NationStates Jolt Archive

Martin Avionics is perhaps one of the most famous aviation firms in history. We are now resuming international sales; we hope to provide you with new and effective equipment.

Rules:
Do your own math. If your math is incorrect, we will add a surcharge of one percent (1%) to the correct total.

All prices are in US Dollars. We will check, using public records thirdgeek , to see that your defence budget is capable of paying for your purchase. Given ordinary requirements of maintaining an armed force, you will only be able to use about one-third of your defence budget for arms purchases.

We offer domestic production rights for the price of one hundred (100) units.

We have the right to refuse a sale, although we will state why.

Unless given prior written permission, resale and reverse engineering our original products is a violation of our copyrights. We will blacklist any nation that does this, and will encourage other companies to do likewise. For our purposes, a ship is considered to be copyrighted, rather than in the public domain, if the purpose of the original ship is altered. Modifications, however, unless using exclusively parts not developed by us, will always be considered copyrighted.

Discounts:
2% discount for nations under 125 million people (at the time of the order)
5% discount for the first purchase of any nation
Discounts are not cumulative; in other words, a nation, with population of 5,000,000, that buys here for the first time will only receive a 5% discount, rather than including the 2% discount as well.

Banned Nations:
The Rogue Nation of Gilabad (under the terms of the Warner-McCain Embargo Act)

Divisions:
Fighters (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10416742&postcount=2)
Other Aircraft (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10425644&postcount=3)
Helicopters (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10431539&postcount=4)
Avionics (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10437907&postcount=5)

F-35 series
Abstract: The Joint Strike Fighter comes in three versions, the F-35A (conventional), the F-35B (STOVL), and the F-35C (CTOL). It is moderately stealthy and relatively inexpensive.

Crew: 1
Length: 50 ft 6 in (15.37 m)
Wingspan: 35 ft 0 (10.65 m) [30 ft (9.144 m), F-35C]
Height: 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)
Wing area: 459.6 ft² (42.7m²)
Weight:
Empty - 26,000 lb (12,000 kg)
Loaded - 42,000 lb (19,000 kg)
Maximum Gross Takeoff - 50,000 lb (23,000 kg)
Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney F135 afterburning turbofan, 37,100 lbf (165 kN) [F-35B: 1x Rolls-Royce Lift System, in conjunction with F135 power plant, 18,000 lbf (80 kN) thrust) each]
Speed: Mach 1.8 (1,200 mph, 2,000 km/h)
Range: 620 miles (1,000 km)
Service ceiling: 48,000 ft (15,000 m)
Climb rate: 40,000 ft/min[13] (2,000 m/s)
Wing loading: 91.4 lb/ft² (446 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight: 0.63:1
Armament:

One GAU-12/U 25mm Cannon
Two internal weapons bays, each with either 2 AAMs or 1 AAM and 2,000 lbs [F-35A and F-35C; 1,000 lbs for F-35B] of munitions
Six external hardpoints - two can carry 'outsize' munitions such as the AGM-88 HARM, four carry AIM-9X or similar small AAMs

Price: $45 million [F-35A; $55 million for F-35B; $65 million for F-35C]
2,500 in the service of Kahanistan
12 in the service of San Haven
520 in the service of ChevyRocks

F/A-22B Sea Raptor - Courtesy of Lost Hills DoD
Abstract: The F/A-22B is a carrier version of the standard F/A-22 Raptor. Designated the Sea Raptor, it has all the capabilities of the standard F/A-22, except with additional range for carrier-based operations.

Specifications:
Propulsion: two Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 engines; 35,000 lbst per engine
Length: 62.08 feet (18.90 meters)
Height 16.67 feet (5.08 meters)
Wingspan 44.5 feet (13.56 meters)
Wing Area: 840 square feet
Horizontal Tailspan: 29 feet (8.84 meters)
Ceiling: 65,000 feet (19,812 meters)
Max Takeoff Weight: 80,000 lb (36,500 kg)
Speed:
Max - Mach 1.8
Supercruise - Mach 1.5
Range: 1,000 nm
Crew: one pilot
Armament:

One 20mm M61A2 Vulcan (or 25mm GAU-12/U cannon)
two internal weapons bays (5,000 lbs (2,272.73 kg) total munitions)
four 5,000 lb (2,272.73 kg) external hardpoints (usable at the expense of stealthiness)
Representative warload: 2 AIM-9 Sidewinder, 6 AIM-120 AMRAAM, 2 1,000 lb (2,200 kg) JDAM bombs

Price: $95 million
700 in the service of ChevyRocks

F-12 Oxcart (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6c/YF-12A.jpg)
Abstract: Based on the SR-71, this speedy, high-altitude, somewhat stealthy aircraft is designed for the interception role. It can carry four AIM-120 AMRAAM and two AIM-9X Sidewinder AAMs, and is fitted out with one M-61 Vulcan cannon.

