The Zoogie People
20-04-2004, 23:50
ZaS-27 'Firebird' Air Superiority Fighter
http://www.mod.uk/img/images/%5B(1517)-26-07-2000%5DNEWBLDSM.JPG
The ZaS-27 is a next-generation air superiority fighter designed to establish and maintain air superiority with very few losses, winning on its own a critical part of an allied war effort. The ZaS-27M is a carrier-based variant, and the ZaS-27E is an enlargened fighter-bomber derivative similar to the F-15E, able to perform any of a variety of ground attack roles.
History
When all was said and done, the new administration examined the entirety of the Zoogie Air Force and concluded that the previous few administrations had done little to improve what was a drastic situation in the military. The air superiority corps was in a state of ruins, and so indeed was much of the airforce, despite the more than satiating funds that were now newly available. It basically amounted to the fact that we had the expertise, we had the funds, we had the companies, we have the materials, we have the personel, we have the capacity and capability - we just didn't do it. The next day, defense minister Brian Dredon delivered a speech on the floor of the defense agency - the birth of Project: Firebird. One fighter to rule them all, one fighter to find them...one fighter to fly rings 'round all, and in the fire, destroy them.
Airframe
To make an aircraft so stealthy and capable into a manueverable dogfighter, may new technologies had to be employed. The ZSF has no control surfaces on its wings or tail...no aerilons, no rudder...flaps and an unconventional (i.e, not just a square piece of metal lifted up, but rather, something like the F-16) air brake are used only as sources of air resistance for the landing approach.
The cockpit canopy is raised and positioned higher up to give the single pilot an excellent field of view around him. It is very useful in a combat zone. The streamlined airframe also allows the aircraft to plow through air resistance, while at the same time offering maximum stealth and manueverability.
http://www.airwar.ru/image/i/xplane/foas-i.jpg
Powerplant
Great aircraft demand Lysol - er, great engines - that's a fact. Fortunately, Zoogie Aerospace is very experienced at engine design and constructrion, working with Estehl & Schultz to provide the powerplant for the ZaS-27. Two giant 34,000-lb engines power the Firebird, enabling maximum fuel efficiency (especially given that we run off methane) and supercruise, while propelling the aircraft to speeds of over Mach 2.
However, there is more to the engine than meets the eye. No visible moving parts are used in the engines - rather, micro and nanotechnology is employed along with fairly hidden mechanisms that direct thrust. A concept first employed in the X-36 program, this in and of itself reduces its heat signature.
The engines also use the most technologically sophisticated 3D-thrust vectoring system we have to offer. 3D thrust vectoring is done automatically to enhance flight, but the pilot also has full control over what it wants the engines to do. The engines are able to rotate in just about any direction to the maximum possible extent - +/- 120 degrees, giving the aircraft manueverability comparable to a ... wasp. Well, sort of. A superb system ensures the engine's safety and will automatically adjust it to safe levels if it overheats, and warns the pilot of any problems with the engine.
In the case of an incoming missile, the engine can also perform quite unexpected tasks. The engine can engage thermal dispersing as soon as an infrared missile is launched at the aircraft - basically turning the engine down to low thrust, or shutting it off completely, while absorbing and spreading the head throughout the immediate area. Much of the heat is also dissipated into the air, and the thrust behind it (if thrust is on) is distorted wildly in different directions. This doesn't give the aircraft great speed or maximum manueverability, but it confuses the heck out of infrared missiles - the aircraft can also recover immediately when it disengages the system.
The engines also make the aircraft capable of fairly short take-offs and very short landings, though it wasn't designed for it. With no weights, it can perform ESTOL takeoffs and landings.
