Bretton
05-09-2006, 07:29
At Brettonian Military Industries, producers of The Technology of Peace™, we have recently realized that, with our recently expanded airborne capabilities, a glaring gap has been left in our coverage. We are unable to provide the discerning military sector, as well as the Brettonian Army itself, with a suitable air superiority fighter. In addition to this glaring deficiency of the Brettonian Army, it is a veritable untapped market that has only blossomed to greater extents in recent years. With that in mind, our senior design staff has gone and returned in a record-breaking twenty-six months with an aircraft suitable for production. This aircraft, designated “Mithras” from the Roman god of the same name, will satisfy even the most picky appropriations committees.
Three-quarters view (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/fighter2.jpg)
Four-angle lineart (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/fighter.jpg)
Three-angle render (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/nfs2.gif)
Model number: ORF-03B
Code name: Mithras
Unit type: high efficiency air superiority fighter
Manufacturer: Bretton, Axis Nova, Sileetris
Operator: Bretton
Dimensions: wingspan 15.1 meters; length 22 meters; height 5.9 meters
Unloaded weight: 38,200 pounds (17,190 kilograms)
Maximum weight: 85,900 pounds (38,655 kilograms)
Construction: composite material (classified)
Powerplant: 2 x Relic Aerospace Cougar Corvette shaftless turbofan, with afterburner
Dry thrust: 68,100 pounds per engine, 136,200 pounds total
Wet thrust: 72,220 pounds per engine, 140,440 pounds total
Crew: 2; pilot, radar intercept officer
Performance: cruising speed 1,350 mph (2,160 km/h), cruising altitude 47,232 feet (14,400 meters); maximum speed 1,950 mph (3,120 km/h), maximum altitude 80,000 feet (24,400 meters); ferry range 1,700 miles (2,720 kilometers), combat range 600 miles (960 kilometers)
Equipment and design features: active/electronic countermeasures set, includes radar and infrared decoy systems; false target generator, projects numerous identical radar targets; 360-degree all-spectrum all-weather viewing system; HEADGEAR system
Armament: 35mm machine cannon with 260 rounds (supports HE, HEI, SAPHEI, HEAP, APDS, AHEAD, etc); eight hardpoints in internal weapons bay, supports typical air-to-air missiles up to 700 pounds each; two external hardpoints, supports drop tanks and ordnance up to 2,000 pounds each
Description:
Designed almost exclusively for air-to-air combat, the ORF-03B Mithras possesses a great number of qualities demanded by the modern air force.
Armament: Though its maximum payload is somewhat slimmer than some competing designs, the Mithras will not leave you lacking in offensive capability. In order to maintain its stealthy nature and low Radar Cross Section, a sophisticated internal weapons bay is provided near the middle of the aircraft’s fuselage. It sports a modest payload of up to 5,600 pounds (2,530 kilograms), most typically divided into eight missiles or bombs of up to 700 pounds each, though the bay’s modularity can provide for almost any configuration and payload (obviously, very large weapons, such as the heavy fuel-air explosives that have become popular in recent decades, are not compatible). Use of ordnance in the weapons bay is facilitated by segmented, honeycombed doors, which open and close quickly to minimize the spike in radar signature during launch. Two disposable external hardpoints are positioned under the wings, just beyond the engine housings, with a capacity of up to 2,000 pounds each. Often used for external fuel tanks, oversized ordnance can also be carried, including very large missiles and bombs. As the hardpoint pylons themselves detract from the aircraft’s overall stealth qualities, they are usually jettisoned shortly after deployment of the ordnance being carried, restoring the aircraft to its usual low-RCS state. One of the requirements for the design of this aircraft was to “not be lacking of cannon armament” and we answered in spades. A powerful 35mm machine cannon is mounted along the right side of the fuselage, just behind the cockpit. The muzzle is concealed behind a retractable cover to promote a constant fuselage surface when not in use. The cannon is positioned under its feed mechanism and ammunition storage, as opposed to above in traditional designs, as a hedge against cannon shells striking the right canard at its full range of motion; a modern synchronization gear. The cannon is capable of a maximum rate of fire of 1,400 rounds-per-minute, and customarily limited to 1,200 rounds-per-minute to achieve a 24,000+ Mean Rounds Between Stoppage (MRBS). Originally slated to carry 200 rounds, a last minute change of engine model (discussed below) as well as Army authorization to redesign the cannon for caseless ammunition, has enable us to increase capacity to 260 rounds. Common ammunition loads were previously a mixture of HEI and SAPHEI, but more recently we have transitioned to the more capable AHEAD submunition system. The cannon is fully compatible with most varieties of 35mm caseless ammunition, including APDS and HEAP. The ammunition drum can be cycled out of the aircraft and replaced with a new, full one in as little as twenty minutes in a depot situation. Using Brettonian self-propelled ammunition, an effective range of 3,700 meters can be expected, with a muzzle velocity of around 1,500 meters per second. An infrared search-and-track module, combined with a laser rangefinder, provides the cannon with excellent accuracy.