Crew: 1
Length: 107.42 ft (32.74 m)
Wingspan: 55.58 ft (16.94 m)
Height: 18.5 ft (5.64 m)
Wing area: 1,800 ft² (170 m²)
Weight:
Empty - 67,500 lb (30,600 kg)
Loaded - 170,000 lb (77,000 kg)
Maximum gross takeoff - 172,000 lb (78,000 kg)
Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney J58-1 continuous bleed-afterburning turbojets; 32,500 lbf (144.57 kN) thrust
Maximum speed: Mach 3.2
Range:
Combat - 2,500 miles (4,000 km)
Ferry - 3,200 nm (5,926.4 km)
Operational ceiling: 85,000 ft (25,900 m)
Maximum altitude: 100,000 ft (30,500 m)
Maximum rate of climb: >60 m/s
Wing loading: 94 lb/ft² (460 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight ratio: 0.382:1
Avionics: AN/APG-68 Long-range radar
Armament:
One 20mm M-61 Vulcan Cannon
Three weapons bays with a total of two AIM-9X and four AIM-120 (or equivalents)

Price: $110 million
twelve in the service of The Beltway

B-12 Donkey (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6c/YF-12A.jpg)
Abstract: Based on the SR-71, this speedy, high-altitude, somewhat stealthy aircraft is designed for the light bomber role. It can carry 1,600 pounds (726 kg) of bombs, two AIM-9X Sidewinder AAMs, and is fitted out with one M-61 Vulcan cannon.

Crew: 1
Length: 107.42 ft (32.74 m)
Wingspan: 55.58 ft (16.94 m)
Height: 18.5 ft (5.64 m)
Wing area: 1,800 ft² (170 m²)
Weight:
Empty - 67,500 lb (30,600 kg)
Loaded - 170,000 lb (77,000 kg)
Maximum gross takeoff - 172,000 lb (78,000 kg)
Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney J58-1 continuous bleed-afterburning turbojets; 32,500 lbf (144.57 kN) thrust
Maximum speed: Mach 3.2
Range:
Combat - 2,500 miles (4,000 km)
Ferry - 3,200 nm (5,926.4 km)
Operational ceiling: 85,000 ft (25,900 m)
Maximum altitude: 100,000 ft (30,500 m)
Maximum rate of climb: >60 m/s
Wing loading: 94 lb/ft² (460 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight ratio: 0.382:1
Avionics: AN/APG-68 Long-range radar
Armament:
One 20mm M-61 Vulcan Cannon
One weapons bay with two AIM-9X or equivalent
Two weapons bays with a total of 1,600 lbs (726 kg) of bombs

Price: $110 million
twelve in the service of The Beltway

FB-22 Kestrel - Courtesy of Lost Hills DoD
Abstract: The FB-22 Kestrel represents a leap forward in fighter/bomber innovation. This variant of the F-22 Raptor has a greater munitions carrying capacity, at a cost of stealthiness. It features a delta wing, longer body, and greater range and payload. The FB-22 is able to carry 30 small-diameter bombs, as opposed to the 8 carried by the current F/A-22, with two and a half times the range.

