Fighter

Tactical and technical characteristics of the aircraft:

Year of adopting – 2008
Wingspan, m
- Conventional aircraft – 10.97
- An aircraft with GDP – 9.15
Length – 13,6 m
Wing Area – 55.0 sq ft
Weight (GDP), kg
- Empty – 10200 (10886)
- Maximum Take-off – 22700 (27200)
Internal fuel – 6803 (7700) kg
Engine Type – 1 turbojet engines Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 (SE614)
Thrust – 15,810 kgs
Maximum speed – 2600 km / h (M = 2,5)
Cruising speed – 1570 km / h (M = 1,5)
Combat radius – 1100 km
Service ceiling – 20,000 m
Crew – 1
Cost – $ 38,000,000

Armament: 20-mm six-barrel gun. Combat load – 5900-7700 kg in different ways.

Standard: In stealth mode – 2 x 450-kg bombs and 2 SD-to-Air AIM-120C AMRAAMS. In overload – 2,900-pound bombs and 4 SD in 2 compartments of weapons. In normal mode uses 8-node suspension arms.

X-32 JSF (Joint Strike Fighter) – a promising Strike Fighter being developed for the needs of the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps and UK Royal Navy U.S. firm Boeing. The consortium includes Boeing Raytheon Systems Co, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, Messier-Dowty, Marconi Electronic Systems and Flight Refuelling Ltd. Aircraft intended to replace the F-16, A-6, F-14, F-18, Sea Harrier. Developed by the aircraft is designated the X-32A in the version for the Air Force, and X-32B in the Marine Corps variant. Turbojet aircraft are tested with Pratt & Whithey SE614, non-development of the F119, used for the F-22 Raptor.

Work on the JSF program began in November 1996. In 1998, built two prototypes for evaluation. Choosing a prototype for further development is scheduled for 2001. Anticipated year of adopting – 2008. All fighters are designed in three different land-fighter for the Air Force (1763 aircraft), based fighter for the Navy (480) and a fighter with a short takeoff and vertical landing for the Marine Corps (609) and the Royal Navy of Great Britain (60 aircraft with GDP).

September 18, 2000 X-32A JSF made its first flight. Twenty-minute flight from the factory airfield at Edwards Air Force test base has opened a new phase in the battle of the leading aviation companies for future earnings, in which a large margin lead the United States.

    X-32A, more precisely, the fighter, which will be built on its base – the fifth in the world of airborne aircraft the next – the fifth generation. The first were the Americans – in 1990 soared to YF-22 and YF-23. Hyne first one has been in serial form and in two or three years will come at the front side. Russian fifth-generation prototypes of machines – Sukhovskaya C-37 and Mikoyan 1.44 – the first flights in 1997 and 2000. Ho they all belong to a class of heavy fighter, conceived as early as during the Cold War, when singles were military rather than commercial factors. As a result, the price of serial X-22A is likely to any high level of $ 100 million

    X-32A and its competitor in the program JSF – Fighter X-35A firm Lockheed Martin, which is to take off in the next few weeks – basically another car – easy – class. JSF F-22A will lose in battle, but win it on the market.

    Highlight of the program lies in the fact that the requirements for the aircraft originally laid upper limit price – not more than $ 40 million, now it’s quite a lot, but in 2008-2010. When the aircraft will enter the market, this amount may seem meager. Technique of Europeans will be at least twice as expensive, and Russian rivals to this point, as it is already clear, will not appear.

    Another trump card JSF due to the fact that the marketing of the new aircraft began 15 years before his appearance on the market. An example of this – the July air show in Farnborough. The Pentagon and U.S. firms from the outset set the course for involvement in the project of potential buyers. Thus, parallel to the reduced financial burden on American taxpayers and formed a pool of future customers.

    There is a JSF project and the unique technical features. Haprimer, fighter aircraft originally designed in three versions (including the aircraft with a vertical landing) in order to satisfy the requirements of all types of aircraft and foreign customers. As a result, there is every reason to believe that the JSF in the second decade will be the most popular fighter of the world and will block the record of its predecessor, the F-16, which has already sold around the world in four thousand copies.