Defensive Systems: At Brettonian Military Industries, you can trust our products will put forth their best to protect your hardware and human investments. The ORF-03B is fully provided with all the amenities necessary to preserve itself and its crew in the dangerous world of modern warfare. A comprehensive threat detection network, combined with state-of-the-art IFF transponders ensures the air crew remains fully aware of their surroundings during combat operations. Mithras is provided with self-sealing foam-padded fuel tanks to provide a hedge against onboard fuel fires, and it can remain flying albeit at a greatly reduced capacity, with only one engine online. A brace of active countermeasure dispensers are positioned on either side of the rear-facing radar suite, between the engine housings in the rear of the aircraft. These are equipped to deploy a vast array of traditional and nontraditional countermeasure systems, including chaff, flares, and decoy target generators. The ORF-03B relies heavily on electronics, and this is not without gains on the part of efficiency and safety. A sophisticated diagnostics system records the health and activity of major components and elements of the airframe, with an ultimate function of advising the air crew whether an ejection would be advisable if and when the Mithras sustains damage from combat, collisions, malfunctions, etc. Both air crew members are provided with zero-zero ejection seats, which will be discussed in detail later, and low-yield demolition cord is mounted around the canopy’s edges to ensure no obstacles will be in the way of the ejecting personnel.
Logistics and Operation: As with all Brettonian Military Industries productions, crew safety is first and foremost on our minds. To this end, numerous safety features have been designed and implemented to ensure crew comfort and survivability. The cockpit is fully pressurized, NBC-proofed and climate controlled, negating the necessity of oxygen masks in all but the most extreme circumstances. The crew’s ejection seats feature a high degree of ergonomic support and built-in massage functions to amplify and enhance crew endurance. The cockpit is very highly digitized, featuring an all-digital LCD layout for both pilot and radar intercept officer. To operate the Mithras, the pilot is provided with a low-travel control stick on the right side and a horizontally-oriented throttle on the left. The RIO is provided with a redundant, identical set in the event of the pilot becoming incapacitated; these are usually disabled and must be activated by the RIO to prevent accidental input during G-intensive maneuvers. Obviously, the control system is intended for use with right-handed personnel only. The control system features a state-of-the-art fiber optic (fly-by-light) interface, neatly meshed with the complimentary power-by-wire system to bestow the immediate benefits onto the maneuvering surfaces directly, as well as cut down on weight, space, cooling, and shielding requirements, enabling more weight and space to be devoted to other components. Both the pilot and RIO benefit from a miniaturized version of the powerful HSCDEADGR ( http://www.freewebs.com/bluebomber2/aerospacetech.htm) system, better known as “HEADGEAR” among Brettonian pilots, which has seen wide use on the HTS-02C Ouroboros ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=481690) heavy air transport and BA-104B Arbiter II ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=452252) bomber. Immediately upon entering the Mithras’ cockpit, the first thing any trained pilot would note is its complete lack of a Heads-Up Display (HUD). Indeed, the cockpit itself would seem to offer very poor visibility of the outside world, especially for the RIO; the electrically-tinted canopy merely adds to this. However, upon donning the Mithras’ proprietary helmet and connecting a high-speed data cable, the true capabilities of the aircraft become apparent. A multitude of high-resolution, multi-spectrum microcameras are dotted all over the fuselage, which are then connected to the crew’s helmet visors. A wafer-thin optical LED film over the visor displays the aircraft’s surroundings in perfect digital clarity, as though the crew were not encased in a composite alloy airframe at all. The system has a full 360 degrees of coverage, even