Specifications:
Propulsion: two Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 engines; 35,000 lbst per engine
Length: 72.08 feet (21.97 meters)
Height: 18.67 feet (5.69 meters)
Wingspan: 50.9 feet (15.51 meters)
Wing Area: 920 square feet
Horizontal Tailspan: 31 feet (9.45 meters)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 84,000 lbs (38,181.82 kg)
Ceiling: 65,000 feet (19,812 meters)
Speed:
Max - Mach 1.8
Cruising - Mach 1.5
Crew: two pilots
Armament:

One 20mm M61A2 Vulcan
two internal weapons bays (22,000 lbs (10,000 kg) of munitions)
six 5,000 lb (2,272.73 kg) external hardpoints (usable at the expense of stealthiness)
Representative warload: 2 AIM-9 Sidewinder, 30 1,000 lb (2,200 kg) JDAM bombs

Avionics:
AN/APG-77 Radar, Common Integrated Processor (CIP), Communications/Navigation/Identification (CNI), Inter/Intra-Flight Data Link (IFDL)
Range: 1,250Nm
Price: $100 million

A-51 War Eagle
Abstract: Based on the A/T-50 Golden Eagle training/strike plane designed jointly by Korean Aerospace Industries and Lockheed Martin, the War Eagle has been given the Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 engine used by the F-22. Further, we have given it a 25mm GAU-12/U cannon to replace the 20mm cannon used on the A-50, and the AN/APG-77 Radar instead of the AN/APG-68 used on the A-50. With five hardpoints and two wingtip weapons stations, this plane is excellent in the light strike role.

Crew: Two
Length: 48 feet (14.63 meters)
Height: 15.69 feet (4.78 meters)
Wingspan 30.08 feet (9.17 meters)
Propulsion: one Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 engines; 35,000 lbst of thrust
Weights:
Empty Equipped - 16,400 lb (7,454.55 kg)
Maximum Take-off - 31,800 lb (14,454.55 kg)
Armament: one 25mm GAU-12/U cannon in port LERX with 208 rounds, two wingtip launch rails for AIM-9 Sidewinder or similar missiles, four underwing hardpoints and one under-fuselage centre-line pylon
Representative warload: Two AIM-9X Sidewinder; two AGM-65 Maverick; three 1,000 lb (2,200 kg) JDAM bombs
Electronics: AN/APG-77 Radar
Speed:
Max - Mach 1.8
Cruising (with afterburner) - Mach 1.5
Supercruise - Mach 1.1
Maximum rate of climb (at sea level): 450 ft/second (137.16 meters/second)
Service ceiling: 48,000 ft (14,630 m)
Range: 800 nm
Price: $44 million
twenty-seven in the service of Naktan

SR-71 Blackbird
Abstract: Perhaps the best spy plane of the twentieth century, its titanium structure allowed the Blackbird to fly faster at higher altitudes than any other plane of its era. It may be a bit out of date, but it is still highly capable in the role of a high-altitude, somewhat stealthy, extremely fast recon plane.

Crew: 1 or 2
Length: 107.42 ft (32.74 m)
Wingspan: 55.58 ft (16.94 m)
Height: 18.5 ft (5.64 m)
Wing area: 1,800 ft² (170 m²)
Weight:
Empty - 67,500 lb (30,600 kg)
Loaded - 170,000 lb (77,000 kg)
Maximum gross takeoff - 172,000 lb (78,000 kg)
Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney J58-1 continuous bleed-afterburning turbojets; 32,500 lbf (144.57 kN) thrust
Maximum speed: Mach 3.35
Range:
Combat - 2,900 nm (5,400 km)
Ferry - 3,200 nm (5,926.4 km)
Operational ceiling: 85,000 ft (25,900 m)
Maximum altitude: 100,000 ft (30,500 m)
Maximum rate of climb: >60 m/s
Wing loading: 94 lb/ft² (460 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight ratio: 0.382:1
Price: $100 million

EV-22 Scout
Abstract: Based on the V-22 Osprey, this tiltrotor aircraft carries the Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) found on larger aircraft like the E-2C. It is well-suited to serving on light carriers, and can be purchased for a mere $45 million US.

