16-06-2003, 19:09
Great news! Nankinese F-ports has expanded from the aviation to the naval sector. From now on, all F-ports products will be sold here.
(OOC: WARNING, PICS AHEAD)
NAVAL VESSELS
LHA-1 Tarawa Class
http://globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/lha-4-DNSC9701383.JPG
(it's the carrier looking one)
Power Plant Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 total shaft horsepower
Length 778 feet (237.1 m) waterline
820 feet (249.9 m) overall
Beam Extreme Beam: 106 ft
Waterline Beam: 106 ft
Draft Maximum Navigational Draft: 26 ft
Draft Limit: 27 ft
Displacement Light Displacement: 26255 tons
Full Displacement: 39925 tons
Dead Weight: 13670 tons
Speed 24 knots (27.6 miles per hour)
(22 knots sustained)
Range 10,000 nm @ 20 knots
Fuel 5,900 tons
Aircraft (Actual mix depends upon mission):
RECENT DEPLOYMENTS
6 - AV-8B Harrier attack planes
4 - AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopter
12 - CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
4 - CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters
2 - UH-1N Huey helicopters
OR
6 - AV-8B Harrier attack planes
4 - AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopter
12 - CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
9 - CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters
4 - UH-1N Huey helicopters
OR
6 - AV-8B Harrier attack planes
12 - CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
9 - CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters
Boats: 2 - LCU
1 - LCAC
4 - LCPL
Elevators 1 deck edge (40,000-pound capacity)
1 stern (80,000-pound capacity)
Armament: 2 - 21 Cell Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM)
4 - 25mm MK38 Gun Mounts
2 - 20-mm Close In Weapons System Block 1
5 - .50 Cal Mounts
2 - SLQ-25 NIXIE
6 - Mk 36 Super Rapid-Blooming Off Board Chaff System (SRBOC)
Sensors: Mk-23 Target Acquisition System (TAS) Mod 5
SPS-64(V)9 (navigation radar)
SPS-67 surface search radar
SPS-40E air search radar
SPS-48E 3-D air search radar
SPS-64 navigation radar
SPN-35A aircraft control/approach radar
SPN-43C aircraft control/approach radar
SLQ-32(V)3 electronic warfare suite
SPG-60 (AA gun fire control)
SPQ-9A (surface gun fire control)
URN-25 TACAN
Furuno navigation radar
Crew: Ships Company: 82 officers, 882 enlisted
Marine Detachment 1,900 plus
Unit Cost: $900M without aircraft, $1.2B w/ your choice from above list; RGGA Cost: $750M/$800M
Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC)
http://globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/lcac_1997-9.jpg
Builder: Nankinese F-ports
Power Plant Four Avco-Lycoming TF40B gas turbines; each rated at 3955 shaft horsepower
(2 for propulsion, 2 for lift)
Two Four-Bladed 11.75 ft Dia Reversible-pitch propellers;
Four 63 in Dia Double Entry Double Discharge Centrifugal Lift Fans
Length Structure 81 ft
On-Cushion 87 ft 11 in
Beam Structure 43 ft 8 in
On-Cushion 47 ft 0 in
Height Overall Off-Cushion 19 ft 6 in
On-Cushion 23 ft 6 in
Draft 3 ft 0 in Off-Cushion
Cargo Area 1,809 sq. ft
Cargo Deck Width 27 ft 0 in
Ramp-Width Bow 28 ft 4 in
Aft 14 ft 10 in
Ramp-Angle 14 deg
Displacement 200 tons full load
Capacity 60 tons/75 ton overload
Speed 40 plus knots with payload, sea state 2
Armament 2 - 12.7mm MGs. Gun mounts will support: M-2HB .50 cal machine gun; Mk-19 Mod3 40mm grenade launcher; M-60 machine gun
Crew 5
Range 200 miles at 40 kts with payload
300 miles at 35 KTS without payload.
Personnel Capacity: 24 Troops
180 w/PTM
Unit Cost $3M; RGGA Cost: $1.5M
DDG-37 Farragut/Coontz Class Destroyer
http://globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/ddg-37-DNSC8200305.JPG
Displacement 5,800 tons (full load)
Length 512 feet
Beam 52 feet
Max Speed 33 knots
Power Plant 4 - 1200 psi boilers; 2 geared turbines
2 shafts; 85,000 shaft horsepower
Aircraft None - VERTREP capable only
Armament 40 - Standard Missiles (MR) from Mk 10 twin arm launcher
8 - Harpoon missiles (from 2 quad launchers)
8 - ASROC (from MK 16 launcher)
2 - MK 32 triple tube mounts w/ six Mk-46 torpedoes)
2 - 5-inch / 54 caliber MK 42 gun
Complement 400 (25 officers, 375 enlisted)
Unit Cost: $500M; RGGA Cost: $450M
CGN-38 Virginia Class Missile Cruiser
http://globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/cgn-38-DNSC9201083.JPG
Power Plant 2 D2G General Electric nuclear reactors,
two shafts, 60,000 shp
Length Overall Length: 586 ft
Waterline Length: 560 ft
Beam Extreme Beam: 63 ft
Waterline Beam: 62 ft
Draft Maximum Navigational Draft: 32 ft
Draft Limit: 23 ft
Displacement Light Displacement: 10663 tons
Full Displacement: 11666 tons
Speed 30 plus knots
Aircraft None
Helicopter Landing Capability None
Armament Standard Missiles (MR)
ASROC
8 - Tomahawk ASM/LAM (from 2 armored box launchers
8 - Harpoon (from two Mk141 quad launchers)
4 - MK 46 torpedoes (from fixed single tubes)
2 - Mk45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight gun
2 - 20mm Phalanx CIWS
Combat Systems SPS-40 Air Search Radar
SPS-48 3D Air Search Radar
SPS-67 Surface Search Radar
SQQ-26 Sonar
1 Mk14 Weapon Direction System
2 Mk74 Missile Fire Control System
1 Mk86 Gun Fire Control System
