The CL-32 Buitre is a 5.5th generation, modular seat, single-engine, short take-off and landing, stealth, medium air superiority fighter, which possess limited point defense interception capabilities and can perform both land and carrier-based missions, designed and manufactured by the AEROCON Aerospace Industries Confederation and engineered for a balance between stealth and agility. It was intended as a more logistically flexible and cost-effective replacement for the aging and costly F-22 Raptor, and capable of a much greater degree of force projection than the former. The CL-32 has two different models, a fully dedicated air superiority variant, and a cheaper variant able to conduct limited air-to-ground strikes at the expense of a less stealthy internal bay(CL-32E). The CL-32 early version used a passive radar as its main targeting system, while newer versions have an active radar capability as well, and can lock simultaneously on two different targets.
The CL-32 is based upon the CLEX-32, one of the two prototypes built for the Confederacy Light Fighter Program(CLFP), although as a full-fledged design, it does not share any fuselage or airframe modules with its predecessor, making of its airframe an integral cranked-arrow delta wing. It was entirely developed and funded by the AEROCON. Its prototype flew in 2036, while its first flight went on November 3rd, 2038.
Specifications
General characteristics
* Crew: 1 or 2
* Length: 16 m (52 ft 6 in)
* Wingspan: 9 m (29 ft 6 in)
* Height: 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
* Empty weight: 12,000 kg (26,450 lb)
* Loaded weight: 16,500 kg (36,370 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 21,800 kg (41,060 lb)
* Powerplant: 1× EX-140 Biofuel-optimized Low Bypass Turbofan Engine
o Dry thrust: 14,750 kg/f (32,518 lb/f)
o Thrust with afterburner: 19,500 kg/f (42,990 lb/f)
* Intercept payload weight: 18,050 kg (39,790 lb)
* Fuel capacity: 7,000 kg (20,900 lb) or 12,000 kg (26,456 lb) with two fuel tanks
Performance
* Maximum speed:
o At altitude: Mach 2.4 (2,960 km/h, 1,840 mph)
o Supercruise: Mach 1.55 (1,910 km/h, 1,185 mph)
o Supercruise endurance: 15 minutes
* Cruise speed: Mach .9 (1,110 km/h, 690 mph)
* Range: 1,500 km (930 mi)
* Combat radius: 800 km (500 mi)
* Ferry range: 3,200 km (1,990 mi)
* Service ceiling: 18,000 m (59,000 ft)
* Maximum Altitude: 28,000 m (92,000 ft)
* Rate of climb: 250 m/s (49,200 ft/min)
* Thrust/weight: 1.18:1 at standard loaded weight
o 1.08:1 at intercept weight
Avionics
* OJO-3A5 Passive Radar
o Maximum Range(AWACS detection): 300 km.
o Maximum Range(Fighter detection): 150 km
* BUHO-3Z Automatic Target Recognition System
o Maximum Range: 100 km
* 3x FSoft Quantix Integrated Processors(QIP) units w/ 7 processors each.
* Fiber-optic Integrated Data Bus
* AirLinux 3.0cm Integrated Operating System
* FSoft Intelliview Air computerized displays
* 6 infrared complementary visual targeting cameras
* FSoft Águila7 Full Authority Digital Engine Control(FADEC)
* MTI/FSoft Airforce Standard Low Probability of Intercept Datalink
* Digital triplexed fly-by-wire flight control system
Armament
* Guns: 1× AirMaster 20mm twin-barreled hypervelocity revolver autocannon, 700 rounds
* Maximum Stealth Air Superiority loadout:
o 2x MAA-88 Eurojoto BVRAAM and
o 2x YCC Electro-optical SRAAM in internal drop cells
* Maximum Combat Endurance Air Superiority loadout:
o 2x MAA-88 BVRAAM and
o 2x YCC Electro-optical SRAAM in internal drop cells
o 4x MAA-88 BVRAAM in external modular hardpoints
* Intercept loadout:
o 2x MAA-88 BVRAAM and
o 2x YCC Electro-optical SRAAM in internal drop cells
o 2x Vympel R-37 VLRAAM in external modular hardpoints
* Anti-shipping loadout:
o 2x MAA-88 BVRAAM and
o 2x YCC Electro-optical SRAAM in internal drop cells
o 2x AGM-84H/K HARPOON anti-shipping missiles in external modular hardpoints
* Precision Bombing loadout(CL-32E and CL-32AE only):
o 4× Small Diameter Bomb in internal bay
o 4x MAA-88 BVRAAM in external modular hardpoints
* Removable Hardpoints: 2x wet underwing pylons for very long range air-to-air missiles, SEAD, air-to-ground and air-to-sea missiles or 4x low RCS underwing pylons for BVRAAMs