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The Armed Republic needs a naval strike-fighter for use in offensive and defensive operations.

The planes will be converted into UCAVs by Ennuisian Technicians. The plane MUST be VTOL capable, and feature a reduced cross-section. Please list the price for unlimited domestic production rights.

Message from the Firehelper Government
Before our isolation we have obtained the rights to the F-35 Lightning II of the USAF. Its variant is VTOL capable. We can re-sell you the production rights for 20,000,000,000 Universal Dollars.
---Firehelper Government

FV-2 Pass Class VTOL Fighter
http://www.aeronautics.ru/img002/ewrvj101c01.jpg
Crew: 1
Length: 54 ft
Wingspan: 39 ft
Height: 14 ft
Powerplant: 2× PD-J110114 rotating afterburning turbojets
Max Speed: Mach 3.7
Armament: (12) Nukes
Price: $10 million

Official Announcement from the Free Havenic Republic of Kahanistan
Ministry of Defense
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The Government of Kahanistan has been researching the concept of a VTOL air superiority fighter to protect our skies against those of our enemies who possess stealth bombers that can strike our airfields before they are detected with runway-cratering munitions.

We have never deployed it in combat before, as our traitorous Defense Minister was a collaborator with the Doomani, and did not allow the design to be released before it was too late for the Negev. However, I believe it to be well-suited to your military's needs.

The plane uses admittedly unusual designs, but its controls are easy to learn and a program can be concieved of that would allow it to be remotely controlled, though we rarely use UCAV's for fear of civilian casualties.

Attachment: f2prototype.txt

Signed,
Lieutenant General Samarra Rakhmadi,
Chief of Weapon Design

Specifications:

F-2 Insurgent VTOL ASF

Type: VTOL air superiority fighter
Length: 19m
Wingspan: 16m
Height: 4m
Propulsion: 2 KMI Mk. 10 turbofans, rated at 24,000 kgf
Total Net Thrust: 48,000 kgf
Empty Weight: 20,000 kg
Maximum Take-Off Weight: 50,000 kg
Minimum Fuel Weight: 12,500 kg
Maximum Fuel Weight: 17,500 kg
Limit Per/Number of Pylon(s): 7 (3 internal, 4 external / 2 on each wing) capable of holding 400 kg each; internals can hold two bombs or missiles each, externals one each
Normal Payload: 6 missiles (usual layout: 6x MDBA Meteor or longer-range AAM)
Maximum Payload: 10 bombs or missiles
Other Armament: KMI Mk. 2 20mm electrically operated 5-barreled Gatling cannon, 1,300 rounds
Normal Combat Weight: 39,900 kg
Thrust-to-Weight Ratio: 1.20
Combat Range: 2,500 km
Ferry Range: 5,500 km
Operational Ceiling/Altitude: 18,700 m
Maximum Altitude: 25,000 m
Cruising Speed: Mach 1.55
Supercruising Speed: Mach 1.95
Maximum Speed: Mach 2.5
Crew: 1
Price: $95 million USD
DPR: $190 billion USD, Very Good+ civil liberties, Good+ political liberties

Kriegzimmer has decided to present the GLI-76 Falcon (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9845541&postcount=725) in an attempt to compete for this contract.

To Firehelper: Our current VTOL strikefighter was designed to surpass the shortcomings of the F-35 JSF.

To TPM: Pass

To Kahanistan: We will be considering your design. Was your strikefighter designed for stealth and performance, or performance but not stealth?

To The Macabees: Your design is strong, but we are looking for something with more range and payload capacity.

Official Announcement from the Free Havenic Republic of Kahanistan
Ministry of Defense
http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/kahanistan.jpg

This is an air superiority fighter, intended to protect the skies from invading forces. Stealth is the overriding concern, to attack equally stealthy enemy fighters and bombers who have given away their positions by firing on targets, or to initiate offensive strikes against such invading aircraft before they can attack.

For missions where stealth is less critical, four extra missiles can attach to external hardpoints, increasing firepower at the expense of stealth.

Attachment: f2writeup.txt

Signed,
Lieutenant General Samarra Rakhmadi,
Chief of Weapon Design

History

The F-2 Insurgent was designed by Kahanistan Military Industries to counter the threat of the ACI-73 Aquilas used by the CAD and APOC powers, whose stealth vastly outclassed that of the F-1 Masada and F-35 Lightning II used by the Republic Guard, and to protect civilian population centers from high-flying stealth bombers such as the Tyrandisian Sariel. While the F-2's design was finalised too late to affect the outcome of Operation Silva, the Doomani invasion of Kahanistan, surviving engineers completed the project in Haven. It is the first Havenic Kahanistanian warplane to be tested and adopted by the new government.

Named the Insurgent, the F-2 is designed to be easy to learn; its simple controls and intuitive weapons systems are capable of being used effectively after minimal training such as that for insurgents, hence the name. Also like an insurgent, the F-2 can strike from anywhere; painted in desert, mountain, or grassland colours, it can attack from anywhere one can land a VTOL aircraft.

Further, it is designed to be able to penetrate air blockades easily, while either not tripping enemy radar, or appearing as a much smaller craft with far reduced flight capacity, e.g. a small cargo plane, causing enemy radar commanders to believe that a smaller craft penetrated their defences and to engage other aircraft in a "wild goose chase" while the plane penetrates into enemy-controlled territory.