directly backwards; all the crew need do is look around. Critical data, such as altimeter and air speed readings, compass direction, and IFF designations are displayed around the edges of the crew’s vision area. A number of software modes are available, which are typically customized to suit each crew member’s preferences. Preset configurations include thirty, sixty, and ninety percent transparency, as well as a setting to not display the overlay when viewing the instrument panel. The system can be activated, deactivated, and configured by a virtual configuration utility that is manipulated by crew eye movement. In the case of the RIO, the helmet’s capacities are expanded to include target acquisition and cueing; combined with the Mithras’ wide angle radars, it effectively allows the RIO to establish a lock-on on enemy aircraft regardless of their position relative to his own. Obviously, the system possesses many other faculties, notably in the area of air-to-ground delivery, but these are many in number and few in notability. Originally, the Mithras was to be powered by a single Relic Aerospace Gran Fury Imperial turbojet; midway through production, the Supreme Command, as impulsive as always, altered the manufacturing contract to require a double engine layout to better utilize thrust vectoring capability and as a hedge against catastrophic aircraft failure in the advent of engine trouble. Relic Aerospace pulled through for us yet again, creating the Cougar Corvette turbofan in only two months. With a quickly re-designed airframe, our Mithras became even faster and more maneuverable than previous design requirements had set. Indeed, several prototypes were ruined during initial testing of the new engine configuration; closer observation revealed their airframes had been horribly warped by forces in excess of 19 G's, and a limiter was installed shortly thereafter in all production models. A notable feature, though something of a novelty, is a directive input – voice (DIV) system, which allows the air crew to activate numerous secondary and tertiary processes without manual interaction with the controls. These features, combined with an aperture to facilitate in-flight refueling, enables the Mithras to boast excellent range and endurance, both human and mechanical.
Visual Gallery
1. High-resolution image of a Mithras squadron during the sunset (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/ywall2.jpg)
2. High-resolution image of Mithras performing a power-dive to escape enemy aircraft (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/ywall.jpg)
3. Mithras deploying chaff (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/f6936.jpg)
4. High-altitude air combat maneuvering (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/f44263.jpg)
5. A large air force of Mithras units at high altitude (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/f43930.jpg)
6. A Mithras squadron approaching their target (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/f4565.jpg)
7. Mithras performing a high-G maneuver (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/f44504.jpg)
8. Mithras approaching maximum speed with full afterburners (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/f44336.jpg)
In brief, the ORF-03B Mithras fighter should easily satiate even the most demanding defense ministries. While its capabilities as an air-to-ground strike fighter are limited, the Mithras is a star in the areas of interception and interdiction, pursuit, and air dominance. A low-RCS fuselage, outlandishly powerful engines, and state-of-the-art avionics will ensure the Mithras’ a long and illustrious role in your Air Force.
ORF-03B Mithras Unit Production Cost: J$130,800,350 (one hundred thirty million, eight hundred thousand, three hundred and fifty jions)
ORF-03B Mithras Unit Maintenance Cost: J$3,110,000 (three million one hundred and ten thousand jions)
ORF-03B Mithras Unit Export Cost: J$151,550,000 (one hundred fifty-one million, five hundred and fifty thousand jions)
While the Mithras is available for export, its "HEADGEAR" system may only be included with permission from the Kingdom of Sileetris. As with all Brettonian Military Industries designs, weapons demonstrations will be offered to interested clientel at request. Feel free to contact us with any relevant questions.