Avionics
No fighter is worth two pennies, not without superior avionics. In one of the original ZSF visions, the aircraft would incorporate state of the art tracking devices to find enemy aircraft and shoot them down, all while not being seen. Of course, the other leg of that would be for the ZSF to elude enemy missiles and defeat enemy radar by whatever means. Thus, the ZSF may feature an innovative airframe, powerul, fuel-efficient, emission-masking, 3D-TV (phew) engines, and nearly flawless systems and endurance (phew), but that is not its true strong point. Where it really shines is in its avionics.
http://www.milparade.com/1999/33/0541.jpg
The AN/QRS-122 'Phantom'
The ZaS-27 features one of the most powerful and hidden radars in existance, the AN/QRS-122 combat aircraft look-down-shoot-down all aspect radar. Able to receive signals from over 180 miles away, the AN/QRS-122 also masks its radar signals using self-cancelling Doppler and other means (excuse my radar technology ignorance), making it a very difficult signal to detect, either via passive radar or RWR.
The passive radar system integrates seamlessly with the radar warning receiver, alerting the pilot to enemy and allied radar emissions. Passive radar detects all incoming emissions and plots their distances on a radar display with a limit range of four hundred miles. It can also integrate seamlessly into the active radar/detection MFDs.
The ZaS-27 is capable of defeating enemy radar as well as absorbing and deflecting it. Taurus, Zoogiedom's first active ECM system. Mounted on two small pods on the rear vertical stablizers and in two tiny pods on the wings, Taurus emits a stealthy signal that cancels out any electromagnetic radar waves travelling towards the aircraft and displays nothing present in the area.
Firebird's electronic countermeasures suite is also formidable. The 'jammer' effectively disrupts the radar of enemy aircraft and radar installations in the area, distracting and confusion their receivers. It also projects the ZaS-27 in an area where it isn't - it announces that the aircraft is there, but where, the enemy has no idea...and of course, no means of taking it down.
Firebird also uses infrared tracking, integrated into the detection MFD. Passive detection of enemy heat emissions is completely stealthy and undetectable, and is always turned on. Aircraft are also significantly warmer than the surrounding air, especially at higher altitudes. The infrared is also particularly useful at identifying targets onground, which its milimeter wave radar is less capable of doing.
Satellite and GPS information is also relayed, including terrain mapping, and passive laser is incorporated - all seamlessly integrated into the MFD displays.
http://www.glideunderground.com/reviews/f22/screens/8sml.jpg
The state of the art HUD display shows and organizes data in a layout similar to the F-22. The HUD basically displays for the pilot navigational information such as speed, altitude, heading, and combat systems such as the gunsight. Below the HUD are several multi-function displays. Navigational, detection, systems, weapons, flight and other information are all available here. The helmet designation systems helps the pilot with pertinent information even as he turns his head. The AN/ZSS-46 electronic countermeasures suite, aside from the formidable jamming system that distorts enemy radar, is able to deploy chaff and flare (35 of each of which are stored on the ZaS-27), engineered to easily disrupt even more advanced missiles.
The electronic countermeasures suite works hand in hand with several safety and emerency systems, and will be discussed further in the next section.
Systems
The Firebird has incredibly manueverability and stealth, attributes that must never fail. Between the Z-27 initial production and the ZaS-27 several years later, flight control mechanisms, hydraulics systems, weapons delivery, landing gear, and other systems in the ZaS-27 were placed under rigorous testing and thoroughly rehauled, lengthening the project - was it worth it? Absolutely. Your aircraft is ensured to perform at optimal levels.
The ZaS-27 has two cannons, one on each side of the cockpit (several inches removed). Both of 24-mm caliber, the six-barrel guns have a rapid fire rate, making it easy to deplete the ammunition. Even with an expert pilot, it is all too easy to run out of rounds. Dogfighting can be very inefficient.
Therefore, the ZaS-27 utilizes the D3CS system, or Dual Cannon Combat Control System. The twin embedded 24-mm cannons can be fully automated...When the detection systems of the Firebird lock onto an enemy fighter - let's say, an Su-37 - several systems kick in.
