Space Union
11-11-2005, 00:12
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Overview:
The SuF-5 is SUNAC's (Space Union National Arms Corporation) response to the Space Union Air Force's need for a multi-role fighter aircraft intended to complement the versatile SuF-2 Archangel Air Superiority Fighter. Designed by the Space Union National Arms Corporation's Air Division, it is the premium multi-role fighter of the decade with advanced avionics, manuverability, and a load of features to ensure that it is the least costly maintaince wise aircraft on the market.
Goals:
The main goals of the SUAF was for a fighter that would be much cheaper than the expensive SuF-2 Archangel. The result were a set of goals designed by the SUAF for the fighter:
1) Cheap
2) Small
3) Effective
4) Manuverable
5) Easily Maintainable
6) Single-Engine Design
7) 2 Crew Members
These goals ended up being succeeded by the SuF-5 Lion.
Airframe:
The basic airframe of the SuF-5 Lion is a combination of composite material and metallic alloys. The aircraft is designed with 60% composite material and 32% Aluminium-Titanium Alloy and 8% Inconel, which is in the areas facing hot temperatures. This combination has resulted in a very light weight design that is small, compact, and further light-weight. Along with that, the SuF-5 is arranged so that it has maximum manuverability capability.
The SuF-5 Lion is designed with a canard-delta configuration. It has a large delta wing to provide lift for the aircraft. To top it off it also has a set of canards to provide additional lift. Not only do these provide lift, this configuration allows for the aircrafts to be more manuverable than possible in other configurations. Meanwhile, it also keeps the maintaince costs down with the use of aluminium-titanium as the major wing construction material.
For weapons, the SuF-5 Lion carries 6 hardpoints internally within 2 internal weapon bays. Each hardpoint is capable of supporting 2,700 kg in theory. But in reality it is capable of holding 4 long-range air-to-air missiles or 2 Medium-range air-to-air missiles and two 2,000 lbs bombs in a standard configuration. Not only that but the weapon bays are designed so that a pully launches the payload out of the aircraft. This allows for quicker firing in heated dogfights.
Avionics:
The SuF-5 Lion is equipped with the state of the art avionics. To start off it has a SUR/SU-21 LPI radar designed by SUNAC's Electronics Division. It is capable of reaching up to 200 kms out. It is also able to track/pinpoint up to 100 objects at once. The SUR/SU-21 is also immune to jamming as it changes frequency ever 0.5 seconds. This allows it to be immune to almost every ECM system out-to-date.
Further avionics include the integration of the SuF-5 into the SUDACS or Space Union Defense Architect Core System. This allows it to gain information in 3D real-time about the entire 10 sq. miles range. It allows for unprecedentent collaberation with other air units and assets. The pilot now gets on the demand info about his environment without having to sort through millions of sensor displays, that plagued older aircrafts.
The SuF-5 Lion also contains one of the most advanced LIDAR/LADAR system out. It is called the LILA/SU-5 LIDAR/LADAR system. This system works together with the SUR/SU-21 to provide informatio to the internal computer. The LIDAR system is capable of tracking up to 20 targets at once in a 30 km range, while the LADAR system is capable of tracking up to 70 kms away. The best part, though, is its combination with the radar system. When the radar system picks up any objects, the LILA/SU-5 goes on to track that object and provide more depth and information on the object. These two systems are a marrige in heaven.
Propulsion:
The SuF-5 is powered by the most advanced engine on the market from Space Union, the Union-200-2005 Ramfan Jet Engine. The SuF-5 utilizes only one of these, yet gains tremendous benefits over older, two engine fighters. For one thing the Union-200-2005 produces a thrust of 55,000 lbf. That's enough to power this beast to high speeds if needed. But the Union-200 is not designed for power, but instead for maintaince-friendliness and fuel efficient.
The Union-200 makes tremendous leaps when it comes to maintaince. Older jet engines tended to be complex and therefore much more demanding when maintaince time came. But the Union-200 tries to make sure that it has the least amount of maintaince nessessary. For one thing, every part is modular. This means that using a clip, a part can be easily taken out of the engine and reput into it. This allows for quick access to internal parts of the engine that need fixing. Another design change was that it had an automatic maintaince system inside of it. If any part isn't working correctly or has been damaged, the computer alerts the aircraft on the damaged area and unclips all the clips and makes it so that it is easy to remove the part.