1 Mk114 ASW Fire Control System
4 SPG-51 Radars
SLQ-25 NIXIE
SLQ-32 EW system
Crew 39 Officers, 539 Enlisted
Unit Cost: $680M; RGGA Cost: $620M
CG-47 Ticonderoga Class Missile Cruiser
http://globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/cg-47-dvic389.jpg
Builders Ingalls Shipbuilding: CG-47-50, CG 52-57, 59,62, 65-66, 68-69, 71-73
Bath Iron Works: CG-51,58,60-61,63-64,67,70
Propulsion 4 General Electric LM-2500 Gas Turbine Engines (80,000 Shaft Horsepower)
2 Controllable-Reversible Pitch Propellers
2 Rudders
Length Overall Length: 567 ft
Waterline Length: 529 ft
Beam Extreme Beam: 55 ft
Waterline Beam: 55 ft
Draft 33 ft Maximum Navigational Draft
24 ft Draft [keel]]
23 ft Draft Limit
Displacement Light Displacement: 7103 tons
Full Displacement: 9957 tons
Dead Weight: 2854 tons
Speed 30 plus knots
Aircraft Two SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS) in CG 47-48
Two SH-60 Sea Hawk (LAMPS III)
Armament 1 MK 7 AEGIS Weapons System
2 MK26 missile launcher (CG47-51) or
2 MK41 vertical launching system (CG52-73)
0 VLS Cells
127 VLS Cells Standard Missile (MR)
Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC)
Tomahawk ASM/LAM
2 Harpoon Missile Quad-Canister Launchers
2 MK 32 MOD 14 Torpedo Tubes - 6 MK-46 torpedoes
2 MK 45 5"/54-Caliber Lightweight Gun Mounts
1 MK 15 MOD 2 Close-in-Weapons Systems (CIWS) (2 Mounts)
1 MK 36 MOD 2 Super Rapid-Blooming Off-Board Chaff System
2 50-Caliber Machine Guns
Combat Systems Earlier Ships
1 AN/SPY-1A Radar (Four Arrays) (CG47-59)
1 AN/SPS-49 Air Search Radar
1 AN/SPS-55 Surface Search Radar
1 AN/SPQ-9 Gun Fire Control Radar
4 AN/SPG-62 Illuminators
1 AN/SQS-53A Hull Mounted SONAR (CG47-55)
1 AN/SLQ-32(V)3 Electronic Warfare Suite Later Ships
1 AN/SPY-1B(V) Multi-Function Radar (CG59-73)
1 AN/SPS-49(V)8 Air Search Radar
1 AN/SPS-55 Surface Search Radar
1 AN/SPS-64(V)9 Navigation Radar
1 AN/SPQ-9 Gun Fire Control Radar
4 AN/SPG-62 Illuminators
1 AN/SQQ-89(V) 6 ASW Combat System
1 AN/SQS-53B Hull Mounted SONAR (CG56-67)
1 AN/SQS-53C Hull Mounted SONAR (CG68-73)
1 AN/SQR-19B Towed Array SONAR (TACTAS)
1 AN/SLQ-32A(V)3 Electronic Warfare Suite
Crew 24 Officers, 340 Enlisted
Unit Cost: $800M; RGGA Cost: $700M
DDG-51 Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer
http://globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/benfold.jpg
Power Plant: 4 - LM2500 GE Marine Gas Turbines (100,000 shp)
3 Allison 2500 KW Gas Turbine Generators
2 Shafts with CRP (Controllable Reversible Pitch) Propellers
2 Rudders
Length: 509.5 Feet
Speed: 31 knots
Range: 4,400 @ 20 knots
Aircraft: Two multi-purpose Light Airborne Multipurpose System LAMPS MK III helicopters
Armament: Two MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems (90 Cells)
[Standard missile and Tomahawk ASM/LAM]
Two MK 15 MOD 12 20mm Close-in-Weapons Systems (Phalanx Mounts)
Two Harpoon Anti-shipping Missile
Quad Canisters Two MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems (96 Cells)
[Standard missile and Tomahawk ASM/LAM]
(NATO) Evolved Sea Sparrow
One MK 45 MOD 1 5"/54 caliber Gun Mount (lightweight gun)
Two MK 32 MOD 14 Triple Torpedo Tubes (six MK 50/46 Torpedoes)
Sensors: AN/SPY-1D 3-D Radar
AN/SPS-67(V)3 Radar
AN/SPS-64(V)9 Radar
AN/SQS-53C(V) Sonar
AN/SQQ-28(V) LAMPS III
AN/SQR-19(V) TACTAS Sonar
ESM/ECM: AN/SLQ-32(V)3
AN/SLQ-25A NIXIE Torpedo Countermeasures
MK 36 MOD 6 Decoy Launching System (6 Launchers)
FIRE CONTROL: MK116 MOD 7 Underwater Fire Control System
AN/SWG- I A (V) Harpoon Launcher Control System
AN/SWG-3A TOMAHAWK Weapon Control System
Crew: 32 Officers, 348 enlisted
Unit Cost: $550M; RGGA Cost: $500M
[b]AIRCRAFT
B-1B Lancer
http://globalsecurity.org/wmd/systems/images/b-1b-bank.jpg
Primary Function: Long-range, multi-role, heavy bomber
Builder: Nankinese F-ports
Operations Air Frame and Integration: Offensive avionics, Boeing Military Airplane; defensive avionics, AIL Division
Power Plant: Four General Electric F-101-GE-102 turbofan engine with afterburner
Thrust: 30,000-plus pounds (13,500-plus kilograms) with afterburner, per engine
Length: 146 feet (44.5 meters)
Wingspan: 137 feet (41.8 meters) extended forward,
79 feet (24.1 meters) swept aft
Height: 34 feet (10.4 meters)
Weight: Empty, approximately 190,000 pounds (86,183 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 477,000 pounds (214,650 kilograms)
Speed: 600+ mph (Mach .92) @ 500 feet
825 mph (Mach 1.25) @ 50,000 feet
Rotate and Takeoff Speeds: 210 Gross - 119 Rotate kts / 134 kts Takeoff
390 Gross - 168 kts Rotate / 183 kts Takeoff
Landing Speeds: 210 Gross - 145 kts
380 Gross - 195 kts
Range: 7,455 miles, unrefueled
3,444 miles with normal weapons load
Ceiling: 60,000 feet (18,000 meters)
Crew: Four (aircraft commander, pilot, offensive systems officer and defensive systems officer)
Armament: NUCLEAR
CONVENTIONAL
84 Mk 62
84 MK82
30 CBU 87
30 CBU 89
30 CBU 97
12 Mk 65
PRECISION
30 WCMD
24 JDAM
12 GBU-27
12 AGM-154 JSOW
12 TSSAM
Unit Cost: $195M; RGGA Cost: $185M
F-15E Strike Eagle
http://globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/images/f-15c-981230-F-6082P-003.jpg
Primary Function Tactical fighter.
