Wednesday, July 11, 2012

2nd Most Expensive Military Planes

2 F-22 Raptor $350 million
Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin and Boeing
The program cost is US$ 66.7 billion and each one is US$ 150 million.
It is developed based on Lockheed YF-22.




General characteristics
  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 62 ft 1 in (18.90 m)
  • Wingspan: 44 ft 6 in (13.56 m)
  • Height: 16 ft 8 in (5.08 m)
  • Wing area: 840 ft² (78.04 m²)
  • Airfoil: NACA 64A?05.92 root, NACA 64A?04.29 tip
  • Empty weight: 43,430 lb (19,700 kg)
  • Loaded weight: 64,460 lb (29,300 kg)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 83,500 lb (38,000 kg)
  • Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 Pitch Thrust vectoring turbofans
    • Dry thrust: 23,500 lb (104 kN) each
    • Thrust with afterburner: 35,000+ lb (156+ kN) each
  • Fuel capacity: 18,000 lb (8,200 kg) internally, or 26,000 lb (11,900 kg) with two external fuel tanks
Performance
  • Maximum speed:
    • At altitude: Mach 2.25 (1,500 mph, 2,410 km/h) [estimated]
    • Supercruise: Mach 1.82 (1,220 mph, 1,963 km/h)
  • Range: >1,600 nmi (1,840 mi, 2,960 km) with 2 external fuel tanks
  • Combat radius: 410 nmi (with 100 nmi in supercruise) (471 mi, 759 km)
  • Ferry range: 2,000 mi (1,738 nmi, 3,219 km)
  • Service ceiling: 65,000 ft (Currently restricted to 44,000 ft, sans vests)(19,812 m)
  • Wing loading: 77 lb/ft² (375 kg/m²)
  • Thrust/weight: 1.09 (1.26 with loaded weight & 50% fuel)
  • Maximum design g-load: -3.0/+9.0 g
Armament
  • Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A2 Vulcan 6-barreled gatling cannon in starboard wing root, 480 roundsArmament
  • Air to air loadout:
    • 6× AIM-120 AMRAAM
    • 2× AIM-9 Sidewinder
  • Air to ground loadout:
    • 2× AIM-120 AMRAAM and
    • 2× AIM-9 Sidewinder for self-protection, and one of the following:
      • 2× 1,000 lb (450 kg) JDAM or
      • 8× 250 lb (110 kg) GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs
  • Hardpoints: 4× under-wing pylon stations can be fitted to carry 600 U.S. gallon drop tanks or weapons, each with a capacity of 5,000 lb (2,268 kg).
Avionics
  • RWR (Radar warning receiver): 250 nmi (463 km) or more
  • Radar: 125–150 miles (200–240 km) against 1 m2 (11 sq ft) targets (estimated range)
  • Chemring MJU-39/40 flares for protection against IR missiles.















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