5th Generation Fighter Pictures
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check high quality raptor pictures here!
http://www.defenceforum.in/forum/mi...nited-states-military-pictures.html#post82010
http://www.defenceforum.in/forum/mi...nited-states-military-pictures.html#post82010
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As good as it sounds, its not feasible to carry 6 x 4.2m long 450kg missiles internally. The weapons bay size needed for that would be waaaaay tooo huuuuuuge. Even the F-22 can carry 6 x AMRAAMs and 2 x AIM-9X internally.
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nice pictures, are these real pictures or computer generated images.
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these are leaks from a salut plant , they are projected drawings based on some information , how much of these are true nobody can confirm as of now
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The two other 5th gen aircraft that ever flew openly
First i give you the Grumman YF-23 black widow 2 the aircraft that lost the USAF contract to the Lockheed martin f-22 raptor.
Specifications
General characteristics
Crew: 1 (pilot)
Length: 67 ft 5 in (20.60 m)
Wingspan: 43 ft 7 in (13.30 m)
Height: 13 ft 11 in (4.30 m)
Wing area: 900 ft² (88 m²)
Empty weight: 29,000 lb (14,970 kg)
Loaded weight: 51,320 lb (23,327 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 62,000 lb (29,000 kg)
Powerplant: 2× General Electric YF120 or Pratt & Whitney YF119 , 35,000 lbf (156 kN) each
Performance
Maximum speed: Mach 2.2+ (1,650+ mph, 2,655+ km/h) at altitude
Cruise speed: Mach 1.6 (1,060 mph, 1,706 km/h) supercruise at altitude
Range: over 2,790 mi (over 4,500 km)
Combat radius: 865-920 mi[23] (750-800 nmi, 1,380-1480 km)
Service ceiling: 65,000 ft (19,800 m)
Wing loading: 54 lb/ft² (265 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight: 1.36
Armament
None as tested but provisions made for[1]
1 × 20 mm (.79 in) M61 Vulcan cannon
4-6 × AIM-120 AMRAAM or AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missiles
4 × AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles
First i give you the Grumman YF-23 black widow 2 the aircraft that lost the USAF contract to the Lockheed martin f-22 raptor.
Specifications
General characteristics
Crew: 1 (pilot)
Length: 67 ft 5 in (20.60 m)
Wingspan: 43 ft 7 in (13.30 m)
Height: 13 ft 11 in (4.30 m)
Wing area: 900 ft² (88 m²)
Empty weight: 29,000 lb (14,970 kg)
Loaded weight: 51,320 lb (23,327 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 62,000 lb (29,000 kg)
Powerplant: 2× General Electric YF120 or Pratt & Whitney YF119 , 35,000 lbf (156 kN) each
Performance
Maximum speed: Mach 2.2+ (1,650+ mph, 2,655+ km/h) at altitude
Cruise speed: Mach 1.6 (1,060 mph, 1,706 km/h) supercruise at altitude
Range: over 2,790 mi (over 4,500 km)
Combat radius: 865-920 mi[23] (750-800 nmi, 1,380-1480 km)
Service ceiling: 65,000 ft (19,800 m)
Wing loading: 54 lb/ft² (265 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight: 1.36
Armament
None as tested but provisions made for[1]
1 × 20 mm (.79 in) M61 Vulcan cannon
4-6 × AIM-120 AMRAAM or AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missiles
4 × AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles
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The boeing f-32
The Lockheed f-35 beat this one in the JSF competition
The X-32 takes off for Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD, from Little Rock AFB. The X-32 is one of two experimental aircraft involved in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.
Boeing X-32B on display at the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum. This lost the Joint Strike Fighter competition to Lockheed Martin's X-35 (now the F-35 Lightning II), with the testing conducted at the nearby Naval Air Station Patuxent River. A Lockheed S-3B Viking is in the background.