Contractor McDonnell Douglas Corp.
Power Plant Two Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100 turbofan engines with afterburners.
Thrust (C/D models) 25,000 pounds each engine ( 11,250 kilograms).
Length 63 feet, 9 inches (19.43 meters).
Height 18 feet, 8 inches (5.69 meters).
Wingspan 42 feet, 10 inches (13.06 meters)
Speed 1,875 mph (Mach 2.5-plus at sea level).
Ceiling 65,000 feet (19,697 meters).
Maximum Takeoff Weight (C/D models) 68,000 pounds (30,600 kilograms).
Range 3,450 miles (3,000 nautical miles) ferry range with conformal fuel tanks and three external fuel tanks.
Armament 1 - M-61A1 20mm multibarrel internal gun, 940 rounds of ammunition
4 - AIM-9L/M Sidewinder and
4 - AIM-7F/M Sparrow missiles, or
combination of AIM-9L/M, AIM-7-F/M and AIM-120 missiles.
Crew: 2
Unit Cost: $43M; RGGA Cost: $40M
E-767 AWACS
http://globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/images/e-767-awupc.jpg
Length 159 ft 2 in (48.5 m)
Wingspan 156 ft 1 in (47.5 m)
Height 52 ft (15.8 m)
Max T/O Weight 377,000 lb (171,000-175,000 kg)
Powerplant Two General Electric CF6-80C2 turbofans 123,000 lbst (547.2 kN)
Max Speed 800 km/h
Service ceiling 12,250 m
Range 4,500 nm (8,334 km)
Endurance 13 h with 540 km radius of action
Crew Two flight crew and up to 18 mission crew
Unit Cost: $70M; RGGA Cost: $65M
E-2C+ Hawkeye
http://globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/images/e-2c-dvic204.jpg
Contractor: Nankinese F-ports
Type: Early warning and control aircraft
Power Plant: E-2C+: Two Allison T56-A-427 engines; each has approximately 5,100 horsepower; since 1988
Accommodations: Crew of five—two pilots and three operators.
Performance: E-2C+: maximum speed 350 knots; range 1,500 nautical miles
Armament: E-2C+: Lockheed Martin Ocean, Radar, and Surveillance Systems [ex General Electric Corporation] AN/APS-145 radar since 1991, AN/ALR-73 Passive Detection System, IFF
Unit Cost: $45M; RGGA Cost: $43M
V-22 Osprey
http://globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/images/v-22-dvic281.jpg
(wings rotate over fuselage for storage)
Primary function: Amphibious assault transport of troops, equipment and supplies from assault ships and land bases
Prime Contractor(s): Nankinese F-ports
Length: 57' 4" - Spread; 63' 0" - Folded
Width: 84' 7" - Spread; 18' 5" - Folded
38 feet 1 inch - Individual Tilt-rotor Diameter
Height: 22' 1" - Spread; 18'1" - Folded
Weights: 33,140 lb (15,032) Empty weight
52,600 lbs (23,860 kg) Takeoff, Vertical Takeoff/Landing (VTOL)
57,000 lbs (24,948 kg) Takeoff, Short Takeoff/Landing (STOL)
60,500 lbs (27,443 kg) Takeoff, Self Deploy STO (Maximum Take-Off)
10,000 lbs (4,536 kg) Cargo hook, single
15,000 lbs (6,804 kg) Cargo hook, dual
Max fuel capacity: 2,037 gal/13,850 lbs
1,228 gals (4,649 liters) Sponsons
787 gals (2,979 liters) Wing
2,436 gals (9,221 liters) Aux, self-deployment
Propulsion: Two AE1107C Rolls-Royce Allison @ 6,150 shp (4,586 kW)
Transmissions Takeoff {USMC}, 4,570 shp (3,408 kW)
Takeoff {USN}, 4,970 shp (3,706 kW)
Takeoff {USAF}, 4,970 shp (3,706 kW)
1 engine inoperative, 5,920 shp (4,415 kW)
Range: 200nm Pre-Assault Raid with 18 troops
200nm Land Assault with 24 troops
50 nm (x2) Amphibious Assault
500 nm Long Range SOF Missions (USAF/CV-22)
2,100 nm Self Deploy (with one refueling)
50 nm External Lift Operations with 10,000 lb load
Airspeed: 240 kts Cruise speed (MV-22)
230 kts Cruise speed (CV-22)
275 KTAS Cruise speed (3000'/91.5 deg F)
305 KTAS Max speed (15,000' /45 deg F)
Rate of Climb: 1,090 fpm (332 m/m) Vertical rate of climb, SL
2,320 fpm (707 m/m) Max rate of climb, SL
Ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,925 m) Service Ceiling
11,300 ft (3,444 m) Service Ceiling, OEI
14,200 ft (4,328 m) HOGE
Cabin provisions: 24 troops/12 litters
Rescue hoist capacity: 600 lbs
Cargo floor limit: 300 PSF
Unit Cost: $24M; RGGA Cost: $20M
CH-47C Chinook
http://globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/images/ch-47-DD-SD-99-03875.jpg
Rotor Diameter: 60'
Length - over rotors: 99'
Length - Fuselage: 51 ft.
Basic weight: 19,772 lbs.
Payload: 19,100 lbs.
External cargo: 22,700 lbs.