Three-quarters view (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/fighter2.jpg)
Four-angle lineart (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/fighter.jpg)
Three-angle render (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/nfs2.gif)
Model number: ORF-03B
Code name: Mithras
Unit type: high efficiency air superiority fighter
Manufacturer: Bretton, Axis Nova, Sileetris
Operator: Bretton
Dimensions: wingspan 15.1 meters; length 22 meters; height 5.9 meters
Unloaded weight: 38,200 pounds (17,190 kilograms)
Maximum weight: 85,900 pounds (38,655 kilograms)
Construction: composite material (classified)
Powerplant: 2 x Relic Aerospace Cougar Corvette shaftless turbofan, with afterburner
Dry thrust: 68,100 pounds per engine, 136,200 pounds total
Wet thrust: 72,220 pounds per engine, 140,440 pounds total
Crew: 2; pilot, radar intercept officer
Performance: cruising speed 1,350 mph (2,160 km/h), cruising altitude 47,232 feet (14,400 meters); maximum speed 1,950 mph (3,120 km/h), maximum altitude 80,000 feet (24,400 meters); ferry range 1,700 miles (2,720 kilometers), combat range 600 miles (960 kilometers)
Equipment and design features: active/electronic countermeasures set, includes radar and infrared decoy systems; false target generator, projects numerous identical radar targets; 360-degree all-spectrum all-weather viewing system; HEADGEAR system
Armament: 35mm machine cannon with 260 rounds (supports HE, HEI, SAPHEI, HEAP, APDS, AHEAD, etc); eight hardpoints in internal weapons bay, supports typical air-to-air missiles up to 700 pounds each; two external hardpoints, supports drop tanks and ordnance up to 2,000 pounds each
Description:
Designed almost exclusively for air-to-air combat, the ORF-03B Mithras possesses a great number of qualities demanded by the modern air force.
Armament: Though its maximum payload is somewhat slimmer than some competing designs, the Mithras will not leave you lacking in offensive capability. In order to maintain its stealthy nature and low Radar Cross Section, a sophisticated internal weapons bay is provided near the middle of the aircraft’s fuselage. It sports a modest payload of up to 5,600 pounds (2,530 kilograms), most typically divided into eight missiles or bombs of up to 700 pounds each, though the bay’s modularity can provide for almost any configuration and payload (obviously, very large weapons, such as the heavy fuel-air explosives that have become popular in recent decades, are not compatible). Use of ordnance in the weapons bay is facilitated by segmented, honeycombed doors, which open and close quickly to minimize the spike in radar signature during launch. Two disposable external hardpoints are positioned under the wings, just beyond the engine housings, with a capacity of up to 2,000 pounds each. Often used for external fuel tanks, oversized ordnance can also be carried, including very large missiles and bombs. As the hardpoint pylons themselves detract from the aircraft’s overall stealth qualities, they are usually jettisoned shortly after deployment of the ordnance being carried, restoring the aircraft to its usual low-RCS state. One of the requirements for the design of this aircraft was to “not be lacking of cannon armament” and we answered in spades. A powerful 35mm machine cannon is mounted along the right side of the fuselage, just behind the cockpit. The muzzle is concealed behind a retractable cover to promote a constant fuselage surface when not in use. The cannon is positioned under its feed mechanism and ammunition storage, as opposed to above in traditional designs, as a hedge against cannon shells striking the right canard at its full range of motion; a modern synchronization gear. The cannon is capable of a maximum rate of fire of 1,400 rounds-per-minute, and customarily limited to 1,200 rounds-per-minute to achieve a 24,000+ Mean Rounds Between Stoppage (MRBS). Originally slated to carry 200 rounds, a last minute change of engine model (discussed below) as well as Army authorization to redesign the cannon for caseless ammunition, has enable us to increase capacity to 260 rounds. Common ammunition loads were previously a mixture of HEI and SAPHEI, but more recently we have transitioned to the more capable AHEAD submunition system. The cannon is fully compatible with most varieties of 35mm caseless ammunition, including APDS and HEAP. The ammunition drum can be cycled out of the aircraft and replaced with a new, full one in as little as twenty minutes in a depot situation. Using Brettonian self-propelled ammunition, an effective range of 3,700 meters can be expected, with a muzzle velocity of around 1,500 meters per second. An infrared search-and-track module, combined with a laser rangefinder, provides the cannon with excellent accuracy.