Another benefit of the Union-200 is its fuel efficiency. The most dramatic way of doing so was increasing the bypass air. The amount of bypass air compared to the regular amount is rated at 0.4. This has increased the fuel efficiency to the point that it isn't a fuel hungry engine. Not only does this help keep fuel consumption down, it also gives it more power than a comparable low-bypass ramfan jet engine.
Each Union-200 is also equipped with the most advanced features to date. It has a fully 3D Thrust Vectoring nozzle that can move in any direction. It also features a supercruise ability. Supercruise is the ability to cruise at above Mach 1 without the use of afterburners. This results in more fuel-efficient engines above Mach 1 and an increase in range for the aircraft. It also features heat dampenners that insert cold air into the exhaust to make it colder. It helps to avoid infra-red seeking missiles and sensors.
Flight Controls:
The SuF-5 Lion's unique flight controls are controlled by a system called Fly-by-Optics. This is an advanced version of Fly-by-Wire, which uses fiber optics instead of conventional copper wires. The result is that the aircraft has faster reaction time than ever before. This results in much better flight performance than any system before it.
The cockpit of the aircraft is designed in a revolutionary way. The front panel of the aircraft is fitted with a OLED screen, allowing for all information to be put in HUD. Underneath the HUD, is a black keyboard. This black keyboard allows for the pilot to enter in any flight mission and gain needed information about an area, object, or direction. It can also hook up with any military computers that the pilot is allowed to access. This computer allows for the pilot to have all the information he/she needs in order to complete his/her mission. And all of the information is fowarded to the HUD, so he/she doesn't have to look at a different screen.
To keep up with the ever advancing aircraft world, a new technology called Voice Command has been implented into the SuF-5. It is a system that can be activated by the use of the keyboard, and allows the pilot to input commands instead of typing them or even connect to the aircraft's main computer to get on-the-demand aircraft information. It allows for the pilot to maintain awarness on the situation at hand instead of looking all over for the different buttons and stuff, a critical mistake during dogfights, missions, or in enemy territory.
Weapons/Electronic Countermeasures:
The SuF-5 Lion is incredibally flexible when it comes to its weapons. The SuF-5 Lion is capable of being limitedly modified to carry almost every weapon in the NS world. Thsi comes thanks to the use of adjustable pylons/hardpoints that can be adjusted to carry the nessessary missile/bomb/ammunition.
The SuF-5 Lion keeps stay with other aircrafts, by having a 20mm Caseless Autocannon inside of its nose. This autocannon can be used to destroy other aircrafts instead of wasting crucial missiles. The 20mm Caseless Autocannon, called the SUAAC-1, is located in underneath the nose of the aircraft.
To maintain a low RCS, the aircraft is fitted with two internal bays. Each internal bay has 3 pylons. Each pylon is capable of holding a theoratical 2,700 lbs, though, it is impossible to fit 4x 2,000 lbs. Instead the 2 internal weapons bays can hold 2x 2,000 lbs bombs. Along with that it can hold up to 2 medium air-to-air missiles, internally. Another configuration is having 4 long-range air-to-air missiles internally. But to further customize the payload, more pylons can be added into the internal bay if needed for a mission.
The aircraft is also capable of holding of holding missiles and bombs outside, though it comes with an RCS increase. It is capable of being outfitted with 6 external hardpoints. Each hardpoint can carry a theoratical 2,700 kgs worth of bombs/missiles/ammunitions. This makes it capable of delivering a huge amount of payload, but comes at the cost of weight, stealth, agility, flight performance, and speed, if fully loaded.
As for electronic countermeasures, the SuF-5 Lion has been designed with a suite of ECMs that make earlier aircrafts look defenseless. All the measures have been ensured to elude the enemies sensors and weapons so that the SuF-5 has the optimal danger capability and survivability. The first component of the ECM system is the jamming system. The SuF-5's radar is equipped with an automatic jammer system. Everytime the aircraft fires off a radar signal, it fires a jamming signal right after. This way the other aircraft doesn't realise that its being tracked by an enemy fighter. Not only that but a jamming system called the JYU-A is used to jam all the radars in the area except for the aircrafts own. This works by having the JYU-A and the aircraft's radar/lidar/ladar system work together. They both are designed to emit radar signals on different wavelengths each time they fire off. This allows for the aircraft to not jam its own radar. The JYU-A continues to jump frequency constantly making it difficult to defeat by enemy aircrafts, even with high-tech equipment on-board.