Crew: 3
Passengers: 33
Cruise airspeed: 150K
Armament: 7.62mm door-mounted machine gun
Unit Cost: $12M; RGGA Cost: $10M
CH-46 Sea King
http://globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/images/h-46-water2.jpg
Primary function: Medium lift assault helicopter
Manufacturer: Nankinese F-ports
Power plant: (2) GE-T58-16 engines
Thrust: Burst: 1870 shaft horsepower (SHP)
Continuous: 1770 SHP
Length: Rotors unfolded: 84 feet, 4 inches (25.69 meters)
Rotors folded: 45 feet, 7.5 inches (13.89 meters)
Width: Rotors unfolded: 51 feet (15.54 meters)
Rotors folded: 14 feet, 9 inches (4.49 meters)
Height: 16 feet, 8 inches (5.08 meters)
Maximum takeoff weight: 24,300 pounds (11,032 kilograms)
Range: 132 nautical miles (151.8 miles) for an assault mission
Speed: 145 knots (166.75 miles per hour)
Ceiling: 10,000 feet (+)
Crew: Normal: 4 - pilot, copilot, crew chief, and 1st mechanic
Combat: 5 - pilot, copilot, crew chief, and 2 aerial gunners
Payload: Combat: maximum of 14 troops with aerial gunners
Medical evacuation: 15 litters and 2 attendants Cargo: maximum of 4,000 pound (2270 kilograms) external load
Unit Cost: $10M; RGGA Cost: $8M
P-7 Long Range Air ASW-Capable Aircraft (LRAACA)
http://globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/images/p-7-1.jpg
Max Takeoff Gross Weight: 171,350 lbs
Flight Design Gross Weight (3.0g): 165,000 lbs
Maneuver Weight (3.5g): 137,000 lbs
Design Zero Fuel Weight: 105,000 lbs
Maximum Payload: 38,385 lbs
Fuel Capacity: 66,350 lbs
Maximum Landing Weight: 144,000 lbs
Design Landing Weight: 125,190 lbs
Sonouoy Capacity: 150-300
Wing Span: 106.6 ft
Wing Area: 1438 sq ft
Fuselage Length: 112.7 ft
Height: 32.9 ft
Unit Cost: $41M; RGGA Cost: $38M
C-141 Starlifter
http://globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/images/c141_2.jpg
Primary Function Long-range troop and cargo airlift.
Contractor Nankinese F-ports
Length 168 feet, 4 inches (51 meters).
Height 39 feet, 3 inches (11.9 meters).
Wingspan 160 feet (48.5 meters).
Operating Weight 144,492 lb
Max Takeoff Weight, 2.25g 343,000 lb
Max Takeoff Weight, 2.5g 323,100 lb (145,395 kilograms)
Max Payload, 2.25g 94,508 lb
Total Fuel Capacity 23,592 US gal
Power Plant Four Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-7 turbofan engines.
Thrust 20,250 pounds (9,112.5 kilograms), each engine.
Speed 500 mph (Mach 0.66).
Design Cruise Speed 489 kt
Long Range Cruise Speed 465 kt
Max Rate of Climb (MGW) 2,700 fpm
Ceiling 41,000 feet (12,424 meters).
Max Payload Range 2,500 miles (2,174 nautical miles).
Ferry Range 5,550 NM
Takeoff Distance (MGW) 6,800 ft
Landing Distance (DLW) 3,750 ft
Crew Six (pilot, co-pilot, two loadmasters, and two flight engineers).
Unit Cost: $10M; RGGA Cost: $7.5M
F-16 Fighting Falcon
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/images/f-16c_020530_15.jpg
Primary Function Multirole fighter
Builder Nankinese F-ports
Power Plant F-16C/D:
one Pratt and Whitney F100-PW-200/220/229 or
one General Electric F110-GE-100/129
Thrust F-16C/D, 27,000 pounds(12,150 kilograms)
Length 49 feet, 5 inches (14.8 meters)
Height 16 feet (4.8 meters)
Wingspan 32 feet, 8 inches (9.8 meters)
Speed 1,500 mph (Mach 2 at altitude)
Ceiling Above 50,000 feet (15 kilometers)
Maximum Takeoff Weight 37,500 pounds (16,875 kilograms)
Combat Radius [F-16C] 740 nm (1,370 km) w/
2 2,000-lb bombs + 2 AIM-9 + 1,040 US gal external tanks
340 nm (630 km) w/
4 2,000-lb bombs + 2 AIM-9 + 340 US gal external tanks
200 nm (370 km) + 2 hr 10 min patrol
w/ 2 AIM-7 + 2 AIM-9 + 1,040 US gal external tanks
Range: Over 2,100 nm (2,425 mi; 3,900 km)
Armament: One M-61A1 20mm multibarrel cannon with 500 rounds; external stations can carry up to six air-to-air missiles, conventional air-to-air and air-to-surface munitions and electronic countermeasure pods.
Unit Cost: $27M; RGGA cost: $25M
E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTAR)
http://globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/images/jstars-031.jpg
Aircraft Boeing 707-300 series aircraft, modified by Northrop Grumman
Designation E-8A for two prototype aircraft
Designation E-8C for one test aircraft and all production aircraft
Primary Function: Ground Surveillance
Contractor: Nankinese F-ports
Power Plant: Four JT3D engines
Length: 152'11" (46.6 m);
Height: 42'6" (12.9 m);
Weight: 171,000 pounds (77,565 Kg)-- Empty
155,000 pounds (70,307 Kg)-- Max Fuel
336,000 pounds (152,408 Kg)-- Max Gross
Wingspan: 145'9" (44.4 m);
Speed: .84 Mach
Service ceiling 42,000 feet
Range: 11 hours -- 20 hours with air refueling
Crew
Standard mission: crew of 21 comprising 18 operators and 3 flight crew
Long endurance: crew of 34 comprising 28 operators and 6 flight crew
Radar: 24 feet length antenna, side looking, phased array. Housed in canoe shaped radome under forward fuselage aft of the nose landing gear, Scanned electronically in azimuth, Scanned mechanically in elevation from either side of the aircraft.
Radar operating modes Wide area surveillance
Fixed target indication
Synthetic aperture radar
Moving target indicator
Target classification
Radar processors: Three load sharing programmable processors each processor containing five high speed, fixed point distributed processors
Radar operation and control system One navigation and self defense workstation
Seventeen identical operator workstations
Functions of operator workstations: flight path planning and monitoring generation and display of cartographic and hypsographic map data.