Defensive Systems: At Brettonian Military Industries, you can trust our products will put forth their best to protect your hardware and human investments. The ORF-03B is fully provided with all the amenities necessary to preserve itself and its crew in the dangerous world of modern warfare. A comprehensive threat detection network, combined with state-of-the-art IFF transponders ensures the air crew remains fully aware of their surroundings during combat operations. Mithras is provided with self-sealing foam-padded fuel tanks to provide a hedge against onboard fuel fires, and it can remain flying albeit at a greatly reduced capacity, with only one engine online. A brace of active countermeasure dispensers are positioned on either side of the rear-facing radar suite, between the engine housings in the rear of the aircraft. These are equipped to deploy a vast array of traditional and nontraditional countermeasure systems, including chaff, flares, and decoy target generators. The ORF-03B relies heavily on electronics, and this is not without gains on the part of efficiency and safety. A sophisticated diagnostics system records the health and activity of major components and elements of the airframe, with an ultimate function of advising the air crew whether an ejection would be advisable if and when the Mithras sustains damage from combat, collisions, malfunctions, etc. Both air crew members are provided with zero-zero ejection seats, which will be discussed in detail later, and low-yield demolition cord is mounted around the canopy’s edges to ensure no obstacles will be in the way of the ejecting personnel.
Logistics and Operation: As with all Brettonian Military Industries productions, crew safety is first and foremost on our minds. To this end, numerous safety features have been designed and implemented to ensure crew comfort and survivability. The cockpit is fully pressurized, NBC-proofed and climate controlled, negating the necessity of oxygen masks in all but the most extreme circumstances. The crew’s ejection seats feature a high degree of ergonomic support and built-in massage functions to amplify and enhance crew endurance. The cockpit is very highly digitized, featuring an all-digital LCD layout for both pilot and radar intercept officer. To operate the Mithras, the pilot is provided with a low-travel control stick on the right side and a horizontally-oriented throttle on the left. The RIO is provided with a redundant, identical set in the event of the pilot becoming incapacitated; these are usually disabled and must be activated by the RIO to prevent accidental input during G-intensive maneuvers. Obviously, the control system is intended for use with right-handed personnel only. The control system features a state-of-the-art fiber optic (fly-by-light) interface, neatly meshed with the complimentary power-by-wire system to bestow the immediate benefits onto the maneuvering surfaces directly, as well as cut down on weight, space, cooling, and shielding requirements, enabling more weight and space to be devoted to other components. Both the pilot and RIO benefit from a miniaturized version of the powerful HSCDEADGR ( http://www.freewebs.com/bluebomber2/aerospacetech.htm) system, better known as “HEADGEAR” among Brettonian pilots, which has seen wide use on the HTS-02C Ouroboros ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=481690) heavy air transport and BA-104B Arbiter II ( http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=452252) bomber. Immediately upon entering the Mithras’ cockpit, the first thing any trained pilot would note is its complete lack of a Heads-Up Display (HUD). Indeed, the cockpit itself would seem to offer very poor visibility of the outside world, especially for the RIO; the electrically-tinted canopy merely adds to this. However, upon donning the Mithras’ proprietary helmet and connecting a high-speed data cable, the true capabilities of the aircraft become apparent. A multitude of high-resolution, multi-spectrum microcameras are dotted all over the fuselage, which are then connected to the crew’s helmet visors. A wafer-thin optical LED film over the visor displays the aircraft’s surroundings in perfect digital clarity, as though the crew were not encased in a composite alloy airframe at all. The system has a full 360 degrees of coverage, even