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010 _a 96023122
020 _a083302406X (alk. paper)
027 _aRAND/MR-595-AF
035 _a(Sirsi) a384959
037 _c$13.00
040 _aCstmoR
_cCstmoR
043 _an-us---
050 0 0 _aTL685.3
_b.R38 1996
100 1 _aRaymer, Daniel P.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aNext-generation attack fighter :
_bdesign tradeoffs and notional system concepts /
_cDaniel P. Raymer.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1996.
300 _axviii, 83 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c28 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"Project Air Force."
520 _aCurrent Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps fighter/attack aircraft are 1970s vintage that will reach the end of their service lives in the early part of the next century. Although the Air Force is developing the highly advanced F-22, it cannot be used to replace all current assets, because of cost. A "low-end" complementary design is required. This report presents the results of research into the tradeoffs in requirements specification for a next-generation attack fighter. It develops and analyzes a representative notional design concept for such a fighter, then conducts numerous tradeoff studies of range, performance, payload, and technologies. The study concludes that a single-seat, single-engine fighter that uses a near-term engine and currently available advanced technologies could provide a substantial advantage in range, payload, and signature over current aircraft. Furthermore, tri-service needs appear to be attainable with a lower-risk, two-aircraft-variant approach in which the Navy and Marine Corps both use a virtually identical short takeoff, vertical landing design and the Air Force uses a nearly identical derivative of that design.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
650 0 _aAttack planes
_xSpecifications
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aAttack planes
_zUnited States
_xDesign and construction.
650 0 _aFighter planes
_xSpecifications
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aFighter planes
_zUnited States
_xDesign and construction.
650 0 _aShort take-off and landing aircraft
_xDesign and construction.
710 2 _aProject Air Force (U.S.).
_bForce Modernization and Employment Program.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bAir Force.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR595/
999 _c599101
_d599101