Radar management, surveillance and threat analysis, radar data review, time of arrival calculation, jammer location, distance and azimuth calculation, pairing of weapons and targets, and other functions
Communications digital data links Surveillance and control data link (SCDL) for transmission to mobile ground stations
Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) for tactical air navigation (TACAN) operation and Tactical Data Information Link-J (TADIL-J) generation and processing
Satellite communications link (SATCOM)
Voice Communications Twelve encrypted UHF radios
Two encrypted HF radios
Three VHF encrypted radios with provision for Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS)
Multiple intercom nets
Unit Cost: $230M; RGGA Cost: $210M
(OOC: WARNING, PICS AHEAD)
NAVAL VESSELS
LHA-1 Tarawa Class
http://globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/lha-4-DNSC9701383.JPG
(it's the carrier looking one)
Power Plant Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 total shaft horsepower
Length 778 feet (237.1 m) waterline
820 feet (249.9 m) overall
Beam Extreme Beam: 106 ft
Waterline Beam: 106 ft
Draft Maximum Navigational Draft: 26 ft
Draft Limit: 27 ft
Displacement Light Displacement: 26255 tons
Full Displacement: 39925 tons
Dead Weight: 13670 tons
Speed 24 knots (27.6 miles per hour)
(22 knots sustained)
Range 10,000 nm @ 20 knots
Fuel 5,900 tons
Aircraft (Actual mix depends upon mission):
RECENT DEPLOYMENTS
6 - AV-8B Harrier attack planes
4 - AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopter
12 - CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
4 - CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters
2 - UH-1N Huey helicopters
OR
6 - AV-8B Harrier attack planes
4 - AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopter
12 - CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
9 - CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters
4 - UH-1N Huey helicopters
OR
6 - AV-8B Harrier attack planes
12 - CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
9 - CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters
Boats: 2 - LCU
1 - LCAC
4 - LCPL
Elevators 1 deck edge (40,000-pound capacity)
1 stern (80,000-pound capacity)
Armament: 2 - 21 Cell Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM)
4 - 25mm MK38 Gun Mounts
2 - 20-mm Close In Weapons System Block 1
5 - .50 Cal Mounts
2 - SLQ-25 NIXIE
6 - Mk 36 Super Rapid-Blooming Off Board Chaff System (SRBOC)
Sensors: Mk-23 Target Acquisition System (TAS) Mod 5
SPS-64(V)9 (navigation radar)
SPS-67 surface search radar
SPS-40E air search radar
SPS-48E 3-D air search radar
SPS-64 navigation radar
SPN-35A aircraft control/approach radar
SPN-43C aircraft control/approach radar
SLQ-32(V)3 electronic warfare suite
SPG-60 (AA gun fire control)
SPQ-9A (surface gun fire control)
URN-25 TACAN
Furuno navigation radar
Crew: Ships Company: 82 officers, 882 enlisted
Marine Detachment 1,900 plus
Unit Cost: $900M without aircraft, $1.2B w/ your choice from above list; RGGA Cost: $750M/$800M
Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC)
http://globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/lcac_1997-9.jpg
Builder: Nankinese F-ports
Power Plant Four Avco-Lycoming TF40B gas turbines; each rated at 3955 shaft horsepower
(2 for propulsion, 2 for lift)
Two Four-Bladed 11.75 ft Dia Reversible-pitch propellers;
Four 63 in Dia Double Entry Double Discharge Centrifugal Lift Fans
Length Structure 81 ft
On-Cushion 87 ft 11 in
Beam Structure 43 ft 8 in
On-Cushion 47 ft 0 in
Height Overall Off-Cushion 19 ft 6 in
On-Cushion 23 ft 6 in
Draft 3 ft 0 in Off-Cushion
Cargo Area 1,809 sq. ft
Cargo Deck Width 27 ft 0 in
Ramp-Width Bow 28 ft 4 in
Aft 14 ft 10 in
Ramp-Angle 14 deg
Displacement 200 tons full load
Capacity 60 tons/75 ton overload
Speed 40 plus knots with payload, sea state 2
Armament 2 - 12.7mm MGs. Gun mounts will support: M-2HB .50 cal machine gun; Mk-19 Mod3 40mm grenade launcher; M-60 machine gun
Crew 5
Range 200 miles at 40 kts with payload
300 miles at 35 KTS without payload.
Personnel Capacity: 24 Troops
180 w/PTM
Unit Cost $3M; RGGA Cost: $1.5M
DDG-37 Farragut/Coontz Class Destroyer
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Displacement 5,800 tons (full load)
Length 512 feet
Beam 52 feet
Max Speed 33 knots
Power Plant 4 - 1200 psi boilers; 2 geared turbines
2 shafts; 85,000 shaft horsepower
Aircraft None - VERTREP capable only
Armament 40 - Standard Missiles (MR) from Mk 10 twin arm launcher
8 - Harpoon missiles (from 2 quad launchers)
8 - ASROC (from MK 16 launcher)
2 - MK 32 triple tube mounts w/ six Mk-46 torpedoes)
2 - 5-inch / 54 caliber MK 42 gun
Complement 400 (25 officers, 375 enlisted)
Unit Cost: $500M; RGGA Cost: $450M
CGN-38 Virginia Class Missile Cruiser
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Power Plant 2 D2G General Electric nuclear reactors,
two shafts, 60,000 shp
Length Overall Length: 586 ft
Waterline Length: 560 ft
Beam Extreme Beam: 63 ft
Waterline Beam: 62 ft
Draft Maximum Navigational Draft: 32 ft
Draft Limit: 23 ft
Displacement Light Displacement: 10663 tons
Full Displacement: 11666 tons
Speed 30 plus knots
Aircraft None
Helicopter Landing Capability None
Armament Standard Missiles (MR)
ASROC
8 - Tomahawk ASM/LAM (from 2 armored box launchers
8 - Harpoon (from two Mk141 quad launchers)