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 50.77 ft (15.47 m)
Wingspan: 36 ft (10.97 m)
Height: (5.28 m)
Wing area: 590 ft² (54.8 m²)
Max takeoff weight: 38,000 lb (17,200 kg)
Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney F135 afterburning turbofan
Dry thrust: ~26,000 lbf (117 kN)
Thrust with afterburner: 35,000+ lbf (155.7+ kN)
Performance
Maximum speed: Mach 1.6 (1,200 mph, 1,931 km/h) at altitude
Range on USAF mission profile: 850 NM (1,575 km)
Range on United States Navy mission profile: 750 NM (1,390 km)
Range on USMC/RN mission profile: 594 NM (1,100 km)
Armament
20 mm M61A2 cannon, or 27 mm Mauser BK-27 cannon
Internal: 6 AMRAAM air-air missiles or 2 AMRAAM air-air missiles and 2 x 2,000 lb (900 kg) class guided bombs
External: Approx. 15,000 lb (6,800 kg) of full range of external stores including guided weapons, anti-radiation missile, air-to-surface weapons, auxiliary fuel tanks
The Lockheed f-35 beat this one in the JSF competition
The X-32 takes off for Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD, from Little Rock AFB. The X-32 is one of two experimental aircraft involved in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.
Boeing X-32B on display at the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum. This lost the Joint Strike Fighter competition to Lockheed Martin's X-35 (now the F-35 Lightning II), with the testing conducted at the nearby Naval Air Station Patuxent River. A Lockheed S-3B Viking is in the background.
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 50.77 ft (15.47 m)
Wingspan: 36 ft (10.97 m)
Height: (5.28 m)
Wing area: 590 ft² (54.8 m²)
Max takeoff weight: 38,000 lb (17,200 kg)
Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney F135 afterburning turbofan
Dry thrust: ~26,000 lbf (117 kN)
Thrust with afterburner: 35,000+ lbf (155.7+ kN)
Performance
Maximum speed: Mach 1.6 (1,200 mph, 1,931 km/h) at altitude
Range on USAF mission profile: 850 NM (1,575 km)
Range on United States Navy mission profile: 750 NM (1,390 km)
Range on USMC/RN mission profile: 594 NM (1,100 km)
Armament
20 mm M61A2 cannon, or 27 mm Mauser BK-27 cannon
Internal: 6 AMRAAM air-air missiles or 2 AMRAAM air-air missiles and 2 x 2,000 lb (900 kg) class guided bombs
External: Approx. 15,000 lb (6,800 kg) of full range of external stores including guided weapons, anti-radiation missile, air-to-surface weapons, auxiliary fuel tanks
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The most deadly looking stealth aircraft ever the boeing bird of prey
Boeing Bird of Prey at The Official National Museum of the United States Air Force
Boeing Bird of Prey at the USAF museum exhibit
Boeing Bird of Prey emblem
This is a real aircraft
The Bird of Prey was a black project aircraft, intended to demonstrate stealth technology. It was developed by McDonnell Douglas and Boeing in the 1990s.[1] Funded by the company at a price of $67 million,[1] it was a low cost program compared to many other programs of similar scale. It developed technology and materials which would later be used on Boeing's X-45 unmanned combat air vehicle. As an internal project, this aircraft was not given an X-plane designation. There are no public plans to make this a production aircraft. It is characterized as a technology demonstrator.
Development of the Bird of Prey began in 1992 by McDonnell Douglas's Phantom Works division for special projects. The aircraft's name is a reference to the Klingon Bird of Prey warship from the Star Trek television series.[2] Phantom Works later became part of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems after the Boeing–McDonnell Douglas merger in 1997.
The first flight was in 1996, and 39 more were performed through the program's conclusion in 1999.[1] The Bird of Prey is designed to prevent shadows and is believed to have been used to test active camouflage, which would involve its surfaces changing color or luminosity to match the surroundings.[3]
Because it was a demonstration aircraft, the Bird of Prey used a commercial off-the-shelf turbofan engine and manual hydraulic controls rather than fly-by-wire. This shortened the development time and reduced the cost significantly (a production aircraft would have computerized controls).