Other measures include the use of chaffs and flares. High-powered flares fly out and release a huge explosion of light. This automatically is registered by any IR-Seeking enemies and is directed toward the explosion. The flare burst 3 times before dying out. This is the new generation of flares designed to defeat the new-generation of IR-Seeking missiles.
Possible Weapon Arrangements (Internally):
Air Superiority Mode:
8x Medium Air-to-Air Missiles
Interceptor Mode:
4x Long-Range Air-to-Air Missiles
Bombing Mode:
3x 2,000 lbs GPS-Guided Smart Bombs
Electronic Mode:
None. (Replaced with electronic equipment)
Reconnisance Mode:
None. (Replaced with reconnisance insturments and electronics)
Attack Mode:
2x 2,000 lbs GPS-Guided Bombs
2x Medium-Range Air-to-Air missiles
Specifications:
Length: 16 m
Height: 5 m
Wingspan: 12.5 m
Propulsion: 1x Union-200-2005 Ramfan Jet Engine rated at 25,000 kgf
Thrust Vectoring: Yes
Empty Weight: 11,000 kg
Full Weight: 22,000 kg
Maximum Weight: 27,000 kg
Fuel Weight: 9,000 kg
Normal Payload: 2,000 kg
Maximum Payload: 7,000 kg
Cruising Speed: Mach 1.2
Supercruise Speed: Mach 1.6
Maximum Speed: Mach 2.4
Operational Altitude: 60,000 ft
Maximum Altitude: 68,000 ft
Operational Range: 1,150 km
Maximum Range: 1,350 km
Hardpoints: 6x Internal (Standard); 6x External (Optional)
Crew: 2
Price: $56 million
Overview:
The SuF-5 is SUNAC's (Space Union National Arms Corporation) response to the Space Union Air Force's need for a multi-role fighter aircraft intended to complement the versatile SuF-2 Archangel Air Superiority Fighter. Designed by the Space Union National Arms Corporation's Air Division, it is the premium multi-role fighter of the decade with advanced avionics, manuverability, and a load of features to ensure that it is the least costly maintaince wise aircraft on the market.
Goals:
The main goals of the SUAF was for a fighter that would be much cheaper than the expensive SuF-2 Archangel. The result were a set of goals designed by the SUAF for the fighter:
1) Cheap
2) Small
3) Effective
4) Manuverable
5) Easily Maintainable
6) Single-Engine Design
7) 2 Crew Members
These goals ended up being succeeded by the SuF-5 Lion.
Airframe:
The basic airframe of the SuF-5 Lion is a combination of composite material and metallic alloys. The aircraft is designed with 60% composite material and 32% Aluminium-Titanium Alloy and 8% Inconel, which is in the areas facing hot temperatures. This combination has resulted in a very light weight design that is small, compact, and further light-weight. Along with that, the SuF-5 is arranged so that it has maximum manuverability capability.
The SuF-5 Lion is designed with a canard-delta configuration. It has a large delta wing to provide lift for the aircraft. To top it off it also has a set of canards to provide additional lift. Not only do these provide lift, this configuration allows for the aircrafts to be more manuverable than possible in other configurations. Meanwhile, it also keeps the maintaince costs down with the use of aluminium-titanium as the major wing construction material.
For weapons, the SuF-5 Lion carries 6 hardpoints internally within 2 internal weapon bays. Each hardpoint is capable of supporting 2,700 kg in theory. But in reality it is capable of holding 4 long-range air-to-air missiles or 2 Medium-range air-to-air missiles and two 2,000 lbs bombs in a standard configuration. Not only that but the weapon bays are designed so that a pully launches the payload out of the aircraft. This allows for quicker firing in heated dogfights.
