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As The rationalisation of the Crookfur Airforce and Fleet Air Arm continues it has become apparent that there are soem quiet significant gaps in the Pilot training program.

Until now Crookfur pilots have received thier Pirmary jet training in slightly upgraded Hawks and Goshawks which while fantasticly useful aircraft suffer from the lack of modern cockpit layouts with the digital displays and controls that have becoem universal in all Crookfur front line aircraft.

Previously this issue has been side stepped by assigning newly qualified pilots to reserve squadrons operating Grippen fighters to accustom them to more advanced aircraft.

Consquently this served to increase the length of time taken for a student to reach front line sevice, which was accepted as being a useful issue as the new pilots tended to be more disciplined and controlled by the time they reached active squadrons. However the recent program to reduce the number of different types of fighter in Crookfur service has removd the Grippen from service thus creating a dilema.

The MoD and and air command authority would have preffered to simply replace the existing trainers with newly aquired indiginous advanced trainer aircraft but in the end were over ruled as the government and treasury decided that in light of some major recent defense expeditures this would not be finacially viable.

To this end the governemnt have have idicated they would preffer a Private finace iniative where the private sector would bear the brunt of the cost and the government simply pay an on going contract price for the use of aircraft and possibley instructors.

Alos for the first time in many years the govenrment have anounced that they will open a major defence program to outside tenders.

As such All nations are invited to place bids for provision of services.

Contract details

While simple sales tenders will be entertained the govenrment really do refer full servcie contracts.

2 contracts are available:

Advanced jet trainer (airforce): provison of the capcity to handle 300 student pilots at any one time, training will inlcude basic jet training, advanced manouvering and combat simulation exercises. (roughly 500-600 airframes required)

Advanced jet trainer (Fleet Air Arm): provision for the capacity to handle 200 students at any one time, training is as the airforce contract but with the addtion of carrier operations training. (roughly 300-400 airfrmaes required).

We should stress that any organisation will effectively be taking on all risk involved in terms of maintiance costs, fuel, storage and repairs.

All aircraft entered must use equipment with NATO standard icons, imagry and display formats (a quick note, if anyone wishes to make an entry in conjuction with a crookfur agency please TG).

Currently offered air craft:
Crookfur Areospace/Resolute solutions:
AF: CFT-3E super Hawk
FAA: CNT-3F Super Goshawk
St Mungo Products/Converse International
AF: CFT-14A Matrix
FAA: CNT-14B Sea Matrix

We would like to place a bid for this contract and we have a platform that may suit the design requirements or be able to be modified, in conjunction with Crookfur industries do to so. Elis Aerospace has delivered many of tehse aircraft all over teh wordl and they have proved themselves to eb modern, capable and cost effective.

EA-149 Jet Trainer/Light Combat Aircraft (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=76765)

Following a decision by the Elias Air Force to procure the EA-160 Wolverine (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=71886) over the EA-148 design, Elias Aerospace decided to scale back the original design and produce the EA-148 as a jet trainer instead of a mutlirole fighter. It was beaten by the other Elias Aerospace design because it was a cheaper but not as capable design. Two qualities that make it ideal for training.

Devlopment is now complete and exports are available. The presales (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=74192&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0)will be shipped after the second installment (80%) has been wired. We thank all nations who have given the financial asssistance to turn this program into a reality.

Design

The aircraft is constructed of carbon fire composites, glass-reinforced plastic, aluminium lithium, titanium and aluminium casting.

The conventional layout of the aircraft although not ground breakingly advanced provides for superb stability, reliability and safety especially when the aircraft is being used for training where the pilot might not have much experience in flying high performance jets.

Cockpit

The cockpit layout has been designed with displays and controls, that are compatible with current and projected front-line aircraft. The cockpit is fully compatible with the use of night-vision goggles. The night-vision system gives 24-hour operational capability and complements the Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) sensor by allowing the pilots all-round situation awareness.

