Nomenclature:AAF.14/1R3 "Revenant"
Classification:Agile Attack Fighter
Crew:1; Pilot
Length & Height:13.86m (45'5.6") / 4.48m (14'8.4")
Wingspan & Area:8.6 Meters, 38.66 m2
Empty & Maximum Weights:6,820 Kgs (15,035 lbs) / 13,820 Kgs (30,468 lbs)
Wing Loading:357.47 Kgs/m2 (73.21 lb/ft2) @ MTOW
Internal Fuel:3,550 Kgs (7,826.41 lbs / 4,990 L)
Weapons Payload:3,480 Kgs (7,672 lbs) Ammo & Ordinance
Thrust-to-Weight Ratio:0.62:1 @ Max Takeoff, 0.76:1 @ Typical Load
Ceiling & Climb Rate:17,680m (58,000') in 80 Seconds @ 221.6 M/Sec (727 Ft/Sec)
"Never Exceed" (VNE) Speed:2,780.83 Km/H (Mach 2.25) below 11,720m (38,450')
Performance:+9.2 / -3.2 g limits / 1,630 Km/H (Mach 1.32) Supercruise
Endurance:43 Min @ VNE, 2 Hours 20 Min @ Supercruise, 4-5 Hour Standard Profile
Combat & Ferry Ranges:1,990 Km (1,235 mi) Radius, 3,780 Km (2,350 mi) Direct
Takeoff/Landing Performance:450m (1,480') Takeoff / 437m (1,433') Landing @ 210 Km/H (130.5 MPH)
Powerplant:1x LTV32.72R Thrust-Vectoring Turbofan w/ Reheat
Autocannons:1x 1x AC22.L82/2 Dual-barrel (recoil-driven) autocannon w/ 950 Rds. linked belt
Hardpoints:x6; 1 Wingtip, 2 Underhung per wing + 8 Internal
Typical Combat Load:1,600 kgs missiles & bombs + 400 kgs ammunition
- 6x AHM.210R2 "Bayonet" Heat-Seeking Missiles (External)
- 2x MHL.201R2 "Fire Lance" Radar-Homing Missiles (Wingtips)
- 8x S-UMP-100 "Kisten" Small-Diameter Bombs (Internal)- Armaments: -
FA22.L82.C2R Chain-Driven Autocannon
AHM.201R2 "Bayonet" Autonomous Heat-Seeking Missile (x8 Under-Wing Hardpoints)
S-UMP-100 "Kisten" Small-Diameter Guided Bombs (x8 Internal Hardpoints)- Systems: -
Command & Control:Testudo Mk. IV Combat Management System
Satellite-Independent Communications:(LOS/NLOS Frequency-Adaptive, 30Hz-30GHz, Encrypted)1x 10kW PSiAN (SANMEN Communications Suite)
"Kanaloa" TIMU
APAx2.250F "Rigel"
AMPI.aLF "Aquila"
Mahui Layered Defenses Suite:4x Sensor/Laser Heads, 2 Dorsal/ 2 Ventral
Passive Detection Sensors:4x 1064 nm Laser Detector / Avalanche Photodiode UV-A / Two-Color IR
Active Directed Energy Heads:4x LRDEW 10 kW Solid-State Heat Capacity Mid-Infrared Laser Heads (2000-300m Soft Kill)- Overview: -The Agile Patrol Fighter program set out with the goal of creating an extremely lightweight, compact carrier-based single-seat stealthy fighter with an extended range using a single turbofan engine, supersonic sprint capability on engine reheat and an advanced, relaxed-stability design capable of very tight turns. The resulting design, codenamed "Revenant" by the development team is the smallest and lightest combat aircraft in service with the Marquesan Armed Forces. Revenant fighters use a highly advanced, 5th generation design which minimizes supersonic drag, with special attention paid to dynamic agility at dogfighting speeds. The core of the APF.12 is a rigid titanium Honeycomb structure, built up using Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymers and radar-absorbing ceramic coatings to produce an extremely rigid lightweight fighter capable of astounding acrobatic feats while maintaining a low radar cross-section. The APF.12 fighter utilizes a tailless compound delta wing and a single vertical stabilizer; the engine tunnel incorporates an S-duct obscuring the bypass fan at all angles, with a wide, single intake at the chin below the cockpit. This arrangement without tailplanes or foreplanes is highly efficient at high trans-sonic combat speeds, allowing high-alpha (in excess of 30°) flight and computer-limited -4 and +11g turns. APF.12's single LTV.32/72R turbofan is a clean-sheet military low-bypass, high-pressure design producing enormous thrust from a very compact powerplant which can be started with an emergency Hydrazine "Rapid Ignition" system; computer-controlled thrust vectoring uses three carbon/carbon paddles in the exhaust path to direct engine exhaust 20° off boresight to produce very tight pitch and yaw maneuvers entirely without horizontal control surfaces. The engine reaches its high trans-sonic ideal cruise speed at military power and can push through to Mach 1.28 during reheat, enabling efficient subsonic cruising for long distances. The LTV.32/72 is an extremely compact powerplant for its thrust rating, with a fuel-efficient high turbine inlet temperature of 1,560° C and a "howling" acoustic signature, which make the Revenant fighter a popular, instantly recognizable figure in the skies of Gholgoth and abroad.