Length:
Wings Spread - 57' 4" (17.475 meters)
Wings Folded - 63' (19.202 meters)
Width:
Spread - 84' 7" (25.781 meters)
Folded - 18' 5" (5.6134 meters)
Diameter of tilt-rotors: 38' 1" (11.61 meters)
Diameter of radome: 24' (7.32 meters)
Height:
Spread - 22' 1" (6.731 meters)
Folded - 18' 1" (5.5118 meters)
Radome - 5' (1.524 meters)
Weights:
Empty - 35,140 lb (15,973 kg)
VTOL Max Takeoff - 54,600 lbs (24,818 kg)
Max Takeoff - 62,500 lbs (28,409 kg)
Propulsion: Two AE1107D Rolls-Royce/Allison/General Dynamics engines; 7,500 shp, 1 engine inoperative - 7,270 shp
Range: 300 nm
Airspeed: 255 knots
Rate of Climb:
Vertical - 1,090 fpm (332 m/m)
Max - 2,320 fpm (707 m/m)
Ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,925 m)
Electronics: AN/APS-145 radome, AN/ALR-73 Passive Detection System, IFF
Price: $45 million US

AH-56A Cheyenne (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/images/ah-56-pic1.jpg)
Abstract: This was a Lockheed attack helicopter rejected by the US army for being too advanced, and thus too complicated. Its tail rotor can act as a pusher propeller or as an anti-torque rotor, giving the Cheyenne the capability to act as a compound aircraft while cruising. We've updated its electronics, fitted it with existing weapons, and given it a thin layer of steel armor.

Crew: 2 (pilot (in chin) and gunner (in belly))
Main rotor diameter: 15.3 m (50.2 ft)
Wingspan: 7.9 m (25.92 ft)
Length: 18.3 m (60.04 ft)
Height: 4.2 m (13.78 ft)
Weight:
Empty - 5,360 kg (11,792 lb)
Takeoff - 7,754 kg (17,058.8 lb)
Engine: one General Electric T64-GE-16; four blades, 3,435 hp
Speed:
Max - 370 km/h (229.4 mph)
Cruising - 310 km/h (192.2 mph)
Tail Rotor: Rotorprop pusher propeller/anti-torque rotor
Climb rate: 17 m/s (55.77 ft/s)
Ceiling: 7,910 m (26,001 ft)
Range: 1,400 km (755.94 nm)
Armament: One 30mm M230 cannon (belly turret; 360° firing arc), one M75 40mm grenade launcher or one M134 7.62mm minigun (chin turret), two hardpoints for seven-round M260 2.75" (69.85mm) rocket launchers, BGM-71 TOW series ATGMs, AGM-114 Hellfire series anti-tank missiles, etc.
Armor: 12.7 mm (0.5") RHA steel
Price: $28 million
thirty-six in the service of The Beltway

MH-61 Lakota
Abstract: Martin Avionics recently secured the rights to the MH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter. It's a fine helicopter, but it could stand to use some improvement; thus, we have refined the design, fitting it with a new, larger engine, a thin layer of armor, and a new, remotely-controlled, turret-mounted machine gun to create the MH-61 Lakota Assault Helicopter.

Crew: 4 (two pilots, one flight engineer, one gunner)
Passengers: eleven fully-armed troops
Propulsion: One T64-GE-416 turboshaft engine; 4,380 shp powering one four-blade rotor and a four-blade tail rotor
Length: 66 feet (20.117 meters)
Height: 18 feet (5.486 meters)
Rotary Diameter: 53 feet, 7 inches (16.332 meters)
Speed:
Cruising - 184 mph (296.77 km/h)
Max - 200 mph (322.58 km/h)
Weight:
Empty - 11,880 lb (5,400 kg)
Loaded - 13,310 lb (6,050 kg)
Max TO - 22,000 lb (10,000 kg)
Range: 500 nm (926 km; 574.12 miles)
Armament: Two 7.62mm mini-guns (doors); one M252 15.5x105mm (0.61") machine gun (turret in nose)
Armor: 11.43mm (0.45") aluminum
Avionics: AN/ALE-39 Chaff system, SUU-4/1 Flare dispensers
Costs $10.4 million
seven thousand nine hundred eighty-two in the service of Lost Hills

At the moment, none yet.

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F-12 Oxcart Released

B-12 Donkey released.

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--Excerpted from a Baltimore Sun article--
Martin Avionics wins ChevyRocks Contract
While Lockheed has continued to sputter in the wake of the death of the B-3, Martin Avionics has taken advantage, landing a $178.4 billion (in Beltway dollars) contract with ChevyRocks to provide 700 F/A-22B Sea Raptor naval fighter-bombers for that nation's navy...
CEO Gwendolyn King was positively jubilant, saying, "We've finally made our mark with this successful bid. Martin Avionics has now showed itself to be a player in the international market, and we expect to receive new contracts in the future."
Martin Avionics (MarAv) stock rose dramatically after news of the successful contract, ending trading at $65.25 Beltway - more than doubling the $32.50 Beltway that it traded at yesterday.
--End of Excerpt--

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AH-56 Cheyenne released.