The aircraft has digital fly-by-wire controls and HOTAS (hands on throttle and stick).
Three multifunction displays present all the aircraft flight data, navigation and sensor displays, weapons control, engine monitor, radio and radio navigation functions. All the information is available on any display and is selected by the pilot, using computer-controlled 'soft keys'.

The Head-Up Display (HUD) features full navigation, air-to-air and air-to-ground weapon aiming formats. The flexible software allows a huge selection of formats to suit each nations' need.

The aircraft is equipped with an advanced laser inertial navigation and attack system, a global positioning (GPS) system and a traffic alerting and collision avoidance (TCAS) system.

Weapons

The aircraft has seven external hardpoints for carrying weapons, one on the centreline under the fuselage, two hardpoints under each wing and an air-to-air missile launch rail at the two wingtips.

The wingtip launch rails can carry AIM-9/ASRAAM/R-14 missiles. The underwing and centreline hardpoints can carry rocket pods, air-to-surface missiles or air-to-air missiles according to the mission requirements, e.g. AGM-65 Maverick missiles or Mark 82/83/84 bombs or rocket pods and of course training rounds.

A Gsh-23 cannon with 296 rounds of ammunition is installed internally.

The EA-148 light combat aircraft can carry electronic warfare pods and a radar warning receiver.

Countermeasures

The aircraft features an integrated system that provides radar warning, electronic support measures and chaff and flare decoy dispensers.

Specifications

Dimensions
Length 12.98m
Height 4,78m
Wingspan 9.11m

Powerplant:
1x EPE-136 High bypass turbofan producing 11,690lb of thrust dry and 17,250lb afterburning

Armament:
total of seven hardpoint plus an internal Gsh-23mm internalgun system.

Performance
Maximum level speed Mach 1.4
Mas Ferry Range: 14200nm
Maximum altitude 42,000ft
Manoeuvrability +8g to -3g

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EA-148A Combat Trainer/Light Attack aircraft = 18 million

the United Elias interest has been noted

Both Crookfur Areopsace and St Mungo Producs could help with conversions (the main bone for conention at the moment would be the cannon while not too much of an issue it should be noted that the Crookfur air force have standardised on the 25mm round).


OOC: perhaps you wish to invent a facilities/service company or 2 or you could join a joint team (even using one of the already mentioned companies) basically i basing this off the UK airtanker and MFTS programs. The Crookfur military already have an aircraft they desire but in th end the deal will liekly go to the solution that offers the best perfromance to cost ratio and service levels.

Oh and you do get bit of a bump up as we use the EA-50 as our basic trainer.(note to self, buy more)

We suggest that we enter the tender the F-47 Jet Trainer, with the offer of 550 airframes and the tweaked E version. We wish you take into account our aircraft:

Kazakhstania has long felt the need for a top of the range training aircraft, to teach all needed pilots how to fly our latest jet fighters. Modern aircraft, being complex and difficult to master, are hard to teach the ways of. We have created an aircraft that allows the teaching of new pilots with minimum fuss and maximum ease.

So, we release for export our brand new F-47 Jet Trainer Aircraft!

F-47 Advanced Trainer/Light Attack Jet

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Design

Designed to be the worlds latest and greatest training aircraft, the F-47 was an ambitious project from the offset. It has been in development for longer than any of our other released jets, and we are proud of what we have come up with. Made to ease the role of training new pilots and provide a low cost ground attack aircraft, the F-47 paves the way for the future of the KAF.

This aircraft has many new ideas encorporated into it. The main shell is made out of a light Titanium Alloy in a Resin Honeycomb, and is reinforced. This allows huge G forces to be taken, up to 10G's. This allows the pilot to push the aircraft in complex traning maneuvers without risking the aircraft. Its strengthened shell and hard landing gear allow it to take the stresses of mistakes by the pilot.