4 - MK 46 torpedoes (from fixed single tubes)
2 - Mk45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight gun
2 - 20mm Phalanx CIWS
Combat Systems SPS-40 Air Search Radar
SPS-48 3D Air Search Radar
SPS-67 Surface Search Radar
SQQ-26 Sonar
1 Mk14 Weapon Direction System
2 Mk74 Missile Fire Control System
1 Mk86 Gun Fire Control System
1 Mk114 ASW Fire Control System
4 SPG-51 Radars
SLQ-25 NIXIE
SLQ-32 EW system
Crew 39 Officers, 539 Enlisted
Unit Cost: $680M; RGGA Cost: $620M
CG-47 Ticonderoga Class Missile Cruiser
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Builders Ingalls Shipbuilding: CG-47-50, CG 52-57, 59,62, 65-66, 68-69, 71-73
Bath Iron Works: CG-51,58,60-61,63-64,67,70
Propulsion 4 General Electric LM-2500 Gas Turbine Engines (80,000 Shaft Horsepower)
2 Controllable-Reversible Pitch Propellers
2 Rudders
Length Overall Length: 567 ft
Waterline Length: 529 ft
Beam Extreme Beam: 55 ft
Waterline Beam: 55 ft
Draft 33 ft Maximum Navigational Draft
24 ft Draft [keel]]
23 ft Draft Limit
Displacement Light Displacement: 7103 tons
Full Displacement: 9957 tons
Dead Weight: 2854 tons
Speed 30 plus knots
Aircraft Two SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS) in CG 47-48
Two SH-60 Sea Hawk (LAMPS III)
Armament 1 MK 7 AEGIS Weapons System
2 MK26 missile launcher (CG47-51) or
2 MK41 vertical launching system (CG52-73)
0 VLS Cells
127 VLS Cells Standard Missile (MR)
Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC)
Tomahawk ASM/LAM
2 Harpoon Missile Quad-Canister Launchers
2 MK 32 MOD 14 Torpedo Tubes - 6 MK-46 torpedoes
2 MK 45 5"/54-Caliber Lightweight Gun Mounts
1 MK 15 MOD 2 Close-in-Weapons Systems (CIWS) (2 Mounts)
1 MK 36 MOD 2 Super Rapid-Blooming Off-Board Chaff System
2 50-Caliber Machine Guns
Combat Systems Earlier Ships
1 AN/SPY-1A Radar (Four Arrays) (CG47-59)
1 AN/SPS-49 Air Search Radar
1 AN/SPS-55 Surface Search Radar
1 AN/SPQ-9 Gun Fire Control Radar
4 AN/SPG-62 Illuminators
1 AN/SQS-53A Hull Mounted SONAR (CG47-55)
1 AN/SLQ-32(V)3 Electronic Warfare Suite Later Ships
1 AN/SPY-1B(V) Multi-Function Radar (CG59-73)
1 AN/SPS-49(V)8 Air Search Radar
1 AN/SPS-55 Surface Search Radar
1 AN/SPS-64(V)9 Navigation Radar
1 AN/SPQ-9 Gun Fire Control Radar
4 AN/SPG-62 Illuminators
1 AN/SQQ-89(V) 6 ASW Combat System
1 AN/SQS-53B Hull Mounted SONAR (CG56-67)
1 AN/SQS-53C Hull Mounted SONAR (CG68-73)
1 AN/SQR-19B Towed Array SONAR (TACTAS)
1 AN/SLQ-32A(V)3 Electronic Warfare Suite
Crew 24 Officers, 340 Enlisted
Unit Cost: $800M; RGGA Cost: $700M
DDG-51 Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer
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Power Plant: 4 - LM2500 GE Marine Gas Turbines (100,000 shp)
3 Allison 2500 KW Gas Turbine Generators
2 Shafts with CRP (Controllable Reversible Pitch) Propellers
2 Rudders
Length: 509.5 Feet
Speed: 31 knots
Range: 4,400 @ 20 knots
Aircraft: Two multi-purpose Light Airborne Multipurpose System LAMPS MK III helicopters
Armament: Two MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems (90 Cells)
[Standard missile and Tomahawk ASM/LAM]
Two MK 15 MOD 12 20mm Close-in-Weapons Systems (Phalanx Mounts)
Two Harpoon Anti-shipping Missile
Quad Canisters Two MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems (96 Cells)
[Standard missile and Tomahawk ASM/LAM]
(NATO) Evolved Sea Sparrow
One MK 45 MOD 1 5"/54 caliber Gun Mount (lightweight gun)
Two MK 32 MOD 14 Triple Torpedo Tubes (six MK 50/46 Torpedoes)
Sensors: AN/SPY-1D 3-D Radar
AN/SPS-67(V)3 Radar
AN/SPS-64(V)9 Radar
AN/SQS-53C(V) Sonar
AN/SQQ-28(V) LAMPS III
AN/SQR-19(V) TACTAS Sonar
ESM/ECM: AN/SLQ-32(V)3
AN/SLQ-25A NIXIE Torpedo Countermeasures
MK 36 MOD 6 Decoy Launching System (6 Launchers)
FIRE CONTROL: MK116 MOD 7 Underwater Fire Control System
AN/SWG- I A (V) Harpoon Launcher Control System
AN/SWG-3A TOMAHAWK Weapon Control System
Crew: 32 Officers, 348 enlisted
Unit Cost: $550M; RGGA Cost: $500M
[b]AIRCRAFT
B-1B Lancer
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Primary Function: Long-range, multi-role, heavy bomber
Builder: Nankinese F-ports
Operations Air Frame and Integration: Offensive avionics, Boeing Military Airplane; defensive avionics, AIL Division
Power Plant: Four General Electric F-101-GE-102 turbofan engine with afterburner
Thrust: 30,000-plus pounds (13,500-plus kilograms) with afterburner, per engine
Length: 146 feet (44.5 meters)
Wingspan: 137 feet (41.8 meters) extended forward,
79 feet (24.1 meters) swept aft
Height: 34 feet (10.4 meters)
Weight: Empty, approximately 190,000 pounds (86,183 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 477,000 pounds (214,650 kilograms)
Speed: 600+ mph (Mach .92) @ 500 feet
825 mph (Mach 1.25) @ 50,000 feet
Rotate and Takeoff Speeds: 210 Gross - 119 Rotate kts / 134 kts Takeoff
390 Gross - 168 kts Rotate / 183 kts Takeoff
Landing Speeds: 210 Gross - 145 kts
380 Gross - 195 kts
Range: 7,455 miles, unrefueled
3,444 miles with normal weapons load
Ceiling: 60,000 feet (18,000 meters)
Crew: Four (aircraft commander, pilot, offensive systems officer and defensive systems officer)
Armament: NUCLEAR
CONVENTIONAL
84 Mk 62
84 MK82
30 CBU 87
30 CBU 89
30 CBU 97
12 Mk 65
PRECISION
30 WCMD
24 JDAM
12 GBU-27
12 AGM-154 JSOW
12 TSSAM
Unit Cost: $195M; RGGA Cost: $185M
F-15E Strike Eagle
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Primary Function Tactical fighter.