The Air Combat Manuever System (another which controls the control surfaces) makes adjustments in the control surfaces to aid the pilot in manuevering towards the aircraft, or to help swing the aircraft out of the way as the enemy aircraft gains a favorable position on it. The aforementioned D3CS, meanwhile, calculates the speed, position, distance, trajectory, and other statistics of its own plane and the enemy(ies) in question. The D3CS gun system then makes a calculation of the hit percentage that its cannons would get on the enemy fighter if it fired at any given time...when the hit percentage reaches a certain point, the cannon system propels a certain number of cannon rounds towards the enemy fighter...this evolutionary dogfighting system leaves the pilot free to manuever (and even this is aided) while letting the machine destroy on its own, with stunning accuracy. And if surrounded by two Su-37s, the LCS can even concentrate on splashing one while letting its IMMCS/EMCS and ACMS system save its tail on the other end. This is the next generation in dogfighting.
http://www.airwar.ru/image/i/xplane/foas-i.jpg
A ZaS-27A taxis onto the runway.
In addition, emergency manuever systems controlling all aspects of flight control are also employed on the ZFS.
The Firebird, building on the LCS systems, redefines the term 'autopilot.' Targets in close proximity to the LCS are always tracked, as well as the ground and terrain (determined by the radar systems by comparing the altitudes of ground targets and generating a sort of rough computerized terrain map) to prevent the ZFSfrom getting into a midair or crashing accidentally in poor weather. Warnings will alert the pilot when he becomes too close to crashing, and the powerful 'Emergency Manuever Control System' will engage all control surfaces of the aircraft, including thrust vectoring, to vector out of the close strike. Even if there are multiple points of impending collision, this system will automatically attempt to manuever out of them all. A subordinate to this system, the 'Incoming Missile Manuever Control System,' tracks incoming missile trajectory, distance, speed, and makes a ton of calculations...based on these calculations, it will use the EMCS to perform extreme manuevers to dodge the missile at the last second, even as the pilot is manuevering the plane himself or herself. It also control the countermeasures suite, and releases flare and chaff as appropriate.
The countermeasures suite is also top of the line. It will automatically engage chaff and flare, launching them in the approximate direction of the missile in select time intervals, all based on the calculations of the IMMCS. Various electronic countermeasures system will engage powerful jamming, passive electronic countermeasures, and bombard incoming missiles with signals that intend to throw it off, no matter what the designation.
The ZFS uses an enhanced fly-by-optics system. Fly-by-wire, made famous by the venerable F-16 fighter, is an advanced control system that allows the aircraft unprecedented manueverability, and the pilot unprecedented control. Fly by optics is a few steps up. Fly-by-wire is now a thing of the past - optical fibers allow for faster, more reliable responses, much better control, and much better exploitation of the flight envelope. Both automated and manual, and able to be controlled by the various manuever systems such as EMCS and IMMCS, the ZFS-FBO system allows this fighter to be easily one of the most manueverable in the world. Combined with the effective, consolidated control surfaces and thrust vectoring, the ZFS is feature an extreme turn radius, incredible manuevers, and almost unmatched performance. It is able to come to a complete stop in mid air and hover, in both versions of the aircraft. It is also able to fly virtually sideways.
All of these are taken directly from the ZaS-42 specifications and edited for the ZFS - these advanced technologies that have now been incarnated into the Gecko were first employed on the ZaS-27.
Armament
The ZaS-27 has three versions, each of which have different armament sets. The first, the ZaS-27A, is armed with two 24-mm cannons, each with 430 rounds. The ZaS-27A has side bays that overlap towards the centerline, each of which can hold two AIM-132 short ranged heatseeking missiles. Its main bays hold six AIM-120 AAMs, but is also capable of holding four AIM-148 medium-long-ranged AAMs, or eight AGM-113 anti-radiation missiles.
JDAM/Laser guided munitions of up to 1000lbs can be carried in the place of two AIM-120s. The navalized ZaS-27M has common main bays, but a different set of cannons. Two 20-mm cannons are used instead, each with 560 rounds.
The ZaS-27E is a fighter-bomber, with enlarged delta wings and overall shape, and slightly evolved engines and systems. A single 30-mm cannon is embedded into the aircraft, with 390 rounds and the same evolutionary D3CS system programmed for tracking of land targets. Its inner bays are configured to hold large quantities of GBU-39 small diameter bombs or CBU-97 cluster bombs, or numerous general purpose AGM-65 Mavericks. The JSOW can also be carried internally within the ZaS-27E, a huge plus in capability.