directly backwards; all the crew need do is look around. Critical data, such as altimeter and air speed readings, compass direction, and IFF designations are displayed around the edges of the crew’s vision area. A number of software modes are available, which are typically customized to suit each crew member’s preferences. Preset configurations include thirty, sixty, and ninety percent transparency, as well as a setting to not display the overlay when viewing the instrument panel. The system can be activated, deactivated, and configured by a virtual configuration utility that is manipulated by crew eye movement. In the case of the RIO, the helmet’s capacities are expanded to include target acquisition and cueing; combined with the Mithras’ wide angle radars, it effectively allows the RIO to establish a lock-on on enemy aircraft regardless of their position relative to his own. Obviously, the system possesses many other faculties, notably in the area of air-to-ground delivery, but these are many in number and few in notability. Originally, the Mithras was to be powered by a single Relic Aerospace Gran Fury Imperial turbojet; midway through production, the Supreme Command, as impulsive as always, altered the manufacturing contract to require a double engine layout to better utilize thrust vectoring capability and as a hedge against catastrophic aircraft failure in the advent of engine trouble. Relic Aerospace pulled through for us yet again, creating the Cougar Corvette turbofan in only two months. With a quickly re-designed airframe, our Mithras became even faster and more maneuverable than previous design requirements had set. Indeed, several prototypes were ruined during initial testing of the new engine configuration; closer observation revealed their airframes had been horribly warped by forces in excess of 19 G's, and a limiter was installed shortly thereafter in all production models. A notable feature, though something of a novelty, is a directive input – voice (DIV) system, which allows the air crew to activate numerous secondary and tertiary processes without manual interaction with the controls. These features, combined with an aperture to facilitate in-flight refueling, enables the Mithras to boast excellent range and endurance, both human and mechanical.
Visual Gallery
1. High-resolution image of a Mithras squadron during the sunset (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/ywall2.jpg)
2. High-resolution image of Mithras performing a power-dive to escape enemy aircraft (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/ywall.jpg)
3. Mithras deploying chaff (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/f6936.jpg)
4. High-altitude air combat maneuvering (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/f44263.jpg)
5. A large air force of Mithras units at high altitude (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/f43930.jpg)
6. A Mithras squadron approaching their target (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/f4565.jpg)
7. Mithras performing a high-G maneuver (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/f44504.jpg)
8. Mithras approaching maximum speed with full afterburners (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/MalikCarr/f44336.jpg)
In brief, the ORF-03B Mithras fighter should easily satiate even the most demanding defense ministries. While its capabilities as an air-to-ground strike fighter are limited, the Mithras is a star in the areas of interception and interdiction, pursuit, and air dominance. A low-RCS fuselage, outlandishly powerful engines, and state-of-the-art avionics will ensure the Mithras’ a long and illustrious role in your Air Force.
ORF-03B Mithras Unit Production Cost: J$130,800,350 (one hundred thirty million, eight hundred thousand, three hundred and fifty jions)
ORF-03B Mithras Unit Maintenance Cost: J$3,110,000 (three million one hundred and ten thousand jions)
ORF-03B Mithras Unit Export Cost: J$151,550,000 (one hundred fifty-one million, five hundred and fifty thousand jions)
While the Mithras is available for export, its "HEADGEAR" system may only be included with permission from the Kingdom of Sileetris. As with all Brettonian Military Industries designs, weapons demonstrations will be offered to interested clientel at request. Feel free to contact us with any relevant questions.