Airframe

The F-2 Insurgent's airframe is composed mainly of strong, lightweight materials such as aluminium on the top, in order to reduce weight as the bottom is generally heavier and composed largely of CFRP to block heat from exiting the engine and compromising stealth; stealth is further enhanced by a generous coating of radar-absorbent material. It uses moderately long, slanted wings in order to rapidly generate lift; while it generally takes off by lifting slightly into the air, the last thing a pilot wants is to fail to gain lift and come crashing down when the VTOL lifting system is turned to propel the craft forward.

Propulsion

The Insurgent is powered by two KMI Mark 10 VTOL engines, each of which provides 24 metric tons of lift. These engines generate the massive lift required to elevate the fighter into the air, and after takeoff, usually about one hundred meters above ground, the jets propelling the plane upward are aimed backward by the pilot, rocketing the aircraft forward as its wings force air underneath it to generate lift and take off. The Insurgent takes off in this fashion so as not to be limited by carrier size or runway conditions; prototypes have taken off from over 90% cratered runways and runways with oil slicks or other hazardous conditions in tests.

Avionics

The F-2 uses a direct visual interface similar to that of the MiG-29, enabling its pilot to gain a lock on an aircraft within visual range with a visor wired to the computer and open fire with the KMI Mark 2 20mm electrically operated gatling cannon. For further threat detection, a radar system modeled on the E-2D Hawkeye's AESA, although significantly smaller, detects threats from greater distances. If the F-2 detects an enemy missile, point defence is engaged assuming that option is turned on (it usually is not), and the gatling gun is in a favourable position, the threat detection will automatically fire the gatling at the missile; however, its 120-degree aiming arc means that it cannot target missiles fired at the rear or side of the fighter. Most pilots elect not to use the point defence capability of the cannon as it is considered unreliable, but was coded into the software and kept to ease morale among fresher pilots.

Armament

The F-2 Insurgent carries a KMI Mark 2 five-barreled 20mm electrically operated Gatling cannon. This weapon is capable of penetrating most of the armor found on some advanced aircraft with its tungsten penetrator rounds, and can be sighted through a visual interface or fired automatically at approaching missiles or aircraft in a dogfight. It must be emphasised that this is primarily a dogfighting weapon, and its use in a point defence capacity is not intended to be its primary use.

Internally, the underside of the plane mounts three pylons, each capable of holding two missiles, usually medium to long range AAM's, but also capable of holding one small bomb (under 800 kilograms) instead of the missiles, or one missile and one smaller (under 400 kilogram) bomb.

The wings are capable of mounting two smaller pylons each, capable of holding one small bomb or one missile at the cost of stealth. This generally occurs when the planes attack in force at a large enemy carrier or military base, after air superiority has been obtained.

ECM

The ECM of this aircraft are centered largely around keeping the aircraft in flight, that is, defensive in nature. It consists of advanced flares and chaff that will automatically deploy if electronic components are damaged, such as by enemy radar in order to prevent launch of said countermeasures. It also has barrage jamming to cope with frequency-agile AAM's and SAM's. It is equipped to be able to jam enemy radars, although it is intended to not be detected on them; in some combat scenarios detection will be inevitable, such as when entering a no-fly zone, perhaps as an escort for a civilian aircraft.

Conclusion

The F-2 Insurgent is the stealthiest air superiority fighter developed in Kahanistan. It will supplant the F-35 in this role, relegating the latter craft to CAS and SEAD missions. This fighter will dominate the skies over Havenic Kahanistan for decades to come.

With its versatile nature and ability to land almost anywhere on level ground, it is possible to keep many of them away from obvious targets such as cities and bases, allowing them to take off and surprise the enemy. Due to its easy concealability, the Insurgent will be a presence in the skies long after a nation using it in battle has been occupied.

The Shin Ra Corporation is currently in in talks about buying the transferable production rights for the ORCA Fighter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDI_technology_of_Command_%26_Conquer#ORCA_Aircraft) from Merkar's TS storefront.

Once we have these rights, a modified form for launch from aircraft carriers or air assault ships will be desgined by our engineers, and the production rights for both the original craft and the modified craft will be transfered to you. However, we cannot guarantee, at this stage, the cost or the time it will take us to have everything ready for your order. However, we will immedeately inform you about any news in this matter.

My Dear Sirs,
i would like to put forward the CFN-16B Terrier multi role naval SVTOL fighter (http://z8.invisionfree.com/Crookfur_Arms/index.php?showtopic=23) for cosndieration as a possible option for a solution to your requirements.
For unlimited domestic production rights we would set a price of $250billion

Kind Regards
Karen Jenkins
Head of Sales, Crookfur Arms

OOC:
Yeah its just a set of stats with some wanky electronics but it is basically a wanky and more manouverable X-32

We are now in posession of a naval variant of the ORCA fighter, called NAVORKA. It can take of from an air assault ship and has 6 missile hardpoints, and a nose-mounted minigun. It is fast and reload should only take about 15 - 20 min. even if it is done with the most primitive equipment. If you are interested in our offer, please specify wether you want an anti-personell, anti-vehicle, anti-ship, anti-aircraft or anti-structure version (we need this information to determine the optimal configuration).