Contractor McDonnell Douglas Corp.
Power Plant Two Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100 turbofan engines with afterburners.
Thrust (C/D models) 25,000 pounds each engine ( 11,250 kilograms).
Length 63 feet, 9 inches (19.43 meters).
Height 18 feet, 8 inches (5.69 meters).
Wingspan 42 feet, 10 inches (13.06 meters)
Speed 1,875 mph (Mach 2.5-plus at sea level).
Ceiling 65,000 feet (19,697 meters).
Maximum Takeoff Weight (C/D models) 68,000 pounds (30,600 kilograms).
Range 3,450 miles (3,000 nautical miles) ferry range with conformal fuel tanks and three external fuel tanks.
Armament 1 - M-61A1 20mm multibarrel internal gun, 940 rounds of ammunition
4 - AIM-9L/M Sidewinder and
4 - AIM-7F/M Sparrow missiles, or
combination of AIM-9L/M, AIM-7-F/M and AIM-120 missiles.
Crew: 2
Unit Cost: $43M; RGGA Cost: $40M
E-767 AWACS
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Length 159 ft 2 in (48.5 m)
Wingspan 156 ft 1 in (47.5 m)
Height 52 ft (15.8 m)
Max T/O Weight 377,000 lb (171,000-175,000 kg)
Powerplant Two General Electric CF6-80C2 turbofans 123,000 lbst (547.2 kN)
Max Speed 800 km/h
Service ceiling 12,250 m
Range 4,500 nm (8,334 km)
Endurance 13 h with 540 km radius of action
Crew Two flight crew and up to 18 mission crew
Unit Cost: $70M; RGGA Cost: $65M
E-2C+ Hawkeye
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Contractor: Nankinese F-ports
Type: Early warning and control aircraft
Power Plant: E-2C+: Two Allison T56-A-427 engines; each has approximately 5,100 horsepower; since 1988
Accommodations: Crew of five—two pilots and three operators.
Performance: E-2C+: maximum speed 350 knots; range 1,500 nautical miles
Armament: E-2C+: Lockheed Martin Ocean, Radar, and Surveillance Systems [ex General Electric Corporation] AN/APS-145 radar since 1991, AN/ALR-73 Passive Detection System, IFF
Unit Cost: $45M; RGGA Cost: $43M
V-22 Osprey
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(wings rotate over fuselage for storage)
Primary function: Amphibious assault transport of troops, equipment and supplies from assault ships and land bases
Prime Contractor(s): Nankinese F-ports
Length: 57' 4" - Spread; 63' 0" - Folded
Width: 84' 7" - Spread; 18' 5" - Folded
38 feet 1 inch - Individual Tilt-rotor Diameter
Height: 22' 1" - Spread; 18'1" - Folded
Weights: 33,140 lb (15,032) Empty weight
52,600 lbs (23,860 kg) Takeoff, Vertical Takeoff/Landing (VTOL)
57,000 lbs (24,948 kg) Takeoff, Short Takeoff/Landing (STOL)
60,500 lbs (27,443 kg) Takeoff, Self Deploy STO (Maximum Take-Off)
10,000 lbs (4,536 kg) Cargo hook, single
15,000 lbs (6,804 kg) Cargo hook, dual
Max fuel capacity: 2,037 gal/13,850 lbs
1,228 gals (4,649 liters) Sponsons
787 gals (2,979 liters) Wing
2,436 gals (9,221 liters) Aux, self-deployment
Propulsion: Two AE1107C Rolls-Royce Allison @ 6,150 shp (4,586 kW)
Transmissions Takeoff {USMC}, 4,570 shp (3,408 kW)
Takeoff {USN}, 4,970 shp (3,706 kW)
Takeoff {USAF}, 4,970 shp (3,706 kW)
1 engine inoperative, 5,920 shp (4,415 kW)
Range: 200nm Pre-Assault Raid with 18 troops
200nm Land Assault with 24 troops
50 nm (x2) Amphibious Assault
500 nm Long Range SOF Missions (USAF/CV-22)
2,100 nm Self Deploy (with one refueling)
50 nm External Lift Operations with 10,000 lb load
Airspeed: 240 kts Cruise speed (MV-22)
230 kts Cruise speed (CV-22)
275 KTAS Cruise speed (3000'/91.5 deg F)
305 KTAS Max speed (15,000' /45 deg F)
Rate of Climb: 1,090 fpm (332 m/m) Vertical rate of climb, SL
2,320 fpm (707 m/m) Max rate of climb, SL
Ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,925 m) Service Ceiling
11,300 ft (3,444 m) Service Ceiling, OEI
14,200 ft (4,328 m) HOGE
Cabin provisions: 24 troops/12 litters
Rescue hoist capacity: 600 lbs
Cargo floor limit: 300 PSF
Unit Cost: $24M; RGGA Cost: $20M
CH-47C Chinook
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Rotor Diameter: 60'
Length - over rotors: 99'
Length - Fuselage: 51 ft.
Basic weight: 19,772 lbs.
Payload: 19,100 lbs.
External cargo: 22,700 lbs.
