry range: 3,590
km with auxiliary internal fuel tanks
Service ceiling:
7,620 m
Rate of climb:
11.8 m/s
Glide ratio: 4.5:1
Disc loading:
102.23 kg/m²
Power/mass: 427
W/kg
Armament
1× 7.62 mm M240
machine gun or 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun on ramp, removable
1× 7.62 mm GAU-17
minigun, belly-mounted, retractable, video remote control in the Remote
Guardian System
U.S. Marine Corps
variant
The Marine Corps
is the lead service in the V-22's development. The Marine Corps variant is an
assault transport for troops, equipment and supplies, capable of operating from
ships or expeditionary airfields ashore; replacing the Marine Corps' CH-46E and
CH-53D fleets. The aircraft has received the latest modifications in the Block
C upgrade.
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