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The Beltway Security Force, in light of the war with Gilabad, wishes to order the following:

12 B-12 Donkey
12 F-12 Oxcart
36 AH-56 Cheyenne

The total price, less 5% for this being our first purchase, of the order comes to $3,465,600,000.00 US. Money will be wired upon confirmation of order. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,
Benjamin Cardin, Defence Minister of The Beltway

To Defence Minister Cardin -
Your order is confirmed. Your order will be delivered in fifteen days; we wish you the best of luck in defending our nation.
Sincerely,
Gwendolyn King, CEO and President, Martin Avionics

I'd like 100 Kestrels, which should be $10B, which will wired upon confirmation.

To Huahin MoD -
Your order is confirmed; the Kestrels will arrive in two groups, one of thirty and one of seventy. The first group will arrive in one month, the second forty-five days after the first group is delivered. Thank you, and please return soon.
Sincerely,
Gwendolyn King, President and CEO of Martin Avionics

A-51 War Eagle released.

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His Holiness has approved the purchase of 27 A-51 War Eagle planes. This brings our purchase to a total of $1,188 mil [$1.188bil].

Gahrdin Nubahlk
Administrator
Office of Imperial Duties and Contracts Commission

OOC: A little note. "Avionics" refers to the electronic equipment onboard an aircraft, and your company sells planes as a whole. You may want to change the name. Just a suggestion. :)

Maybe another day; perhaps they took over the electronics portion of LM during the split and stuck with the name?

To Naktan -
Given the cost of your order, we have taken the liberty of splitting it into two annual payments of $594 million. Your airplanes will arrive in one month. Thank you for purchasing from our corporation; we hope you choose us for your future aviation needs.
Sincerely,
Gwendolyn King, CEO and President, Martin Avionics

[ooc: while the split was a little unnecessary [my defense budget is at $10bil], I'm in no hurry anyway...unless it had nothing to do with the budgeting or something of which I am completely unaware of...]

We appreciate the business and look forward to future business with your corporation.

Gahrdin Nubahlk
Administrator
Office of Imperial Duties and Contracts Commission

OOC - You can only spend one-third of an annual budget, as a general rule, on procurement; after all, you have to worry about paying for training, maintenance, supplies, food, clothes, etc. Further, you're already spending money at Lockheed and preparing a contract with Baltimore Shipyards. Finally, not all the money will go to the air force, so, due to concerns over costs, I decided to make the split.

To: Martin Avionics of The Beltway

The Chevrokian Republic Marines have made a request for new close-support fighter aircraft to operate from our Navy assault ships. They would prefer a small, highly manuverable and stealthy fighter, with moderate air-to-air and air-to-ground armaments capability, as well as being inexpensive and relatively easy to maintain.

Reviewing the choices, we wish to purchase 520 F-35B JSF aircraft at $55 million each, at a total cost of $28.6 billion USD. The money will be wired as soon as the order is confirmed.

Signed,
Erik Borgesov
Defense Secretary of ChevyRocks

To Erik Borgesov, Defense Secretary of ChevyRocks -
Your order is confirmed. Your planes will be delivered in eight batches of sixty-five planes; one batch will be delivered every six months, so the entire order will be delivered in four years. Thank you, and we hope you continue to look to Martin Avionics to provide you with military arms.
Sincerely,
Gwendolyn King, CEO of Martin Avionics

EV-22 Scout (Tiltrotor AWACS) released.

To Martin Avionics -
The Beltway Security Force has long desired a VTOL AWACS for its CVH-1. We find your newest design satisfactory, and, as such, we would like to purchase four (4) EV-22 Scout tiltrotor aircraft. The total, $180 million US, will be wired upon confirmation of this order. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Benjamin Cardin, Defence Minister of The Beltway

To Ben Cardin -
Thank you for your order; your aircraft will be delivered in four months (one unit per month). We hope you continue to look to Martin Avionics for your defence needs.
Sincerely,
Gwendolyn King, CEO and President of Martin Avionics