Kotterdam
18-09-2003, 11:02
F-72 Broadsword
Equipped with a distinctive Forward Swept Wing design, the F-72 Broadsword is the first multirole fighter designed by the Vega Aerospace Consortium. Designed originally for Air Superiority, the Broadsword's design parameters were broadened to the point where it is capable of completing nearly any mission profile using the ordinance mounted on six underwing and three fuselage hardpoints. The F-72 includes an integrated avionics package similar to the F-22 Raptor, allowing quick and easy access by the aircrew to the information essential to their survival. The powerful radar system is capable of tracking targets at a distance of one hundred and twenty nautical miles. The aircraft's Forward Looking Infrared optics system, or FLIR is augmented by an Infrared Search and Track System, or IRSTS allowing the long-range detection of both sub- and supersonic targets without the use of radar.
General Characteristics
Primary Function: All-Weather Multi-Role
Secondary Function: Tactical Strike
Contractor: Vega Aerospace Consortium
Power Plant: Two Kielly-Caesar L15-KC-101 augmented afterburning turbofans with two-dimensional thrust vectoring
Length: 65 feet, 9 inches
Height: 17 feet, 8 inches
Wingspan: 44 feet, 4 inches
Speed:
Supercruise - 1,388 mph (Mach 1.8 )
With Afterburner - 1,875 mph (Mach 2.5+)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 68,000 pounds
Range: 3,450 miles (3,000 nautical miles) ferry range with conformal fuel tanks and three external fuel tanks
Armament:
One internally mounted M-61A2 20mm 20-mm, six-barrel cannon with 940 rounds of ammunition; 2 AIM-132 ASRAAMs, 9 under-wing and fuselage hardpoints capable of mounting the AIM-120 AMRAAM, AIM-7M Sparrow, JDAM, MK-84, MK-83, MK-82, GBU-12, GBU-16, GBU-24, JSOW, AGM-65 Maverick, CBU-72, AGM-84D Harpoon, AGM-88 HARM, Targeting and Jammer Pods
Crew: Two
Unit Cost: $30.8 million
The Broadsword, as well as her sister aircraft, the AV-19 Lightning II (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=72039&highlight=lightning+ii) are both available for immediate foreign sale.
Equipped with a distinctive Forward Swept Wing design, the F-72 Broadsword is the first multirole fighter designed by the Vega Aerospace Consortium. Designed originally for Air Superiority, the Broadsword's design parameters were broadened to the point where it is capable of completing nearly any mission profile using the ordinance mounted on six underwing and three fuselage hardpoints. The F-72 includes an integrated avionics package similar to the F-22 Raptor, allowing quick and easy access by the aircrew to the information essential to their survival. The powerful radar system is capable of tracking targets at a distance of one hundred and twenty nautical miles. The aircraft's Forward Looking Infrared optics system, or FLIR is augmented by an Infrared Search and Track System, or IRSTS allowing the long-range detection of both sub- and supersonic targets without the use of radar.
General Characteristics
Primary Function: All-Weather Multi-Role
Secondary Function: Tactical Strike
Contractor: Vega Aerospace Consortium
Power Plant: Two Kielly-Caesar L15-KC-101 augmented afterburning turbofans with two-dimensional thrust vectoring
Length: 65 feet, 9 inches
Height: 17 feet, 8 inches
Wingspan: 44 feet, 4 inches
Speed:
Supercruise - 1,388 mph (Mach 1.8 )
With Afterburner - 1,875 mph (Mach 2.5+)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 68,000 pounds
Range: 3,450 miles (3,000 nautical miles) ferry range with conformal fuel tanks and three external fuel tanks
Armament:
One internally mounted M-61A2 20mm 20-mm, six-barrel cannon with 940 rounds of ammunition; 2 AIM-132 ASRAAMs, 9 under-wing and fuselage hardpoints capable of mounting the AIM-120 AMRAAM, AIM-7M Sparrow, JDAM, MK-84, MK-83, MK-82, GBU-12, GBU-16, GBU-24, JSOW, AGM-65 Maverick, CBU-72, AGM-84D Harpoon, AGM-88 HARM, Targeting and Jammer Pods
Crew: Two
Unit Cost: $30.8 million
The Broadsword, as well as her sister aircraft, the AV-19 Lightning II (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=72039&highlight=lightning+ii) are both available for immediate foreign sale.