High rates of roll and pitch, very low wing loading, aerodynamic instability and a high thrust-to-weight ratio are kept in check by full computer control and fly-by-optics data transmission, which integrates with the pilot's helmet-mounted display using optical and voice sensors to reduce pilot workload. The cockpit uses a left side throttle and right side stick, following a HOTAS philosophy with a wraparound multifunction "all glass" display for all cockpit instrumentation. The lightweight, extremely rigid wings of the Revenant fighter house a large amount of fuel for a fighter its size, with the capability to carry external drop tanks or heavy ordinance from its four underhung pylons, in addition to wingtip pylons for missiles. The compound Delta wing is extremely strong and simple, lacking horizontal control surfaces, and housing internal fuel bladders which prevent a complete fuel loss in the event of damage in flight, with a honeycomb structure that reduces the spread and extent of damage. At the right wingroot, a powerful, compact 22mm autocannon is placed with its muzzle behind a low-RCS panel. The autocannon has dual feeds for either thin-wall HEIT pre-fragmented shells or HEIAP Semi-armor piercing ammunition. The gun has variable rates of fire for short, tight bursts or longer, high-speed streams of fire dependent on the target. 22x140mm ammunition is powerful and accurate, capable of destroying moving targets at 2,000 meters or fixed targets at 4,600 meters. In combat the autocannon is devastating in close dogfights, where Revenant's extremely tight turning radius and high climb rate allow it to outmaneuver larger fighters and achieve gun or missile kills. The type is also highly adept at attacking naval or ground targets with missiles, guns, runway and bunker-busting rockets or bombs; the APF.12's extended range makes its most common mission maritime patrol from small, ski-jump escort carriers.
Revenant fighters fly with a sophisticated electronics package that uses compact, modular systems common to other Marquesan aircraft and fighting systems, referred to as Testudo Mk. IV. The 2020 revision of the Mk. III System includes a modern, low-power X-Band radar, which simultaneously scans vertically and horizontally at 30 Hz. The extremely sensitive Rigel radar can detect the smallest RCS targets at ranges of up to 60 kilometers, and produces swift, stable radar locks for the Fire Lance missile the fighter carries on its wingtips. The inverse-monopulse Fire Lance missile uses the latest jamming-hardened, high speed communications to seek targets using the agile radar onboard the Revenant. The Rigel radar can track 400 targets simultaneously and produce dozens of simultaneous missile locks. A sophisticated "Aquila" is a small optronics blister, located on the upper side of the nosecone forward of the cockpit. The Aquila EOTS blends the inputs of a dual band Mid & Long-Wave Infrared sensor with a 10 Megapixel visible light camera, both sensors attached to a power telephoto zoom lens with up to 40x magnification. This all-weather system corrects for atmospheric interference such as smoke, dust or rain, allowing the Revenant pilot to not only fly but perform the tactical functions of their mission in the harshest, instrument flying-only conditions. The all-weather Rigel radar and Aquila optronics pod work together to identify and discriminate targets automatically for the pilot, but can also produce live "false daylight" full color thermal vision with blended radar overlays, so that a pilot could see through a rainstorm to identify an armored vehicle on the ground under the cover of foliage, or identify a hostile fighter flying at night, beyond normal visual range and confirm the make of the aircraft and any external armament it was carrying with a minute risk of detection given the long range of the Bayonet missiles carried and the rapid seek rate of the short range, radar guided Fire Lance missiles. A Timing & Inertial Measurement Unit, or TIMU continuously self-calibrates the aircraft's location in relation to predetermined waypoints in the aircraft's mission plan, considered 99.85% accurate even in commuication or GPS-denied environments, the aircraft's computer provides turn-by-turn directions to the crew. If the aircraft is connected to the encrypted SANMEN communications network, mission parameters such as waypoints, targets, etc. can be changed in flight and updated to allow forces to rally or regroup instaneously. Revenant fighters are often dispatched to be the first aircraft overhead in the event of a distress call, a piracy threat, or dozens of other scenarios that could place the fighter in harm's way, including surface to air and air to air missiles. These threats are countered by the Mahui Layered Defenses Suite, which places four small missile warning sensor pods on the aircraft's centerline, equipped with 10-kilowatt infrared lasers which are aimed at the sensors of hostile weapons, causing the targeting systems to overheat and shut down. In the case of a hostile missile, this system is effective at detecting threats at distances of up to 2,000 meters and defeating those threats, even when fired as close as 300 meters from the aircraft. Mahui LDS has a response time of less than 500 microseconds and is effective against projectiles moving at up to 4,000 meters per second.
Real World Comparison - - Douglas A-4 "Skyhawk": Both single-seat lightweight carrier-launched fighters. Revenant is a 5th generation fighter and Skyhawk is a 3rd Generation Fighter in the same role, RCS is dramatically lower than Skyhawk, Revenant is a meter longer and 900 kg heavier empty. Revenant's compound delta wing is wider with greater area than Skyhawk, so wing-loading factors are extremely similar, but Revenant has a much greater thrust-to-weight ratio, with dramatically superior kinematic performance and a higher supersonic top speed. Titanium/CFRP/Ceramic construction on Revenant is dramatically more rigid and damage resistant than A-4's traditional aluminum construction. Far greater agility at speed from Revenant than Skyhawk. Revenant's higher fuel consumption but larger fuel tanks allow similar range, though A4 has a slightly higher internal fuel combat range and evenly matched ferry range. Revenant carries a slightly larger caliber (22mm vs 20mm Skyhawk) autocannon. The 22x140mm Marquesan round far outranges the more compact 20mm Vulcan cannon round, although the gun has a much lower rate of fire. The Marquesan gun packs a heavier explosive charge into both ammunition types, and its variable rate of fire allow for greater conservation of ammunition and greater versatility. Revenant's Bayonet and Fire Lance missiles have dramatically superior performance envelopes in comparison to the older Skyhawk weapon systems; state-of-the-art electronics on Revenant are in all ways technically superior to sensors and electronics carried on Skyhawk, dramatically enhancing lethality in all combat scenarios.
Flyaway Cost Per Unit:(Place orders Here.)55,000,000 NSD.
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