Specifications
http://journal.xelus.com/assets/FOAS_blue30.jpg
ZaS-27A
Manufactured by: Zoogie Aerospace
Engines: Two Es-266 afterburning turbofan engines with combined 68,000-lb thrust
Performance: Max speed Mach 2.34; cruise speed Mach 1.67; automated and manual full 3D thrust vectoring; service ceiling 66,400ft
Persona: One
Hardpoints: Internal cannons (w/ revolutionary D3CS automated gun system), internal bottom bays (6 AAMS), fuselage-side bays (4 IR AAMs), four wing hardpoints and two wingtip hardpoints if necessary.
Estimated unit cost: $62 million
Production rights: Negotiable on request
ZaS-27M
The ZaS-27M is the naval version of the fighter. With enlargened wings, it also carries more fuel and comes carrier-capable.
Manufactured by: Zoogie Aerospace
Engines: Two Es-266-2400 afterburning turbofan engines with combined 68,000-lb thrust
Performance: Max speed Mach 2.43; cruise speed Mach 1.62; automated and manual full 3D thrust vectoring; service ceiling 68,400ft
Persona: One
Hardpoints: Internal cannons (w/ revolutionary D3CS automated gun system), internal bottom bays (6 AAMS), fuselage-side bays (4 IR AAMs), four wing hardpoints and two wingtip hardpoints if necessary.
Estimated unit cost: $66 million
http://images.janes.com/aerospace/military/news/idr/p0111197.jpg
ZaS-27E
The ZaS-27E is a fighter-bomber derivative of the ZaS-27A, with greatly enlargened size, larger delta wings, even higher-positioned cockpit canopy, and with it, of course, more fuel. An easy replacement for F-15Es or Su-35
http://www.stratmag.com/issue2Sep-15/imagesn/foas.jpg
Manufactured by: Zoogie Aerospace
Engines: Two Es-266-2900 afterburning turbofan engines with combined 74,000-lb thrust
Performance: Max speed Mach 2.24; cruise speed Mach 1.59; automated and manual full 3D thrust vectoring; service ceiling 72,600ft
Persona: One
Hardpoints: Internal cannons (w/ revolutionary D3CS automated gun system), internal bottom bays, fuselage-side bays (IR-AAM) that hold a large capacity of weapons for a variety of ground attack roles. Cuts out the need for an FB-22...this is beyond it. Far, far beyond it.
Estimated unit cost: $75 million
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The C-71 (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=131905&highlight=) is a very large tactical military airlift, capable of airlifting a load over twice that of the C-5 cargo. With an innovative box wing design, this is a surefire replacement for the C-5 and An-124...and is more efficient than an An-225.
The C-240 (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=127367&highlight=) cargo is a supersonic strategic military airlift, airlifting a greater load than the C-17, at much higher speeds. With a new redesign, including engines by United Elias, this will solve all your cargo problems.
And a few others as well! The C-240 (link above) has three other derivatives; the efficient KC-240 midflight refueling platform, the AC-240 cruise missile platform, and the EC-240 electronic warfare platform.
The ZaS-42 (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=140087&highlight=) is the next gneration combat strike fighter. The most advanced strike fighter available today, it brings you top performance capability at an efficient cost. An extremely low-observable (often known as 'stealthy') aircraft, its armament is carried internally and is not as extensive as say, that of a Eurofighter, but it lives up to its first shot, first kill demands and then some - the systems define the aircraft, and this is definitely not lacking in advanced systems.
Zoogiedom is also open to several joint developmental concepts. (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=139673&highlight=) See thread for details.
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A ZaS-27E flies through Zoogiedom, definitely not accompanied by a secret developmental unmanned combat aircraft, and definately not right above a developmental air-launched cruise missile.