It aerodynamic shape is a new design, and minimises drag, for maximum efficiency. The double cockpit is of simple layout, and can accomidate a teacher and pupil, in a flying classroom. Everything is simplyfied, and MFD's are common. This is the worlds most user friendly aircraft, and allows the pupil to learn with ease in the cockpit.

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The new engine on this aircraft is both powerful and compact. It has been maximized to run on minimal fuel with a long range, and is fully 2D thrust vectoring. It can power the aircraft up to a proven Mach 1.7 and carry the aircraft at maximum 11,000kg take off weight. Its thrust is 13,200lbs in full mil power and 16,500lbs afterburning. This new engine is the tip of compact jet technology.

Systems

This jet has some new training systems, for ease of use. It, of course, has the standard JTIDS-3 system, which allows easy passage of information to friendly units including ground and sea units. The Kazakh-40 system is a tied together weapons system and Fire Control Unit, which is also linked with the JTIDS.

The new systems are our latest user friendly Fly-By-Wire controls and autopilot features, including auto landing and even AI in dogfights. An intercom in the cockpit is installed. The cockpit is filled with easy use MFD's and a digital HUD. The aircraft can even be fitted with helmet mounted HUD's, if they are linked properly.

The radar is a Pulse Doppler compact yet powerful radar, a scaled down version of that on the F/A-41. It can see out to about 80km away, and allows passive sensing aswell. The aircraft is of course linked to fire the latest R-77, R-27 and R-73 guided missiles. It is a powerful new design that we are proud of.

There arent really any specials systems on this aircraft, just some newly designed FBW controls and Autpilot. Almost every system, however, has been proved in combat as completely effective, used in real situations against real enemies. These systema are flaw proof, and many many have been sold.

Weaponary

The weapons on this aircraft are mainly for the Light Attack and Weapons Training roles, but still allow a huge variety of weapons to be fired. These include almost all of the Russian AAM's, American AMRAAM and AIM-9 missiles and a huge variety of ground attack weapons. There are all in all seven weapons hardpoints and two wingtip pylons.

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The cannon on the aircraft is an GSh-301-1 30mm Cannon, a combat proven weapon for Air to Air and Air to Mud roles. The countermeasures include the latest Freedom Countrian Chaff and Kazakhstanian Flare systems, in two deposits on the tail.

We are very, very proud of this jet, and hope you will purchase many.

Crew: Two
Wingspan: 7.46 m
Length: 11.23m
Height: 4.1m
Take-off weight: Normal 8,000 kg: Max 11,000 kg
Max weapon payload: 7 Hardpoints, 2 Wintip Pylons
Max speed: 1.8 Mach
Range: Ferry range: 2,600 km
Service ceiling: 17,000 m
Engine: One K-34 PowerEngine - 13,200lbs Full
Computers: JTIDS, Kazakh-40 and IK Autopilot
Arnament: One GSh-307-5 25mm Cannon

Cost: $20,000,000

Thankyou.

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Elias Aerospace has a subsidary called 'Elias Aerospace-Integrated Aviation Solutions' (EA-IAS) which is intended to fulfill a private finance arrangement, with industry working in close partnership with the client (up until now only civilian). Under such an arrangement, the clien t in question will have use of the aircraft when they need them, but the through life risks of ownership will lie with EA-IAS. The client pays for any upgrades or modifications made to the airframe, but payment will only be made when the service is delivered to a satisfactory standard.

We believe that this approach is likely to offer greatest value for money without prejudicing operational capability. A PFI arrangement would be a true partnership between the Crookfur military and EA-IAS, working in the best spirit of rationalisation . The Crookfur military would continue to retain responsibility for all military tasks, whilst the contractor would own, manage and maintain the aircraft and also provide training facilities and some personnel.

EA-IAS's bid is based around the EA-148 Advanced Trainer aircraft. We would also like to form a partnership with a cpmapny based in Crookfur as we have no experience operating in this country nor have we ever conducted such a solution for military clients.