Avionics:
The SuF-5 Lion is equipped with the state of the art avionics. To start off it has a SUR/SU-21 LPI radar designed by SUNAC's Electronics Division. It is capable of reaching up to 200 kms out. It is also able to track/pinpoint up to 100 objects at once. The SUR/SU-21 is also immune to jamming as it changes frequency ever 0.5 seconds. This allows it to be immune to almost every ECM system out-to-date.
Further avionics include the integration of the SuF-5 into the SUDACS or Space Union Defense Architect Core System. This allows it to gain information in 3D real-time about the entire 10 sq. miles range. It allows for unprecedentent collaberation with other air units and assets. The pilot now gets on the demand info about his environment without having to sort through millions of sensor displays, that plagued older aircrafts.
The SuF-5 Lion also contains one of the most advanced LIDAR/LADAR system out. It is called the LILA/SU-5 LIDAR/LADAR system. This system works together with the SUR/SU-21 to provide informatio to the internal computer. The LIDAR system is capable of tracking up to 20 targets at once in a 30 km range, while the LADAR system is capable of tracking up to 70 kms away. The best part, though, is its combination with the radar system. When the radar system picks up any objects, the LILA/SU-5 goes on to track that object and provide more depth and information on the object. These two systems are a marrige in heaven.
Propulsion:
The SuF-5 is powered by the most advanced engine on the market from Space Union, the Union-200-2005 Ramfan Jet Engine. The SuF-5 utilizes only one of these, yet gains tremendous benefits over older, two engine fighters. For one thing the Union-200-2005 produces a thrust of 55,000 lbf. That's enough to power this beast to high speeds if needed. But the Union-200 is not designed for power, but instead for maintaince-friendliness and fuel efficient.
The Union-200 makes tremendous leaps when it comes to maintaince. Older jet engines tended to be complex and therefore much more demanding when maintaince time came. But the Union-200 tries to make sure that it has the least amount of maintaince nessessary. For one thing, every part is modular. This means that using a clip, a part can be easily taken out of the engine and reput into it. This allows for quick access to internal parts of the engine that need fixing. Another design change was that it had an automatic maintaince system inside of it. If any part isn't working correctly or has been damaged, the computer alerts the aircraft on the damaged area and unclips all the clips and makes it so that it is easy to remove the part.
Another benefit of the Union-200 is its fuel efficiency. The most dramatic way of doing so was increasing the bypass air. The amount of bypass air compared to the regular amount is rated at 0.4. This has increased the fuel efficiency to the point that it isn't a fuel hungry engine. Not only does this help keep fuel consumption down, it also gives it more power than a comparable low-bypass ramfan jet engine.
Each Union-200 is also equipped with the most advanced features to date. It has a fully 3D Thrust Vectoring nozzle that can move in any direction. It also features a supercruise ability. Supercruise is the ability to cruise at above Mach 1 without the use of afterburners. This results in more fuel-efficient engines above Mach 1 and an increase in range for the aircraft. It also features heat dampenners that insert cold air into the exhaust to make it colder. It helps to avoid infra-red seeking missiles and sensors.
Flight Controls:
The SuF-5 Lion's unique flight controls are controlled by a system called Fly-by-Optics. This is an advanced version of Fly-by-Wire, which uses fiber optics instead of conventional copper wires. The result is that the aircraft has faster reaction time than ever before. This results in much better flight performance than any system before it.
The cockpit of the aircraft is designed in a revolutionary way. The front panel of the aircraft is fitted with a OLED screen, allowing for all information to be put in HUD. Underneath the HUD, is a black keyboard. This black keyboard allows for the pilot to enter in any flight mission and gain needed information about an area, object, or direction. It can also hook up with any military computers that the pilot is allowed to access. This computer allows for the pilot to have all the information he/she needs in order to complete his/her mission. And all of the information is fowarded to the HUD, so he/she doesn't have to look at a different screen.
To keep up with the ever advancing aircraft world, a new technology called Voice Command has been implented into the SuF-5. It is a system that can be activated by the use of the keyboard, and allows the pilot to input commands instead of typing them or even connect to the aircraft's main computer to get on-the-demand aircraft information. It allows for the pilot to maintain awarness on the situation at hand instead of looking all over for the different buttons and stuff, a critical mistake during dogfights, missions, or in enemy territory.