This thread effectively replaces the prior one. (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=121339&highlight=) Accurate information is located here.
http://www.mod.uk/img/images/%5B(1517)-26-07-2000%5DNEWBLDSM.JPG
The ZaS-27 is a next-generation air superiority fighter designed to establish and maintain air superiority with very few losses, winning on its own a critical part of an allied war effort. The ZaS-27M is a carrier-based variant, and the ZaS-27E is an enlargened fighter-bomber derivative similar to the F-15E, able to perform any of a variety of ground attack roles.
History
When all was said and done, the new administration examined the entirety of the Zoogie Air Force and concluded that the previous few administrations had done little to improve what was a drastic situation in the military. The air superiority corps was in a state of ruins, and so indeed was much of the airforce, despite the more than satiating funds that were now newly available. It basically amounted to the fact that we had the expertise, we had the funds, we had the companies, we have the materials, we have the personel, we have the capacity and capability - we just didn't do it. The next day, defense minister Brian Dredon delivered a speech on the floor of the defense agency - the birth of Project: Firebird. One fighter to rule them all, one fighter to find them...one fighter to fly rings 'round all, and in the fire, destroy them.
Airframe
To make an aircraft so stealthy and capable into a manueverable dogfighter, may new technologies had to be employed. The ZSF has no control surfaces on its wings or tail...no aerilons, no rudder...flaps and an unconventional (i.e, not just a square piece of metal lifted up, but rather, something like the F-16) air brake are used only as sources of air resistance for the landing approach.
The cockpit canopy is raised and positioned higher up to give the single pilot an excellent field of view around him. It is very useful in a combat zone. The streamlined airframe also allows the aircraft to plow through air resistance, while at the same time offering maximum stealth and manueverability.
http://www.airwar.ru/image/i/xplane/foas-i.jpg
Powerplant
Great aircraft demand Lysol - er, great engines - that's a fact. Fortunately, Zoogie Aerospace is very experienced at engine design and constructrion, working with Estehl & Schultz to provide the powerplant for the ZaS-27. Two giant 34,000-lb engines power the Firebird, enabling maximum fuel efficiency (especially given that we run off methane) and supercruise, while propelling the aircraft to speeds of over Mach 2.
However, there is more to the engine than meets the eye. No visible moving parts are used in the engines - rather, micro and nanotechnology is employed along with fairly hidden mechanisms that direct thrust. A concept first employed in the X-36 program, this in and of itself reduces its heat signature.
The engines also use the most technologically sophisticated 3D-thrust vectoring system we have to offer. 3D thrust vectoring is done automatically to enhance flight, but the pilot also has full control over what it wants the engines to do. The engines are able to rotate in just about any direction to the maximum possible extent - +/- 120 degrees, giving the aircraft manueverability comparable to a ... wasp. Well, sort of. A superb system ensures the engine's safety and will automatically adjust it to safe levels if it overheats, and warns the pilot of any problems with the engine.
In the case of an incoming missile, the engine can also perform quite unexpected tasks. The engine can engage thermal dispersing as soon as an infrared missile is launched at the aircraft - basically turning the engine down to low thrust, or shutting it off completely, while absorbing and spreading the head throughout the immediate area. Much of the heat is also dissipated into the air, and the thrust behind it (if thrust is on) is distorted wildly in different directions. This doesn't give the aircraft great speed or maximum manueverability, but it confuses the heck out of infrared missiles - the aircraft can also recover immediately when it disengages the system.
The engines also make the aircraft capable of fairly short take-offs and very short landings, though it wasn't designed for it. With no weights, it can perform ESTOL takeoffs and landings.
Avionics
No fighter is worth two pennies, not without superior avionics. In one of the original ZSF visions, the aircraft would incorporate state of the art tracking devices to find enemy aircraft and shoot them down, all while not being seen. Of course, the other leg of that would be for the ZSF to elude enemy missiles and defeat enemy radar by whatever means. Thus, the ZSF may feature an innovative airframe, powerul, fuel-efficient, emission-masking, 3D-TV (phew) engines, and nearly flawless systems and endurance (phew), but that is not its true strong point. Where it really shines is in its avionics.
http://www.milparade.com/1999/33/0541.jpg
The AN/QRS-122 'Phantom'
The ZaS-27 features one of the most powerful and hidden radars in existance, the AN/QRS-122 combat aircraft look-down-shoot-down all aspect radar. Able to receive signals from over 180 miles away, the AN/QRS-122 also masks its radar signals using self-cancelling Doppler and other means (excuse my radar technology ignorance), making it a very difficult signal to detect, either via passive radar or RWR.