Crew: 3
Passengers: 33
Cruise airspeed: 150K
Armament: 7.62mm door-mounted machine gun
Unit Cost: $12M; RGGA Cost: $10M
CH-46 Sea King
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Primary function: Medium lift assault helicopter
Manufacturer: Nankinese F-ports
Power plant: (2) GE-T58-16 engines
Thrust: Burst: 1870 shaft horsepower (SHP)
Continuous: 1770 SHP
Length: Rotors unfolded: 84 feet, 4 inches (25.69 meters)
Rotors folded: 45 feet, 7.5 inches (13.89 meters)
Width: Rotors unfolded: 51 feet (15.54 meters)
Rotors folded: 14 feet, 9 inches (4.49 meters)
Height: 16 feet, 8 inches (5.08 meters)
Maximum takeoff weight: 24,300 pounds (11,032 kilograms)
Range: 132 nautical miles (151.8 miles) for an assault mission
Speed: 145 knots (166.75 miles per hour)
Ceiling: 10,000 feet (+)
Crew: Normal: 4 - pilot, copilot, crew chief, and 1st mechanic
Combat: 5 - pilot, copilot, crew chief, and 2 aerial gunners
Payload: Combat: maximum of 14 troops with aerial gunners
Medical evacuation: 15 litters and 2 attendants Cargo: maximum of 4,000 pound (2270 kilograms) external load
Unit Cost: $10M; RGGA Cost: $8M
P-7 Long Range Air ASW-Capable Aircraft (LRAACA)
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Max Takeoff Gross Weight: 171,350 lbs
Flight Design Gross Weight (3.0g): 165,000 lbs
Maneuver Weight (3.5g): 137,000 lbs
Design Zero Fuel Weight: 105,000 lbs
Maximum Payload: 38,385 lbs
Fuel Capacity: 66,350 lbs
Maximum Landing Weight: 144,000 lbs
Design Landing Weight: 125,190 lbs
Sonouoy Capacity: 150-300
Wing Span: 106.6 ft
Wing Area: 1438 sq ft
Fuselage Length: 112.7 ft
Height: 32.9 ft
Unit Cost: $41M; RGGA Cost: $38M
C-141 Starlifter
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Primary Function Long-range troop and cargo airlift.
Contractor Nankinese F-ports
Length 168 feet, 4 inches (51 meters).
Height 39 feet, 3 inches (11.9 meters).
Wingspan 160 feet (48.5 meters).
Operating Weight 144,492 lb
Max Takeoff Weight, 2.25g 343,000 lb
Max Takeoff Weight, 2.5g 323,100 lb (145,395 kilograms)
Max Payload, 2.25g 94,508 lb
Total Fuel Capacity 23,592 US gal
Power Plant Four Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-7 turbofan engines.
Thrust 20,250 pounds (9,112.5 kilograms), each engine.
Speed 500 mph (Mach 0.66).
Design Cruise Speed 489 kt
Long Range Cruise Speed 465 kt
Max Rate of Climb (MGW) 2,700 fpm
Ceiling 41,000 feet (12,424 meters).
Max Payload Range 2,500 miles (2,174 nautical miles).
Ferry Range 5,550 NM
Takeoff Distance (MGW) 6,800 ft
Landing Distance (DLW) 3,750 ft
Crew Six (pilot, co-pilot, two loadmasters, and two flight engineers).
Unit Cost: $10M; RGGA Cost: $7.5M
F-16 Fighting Falcon
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Primary Function Multirole fighter
Builder Nankinese F-ports
Power Plant F-16C/D:
one Pratt and Whitney F100-PW-200/220/229 or
one General Electric F110-GE-100/129
Thrust F-16C/D, 27,000 pounds(12,150 kilograms)
Length 49 feet, 5 inches (14.8 meters)
Height 16 feet (4.8 meters)
Wingspan 32 feet, 8 inches (9.8 meters)
Speed 1,500 mph (Mach 2 at altitude)
Ceiling Above 50,000 feet (15 kilometers)
Maximum Takeoff Weight 37,500 pounds (16,875 kilograms)
Combat Radius [F-16C] 740 nm (1,370 km) w/
2 2,000-lb bombs + 2 AIM-9 + 1,040 US gal external tanks
340 nm (630 km) w/
4 2,000-lb bombs + 2 AIM-9 + 340 US gal external tanks
200 nm (370 km) + 2 hr 10 min patrol
w/ 2 AIM-7 + 2 AIM-9 + 1,040 US gal external tanks
Range: Over 2,100 nm (2,425 mi; 3,900 km)
Armament: One M-61A1 20mm multibarrel cannon with 500 rounds; external stations can carry up to six air-to-air missiles, conventional air-to-air and air-to-surface munitions and electronic countermeasure pods.
Unit Cost: $27M; RGGA cost: $25M
E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTAR)
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Aircraft Boeing 707-300 series aircraft, modified by Northrop Grumman
Designation E-8A for two prototype aircraft
Designation E-8C for one test aircraft and all production aircraft
Primary Function: Ground Surveillance
Contractor: Nankinese F-ports
Power Plant: Four JT3D engines
Length: 152'11" (46.6 m);
Height: 42'6" (12.9 m);
Weight: 171,000 pounds (77,565 Kg)-- Empty
155,000 pounds (70,307 Kg)-- Max Fuel
336,000 pounds (152,408 Kg)-- Max Gross
Wingspan: 145'9" (44.4 m);
Speed: .84 Mach
Service ceiling 42,000 feet
Range: 11 hours -- 20 hours with air refueling
Crew
Standard mission: crew of 21 comprising 18 operators and 3 flight crew
Long endurance: crew of 34 comprising 28 operators and 6 flight crew
Radar: 24 feet length antenna, side looking, phased array. Housed in canoe shaped radome under forward fuselage aft of the nose landing gear, Scanned electronically in azimuth, Scanned mechanically in elevation from either side of the aircraft.
Radar operating modes Wide area surveillance
Fixed target indication
Synthetic aperture radar
Moving target indicator
Target classification
Radar processors: Three load sharing programmable processors each processor containing five high speed, fixed point distributed processors
Radar operation and control system One navigation and self defense workstation
Seventeen identical operator workstations
Functions of operator workstations: flight path planning and monitoring generation and display of cartographic and hypsographic map data.
Radar management, surveillance and threat analysis, radar data review, time of arrival calculation, jammer location, distance and azimuth calculation, pairing of weapons and targets, and other functions
Communications digital data links Surveillance and control data link (SCDL) for transmission to mobile ground stations
Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) for tactical air navigation (TACAN) operation and Tactical Data Information Link-J (TADIL-J) generation and processing
Satellite communications link (SATCOM)
Voice Communications Twelve encrypted UHF radios
Two encrypted HF radios
Three VHF encrypted radios with provision for Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS)
Multiple intercom nets
Unit Cost: $230M; RGGA Cost: $210M