Weapons/Electronic Countermeasures:
The SuF-5 Lion is incredibally flexible when it comes to its weapons. The SuF-5 Lion is capable of being limitedly modified to carry almost every weapon in the NS world. Thsi comes thanks to the use of adjustable pylons/hardpoints that can be adjusted to carry the nessessary missile/bomb/ammunition.
The SuF-5 Lion keeps stay with other aircrafts, by having a 20mm Caseless Autocannon inside of its nose. This autocannon can be used to destroy other aircrafts instead of wasting crucial missiles. The 20mm Caseless Autocannon, called the SUAAC-1, is located in underneath the nose of the aircraft.
To maintain a low RCS, the aircraft is fitted with two internal bays. Each internal bay has 3 pylons. Each pylon is capable of holding a theoratical 2,700 lbs, though, it is impossible to fit 4x 2,000 lbs. Instead the 2 internal weapons bays can hold 2x 2,000 lbs bombs. Along with that it can hold up to 2 medium air-to-air missiles, internally. Another configuration is having 4 long-range air-to-air missiles internally. But to further customize the payload, more pylons can be added into the internal bay if needed for a mission.
The aircraft is also capable of holding of holding missiles and bombs outside, though it comes with an RCS increase. It is capable of being outfitted with 6 external hardpoints. Each hardpoint can carry a theoratical 2,700 kgs worth of bombs/missiles/ammunitions. This makes it capable of delivering a huge amount of payload, but comes at the cost of weight, stealth, agility, flight performance, and speed, if fully loaded.
As for electronic countermeasures, the SuF-5 Lion has been designed with a suite of ECMs that make earlier aircrafts look defenseless. All the measures have been ensured to elude the enemies sensors and weapons so that the SuF-5 has the optimal danger capability and survivability. The first component of the ECM system is the jamming system. The SuF-5's radar is equipped with an automatic jammer system. Everytime the aircraft fires off a radar signal, it fires a jamming signal right after. This way the other aircraft doesn't realise that its being tracked by an enemy fighter. Not only that but a jamming system called the JYU-A is used to jam all the radars in the area except for the aircrafts own. This works by having the JYU-A and the aircraft's radar/lidar/ladar system work together. They both are designed to emit radar signals on different wavelengths each time they fire off. This allows for the aircraft to not jam its own radar. The JYU-A continues to jump frequency constantly making it difficult to defeat by enemy aircrafts, even with high-tech equipment on-board.
Other measures include the use of chaffs and flares. High-powered flares fly out and release a huge explosion of light. This automatically is registered by any IR-Seeking enemies and is directed toward the explosion. The flare burst 3 times before dying out. This is the new generation of flares designed to defeat the new-generation of IR-Seeking missiles.
Possible Weapon Arrangements (Internally):
Air Superiority Mode:
8x Medium Air-to-Air Missiles
Interceptor Mode:
4x Long-Range Air-to-Air Missiles
Bombing Mode:
3x 2,000 lbs GPS-Guided Smart Bombs
Electronic Mode:
None. (Replaced with electronic equipment)
Reconnisance Mode:
None. (Replaced with reconnisance insturments and electronics)
Attack Mode:
2x 2,000 lbs GPS-Guided Bombs
2x Medium-Range Air-to-Air missiles
Specifications:
Length: 16 m
Height: 5 m
Wingspan: 12.5 m
Propulsion: 1x Union-200-2005 Ramfan Jet Engine rated at 25,000 kgf
Thrust Vectoring: Yes
Empty Weight: 11,000 kg
Full Weight: 22,000 kg
Maximum Weight: 27,000 kg
Fuel Weight: 9,000 kg
Normal Payload: 2,000 kg
Maximum Payload: 7,000 kg
Cruising Speed: Mach 1.2
Supercruise Speed: Mach 1.6
Maximum Speed: Mach 2.4
Operational Altitude: 60,000 ft
Maximum Altitude: 68,000 ft
Operational Range: 1,150 km
Maximum Range: 1,350 km
Hardpoints: 6x Internal (Standard); 6x External (Optional)
Crew: 2
Price: $56 million