The passive radar system integrates seamlessly with the radar warning receiver, alerting the pilot to enemy and allied radar emissions. Passive radar detects all incoming emissions and plots their distances on a radar display with a limit range of four hundred miles. It can also integrate seamlessly into the active radar/detection MFDs.
The ZaS-27 is capable of defeating enemy radar as well as absorbing and deflecting it. Taurus, Zoogiedom's first active ECM system. Mounted on two small pods on the rear vertical stablizers and in two tiny pods on the wings, Taurus emits a stealthy signal that cancels out any electromagnetic radar waves travelling towards the aircraft and displays nothing present in the area.
Firebird's electronic countermeasures suite is also formidable. The 'jammer' effectively disrupts the radar of enemy aircraft and radar installations in the area, distracting and confusion their receivers. It also projects the ZaS-27 in an area where it isn't - it announces that the aircraft is there, but where, the enemy has no idea...and of course, no means of taking it down.
Firebird also uses infrared tracking, integrated into the detection MFD. Passive detection of enemy heat emissions is completely stealthy and undetectable, and is always turned on. Aircraft are also significantly warmer than the surrounding air, especially at higher altitudes. The infrared is also particularly useful at identifying targets onground, which its milimeter wave radar is less capable of doing.
Satellite and GPS information is also relayed, including terrain mapping, and passive laser is incorporated - all seamlessly integrated into the MFD displays.
http://www.glideunderground.com/reviews/f22/screens/8sml.jpg
The state of the art HUD display shows and organizes data in a layout similar to the F-22. The HUD basically displays for the pilot navigational information such as speed, altitude, heading, and combat systems such as the gunsight. Below the HUD are several multi-function displays. Navigational, detection, systems, weapons, flight and other information are all available here. The helmet designation systems helps the pilot with pertinent information even as he turns his head. The AN/ZSS-46 electronic countermeasures suite, aside from the formidable jamming system that distorts enemy radar, is able to deploy chaff and flare (35 of each of which are stored on the ZaS-27), engineered to easily disrupt even more advanced missiles.
The electronic countermeasures suite works hand in hand with several safety and emerency systems, and will be discussed further in the next section.
Systems
The Firebird has incredibly manueverability and stealth, attributes that must never fail. Between the Z-27 initial production and the ZaS-27 several years later, flight control mechanisms, hydraulics systems, weapons delivery, landing gear, and other systems in the ZaS-27 were placed under rigorous testing and thoroughly rehauled, lengthening the project - was it worth it? Absolutely. Your aircraft is ensured to perform at optimal levels.
The ZaS-27 has two cannons, one on each side of the cockpit (several inches removed). Both of 24-mm caliber, the six-barrel guns have a rapid fire rate, making it easy to deplete the ammunition. Even with an expert pilot, it is all too easy to run out of rounds. Dogfighting can be very inefficient.
Therefore, the ZaS-27 utilizes the D3CS system, or Dual Cannon Combat Control System. The twin embedded 24-mm cannons can be fully automated...When the detection systems of the Firebird lock onto an enemy fighter - let's say, an Su-37 - several systems kick in.
The Air Combat Manuever System (another which controls the control surfaces) makes adjustments in the control surfaces to aid the pilot in manuevering towards the aircraft, or to help swing the aircraft out of the way as the enemy aircraft gains a favorable position on it. The aforementioned D3CS, meanwhile, calculates the speed, position, distance, trajectory, and other statistics of its own plane and the enemy(ies) in question. The D3CS gun system then makes a calculation of the hit percentage that its cannons would get on the enemy fighter if it fired at any given time...when the hit percentage reaches a certain point, the cannon system propels a certain number of cannon rounds towards the enemy fighter...this evolutionary dogfighting system leaves the pilot free to manuever (and even this is aided) while letting the machine destroy on its own, with stunning accuracy. And if surrounded by two Su-37s, the LCS can even concentrate on splashing one while letting its IMMCS/EMCS and ACMS system save its tail on the other end. This is the next generation in dogfighting.
http://www.airwar.ru/image/i/xplane/foas-i.jpg
A ZaS-27A taxis onto the runway.
In addition, emergency manuever systems controlling all aspects of flight control are also employed on the ZFS.
The Firebird, building on the LCS systems, redefines the term 'autopilot.' Targets in close proximity to the LCS are always tracked, as well as the ground and terrain (determined by the radar systems by comparing the altitudes of ground targets and generating a sort of rough computerized terrain map) to prevent the ZFSfrom getting into a midair or crashing accidentally in poor weather. Warnings will alert the pilot when he becomes too close to crashing, and the powerful 'Emergency Manuever Control System' will engage all control surfaces of the aircraft, including thrust vectoring, to vector out of the close strike. Even if there are multiple points of impending collision, this system will automatically attempt to manuever out of them all. A subordinate to this system, the 'Incoming Missile Manuever Control System,' tracks incoming missile trajectory, distance, speed, and makes a ton of calculations...based on these calculations, it will use the EMCS to perform extreme manuevers to dodge the missile at the last second, even as the pilot is manuevering the plane himself or herself. It also control the countermeasures suite, and releases flare and chaff as appropriate.
The countermeasures suite is also top of the line. It will automatically engage chaff and flare, launching them in the approximate direction of the missile in select time intervals, all based on the calculations of the IMMCS. Various electronic countermeasures system will engage powerful jamming, passive electronic countermeasures, and bombard incoming missiles with signals that intend to throw it off, no matter what the designation.
The ZFS uses an enhanced fly-by-optics system. Fly-by-wire, made famous by the venerable F-16 fighter, is an advanced control system that allows the aircraft unprecedented manueverability, and the pilot unprecedented control. Fly by optics is a few steps up. Fly-by-wire is now a thing of the past - optical fibers allow for faster, more reliable responses, much better control, and much better exploitation of the flight envelope. Both automated and manual, and able to be controlled by the various manuever systems such as EMCS and IMMCS, the ZFS-FBO system allows this fighter to be easily one of the most manueverable in the world. Combined with the effective, consolidated control surfaces and thrust vectoring, the ZFS is feature an extreme turn radius, incredible manuevers, and almost unmatched performance. It is able to come to a complete stop in mid air and hover, in both versions of the aircraft. It is also able to fly virtually sideways.
All of these are taken directly from the ZaS-42 specifications and edited for the ZFS - these advanced technologies that have now been incarnated into the Gecko were first employed on the ZaS-27.
Armament
The ZaS-27 has three versions, each of which have different armament sets. The first, the ZaS-27A, is armed with two 24-mm cannons, each with 430 rounds. The ZaS-27A has side bays that overlap towards the centerline, each of which can hold two AIM-132 short ranged heatseeking missiles. Its main bays hold six AIM-120 AAMs, but is also capable of holding four AIM-148 medium-long-ranged AAMs, or eight AGM-113 anti-radiation missiles.
JDAM/Laser guided munitions of up to 1000lbs can be carried in the place of two AIM-120s. The navalized ZaS-27M has common main bays, but a different set of cannons. Two 20-mm cannons are used instead, each with 560 rounds.
The ZaS-27E is a fighter-bomber, with enlarged delta wings and overall shape, and slightly evolved engines and systems. A single 30-mm cannon is embedded into the aircraft, with 390 rounds and the same evolutionary D3CS system programmed for tracking of land targets. Its inner bays are configured to hold large quantities of GBU-39 small diameter bombs or CBU-97 cluster bombs, or numerous general purpose AGM-65 Mavericks. The JSOW can also be carried internally within the ZaS-27E, a huge plus in capability.
Specifications
http://journal.xelus.com/assets/FOAS_blue30.jpg
ZaS-27A
Manufactured by: Zoogie Aerospace
Engines: Two Es-266 afterburning turbofan engines with combined 68,000-lb thrust
Performance: Max speed Mach 2.34; cruise speed Mach 1.67; automated and manual full 3D thrust vectoring; service ceiling 66,400ft
Persona: One
Hardpoints: Internal cannons (w/ revolutionary D3CS automated gun system), internal bottom bays (6 AAMS), fuselage-side bays (4 IR AAMs), four wing hardpoints and two wingtip hardpoints if necessary.
Estimated unit cost: $62 million
Production rights: Negotiable on request
ZaS-27M
The ZaS-27M is the naval version of the fighter. With enlargened wings, it also carries more fuel and comes carrier-capable.
Manufactured by: Zoogie Aerospace
Engines: Two Es-266-2400 afterburning turbofan engines with combined 68,000-lb thrust
Performance: Max speed Mach 2.43; cruise speed Mach 1.62; automated and manual full 3D thrust vectoring; service ceiling 68,400ft
Persona: One
Hardpoints: Internal cannons (w/ revolutionary D3CS automated gun system), internal bottom bays (6 AAMS), fuselage-side bays (4 IR AAMs), four wing hardpoints and two wingtip hardpoints if necessary.
Estimated unit cost: $66 million
http://images.janes.com/aerospace/military/news/idr/p0111197.jpg
ZaS-27E
The ZaS-27E is a fighter-bomber derivative of the ZaS-27A, with greatly enlargened size, larger delta wings, even higher-positioned cockpit canopy, and with it, of course, more fuel. An easy replacement for F-15Es or Su-35
http://www.stratmag.com/issue2Sep-15/imagesn/foas.jpg
Manufactured by: Zoogie Aerospace
Engines: Two Es-266-2900 afterburning turbofan engines with combined 74,000-lb thrust
Performance: Max speed Mach 2.24; cruise speed Mach 1.59; automated and manual full 3D thrust vectoring; service ceiling 72,600ft
Persona: One
Hardpoints: Internal cannons (w/ revolutionary D3CS automated gun system), internal bottom bays, fuselage-side bays (IR-AAM) that hold a large capacity of weapons for a variety of ground attack roles. Cuts out the need for an FB-22...this is beyond it. Far, far beyond it.
Estimated unit cost: $75 million
http://www.fcpl.com/a_foas2.jpg
~Zoogie Aerospace Corporation. Enjoy your fighter. This feature rated G for all 'good' nations.
All prices are negotiable, and discounts are usually given...export ZF-27A/M/E is a more limited version; trusted nations receive the full version. Just ask if you are a 'trusted' nation.
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The C-71 (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=131905&highlight=) is a very large tactical military airlift, capable of airlifting a load over twice that of the C-5 cargo. With an innovative box wing design, this is a surefire replacement for the C-5 and An-124...and is more efficient than an An-225.
The C-240 (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=127367&highlight=) cargo is a supersonic strategic military airlift, airlifting a greater load than the C-17, at much higher speeds. With a new redesign, including engines by United Elias, this will solve all your cargo problems.
And a few others as well! The C-240 (link above) has three other derivatives; the efficient KC-240 midflight refueling platform, the AC-240 cruise missile platform, and the EC-240 electronic warfare platform.
The ZaS-42 (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=140087&highlight=) is the next gneration combat strike fighter. The most advanced strike fighter available today, it brings you top performance capability at an efficient cost. An extremely low-observable (often known as 'stealthy') aircraft, its armament is carried internally and is not as extensive as say, that of a Eurofighter, but it lives up to its first shot, first kill demands and then some - the systems define the aircraft, and this is definitely not lacking in advanced systems.
Zoogiedom is also open to several joint developmental concepts. (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=139673&highlight=) See thread for details.
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A ZaS-27E flies through Zoogiedom, definitely not accompanied by a secret developmental unmanned combat aircraft, and definately not right above a developmental air-launched cruise missile.
This thread effectively replaces the prior one. (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=121339&highlight=) Accurate information is located here.