The shape is aerodynamically stable enough to be flown without computer correction. Its aerodynamic stability is due to the same mechanisms found in canard aircraft such as the VariEze, the lift normally generated by the canards being provided by the chines (which therefore keeps the nose from sinking). This configuration, which can be stable without a horizontal tailplane and a conventional vertical rudder, is now a standard in modern stealth unmanned aerial vehicles such as the X-45 and X-47, tailless aircraft which use drag rudders (asymmetrically-used wingtip airbrakes) for rudder control.
The aircraft was made public on October 18, 2002,[1] and was put on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio on July 16, 2003. It is on display in the Museum's Modern Flight Gallery. Along with the XF-85 Goblin, it is the only experimental aircraft that has not been moved to the Museum's Research & Development Gallery.
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: approximately 47 ft (14.30 m)
Wingspan: approximately 23 ft (7.00 m)
Height: 6 ()
Max takeoff weight: 7,380 lb (3,350 kg)
Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-5C , 2,900 lbf (12.9 kN)
Performance
Maximum speed: 260 knots (482 km/h)
Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
Boeing Bird of Prey at The Official National Museum of the United States Air Force
Boeing Bird of Prey at the USAF museum exhibit
Boeing Bird of Prey emblem
This is a real aircraft
The Bird of Prey was a black project aircraft, intended to demonstrate stealth technology. It was developed by McDonnell Douglas and Boeing in the 1990s.[1] Funded by the company at a price of $67 million,[1] it was a low cost program compared to many other programs of similar scale. It developed technology and materials which would later be used on Boeing's X-45 unmanned combat air vehicle. As an internal project, this aircraft was not given an X-plane designation. There are no public plans to make this a production aircraft. It is characterized as a technology demonstrator.
Development of the Bird of Prey began in 1992 by McDonnell Douglas's Phantom Works division for special projects. The aircraft's name is a reference to the Klingon Bird of Prey warship from the Star Trek television series.[2] Phantom Works later became part of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems after the Boeing–McDonnell Douglas merger in 1997.
The first flight was in 1996, and 39 more were performed through the program's conclusion in 1999.[1] The Bird of Prey is designed to prevent shadows and is believed to have been used to test active camouflage, which would involve its surfaces changing color or luminosity to match the surroundings.[3]
Because it was a demonstration aircraft, the Bird of Prey used a commercial off-the-shelf turbofan engine and manual hydraulic controls rather than fly-by-wire. This shortened the development time and reduced the cost significantly (a production aircraft would have computerized controls).
The shape is aerodynamically stable enough to be flown without computer correction. Its aerodynamic stability is due to the same mechanisms found in canard aircraft such as the VariEze, the lift normally generated by the canards being provided by the chines (which therefore keeps the nose from sinking). This configuration, which can be stable without a horizontal tailplane and a conventional vertical rudder, is now a standard in modern stealth unmanned aerial vehicles such as the X-45 and X-47, tailless aircraft which use drag rudders (asymmetrically-used wingtip airbrakes) for rudder control.
The aircraft was made public on October 18, 2002,[1] and was put on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio on July 16, 2003. It is on display in the Museum's Modern Flight Gallery. Along with the XF-85 Goblin, it is the only experimental aircraft that has not been moved to the Museum's Research & Development Gallery.
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: approximately 47 ft (14.30 m)
Wingspan: approximately 23 ft (7.00 m)
Height: 6 ()
Max takeoff weight: 7,380 lb (3,350 kg)
Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-5C , 2,900 lbf (12.9 kN)
Performance
Maximum speed: 260 knots (482 km/h)
Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
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The british project
All components must join without gaps or edges to ensure low radar observability (Image: BAE Systems)
Secret UK stealth plane project revealed
This was a real aircraft
16:18 04 April 2003 by David Windle
The existence of a secret programme to produce Britain's own stealth plane has been revealed with the declassification of a single photograph and a short statement.
The craft pictured is full-scale model and was completed in 1999, after five years of work. The £20 million programme, codenamed Replica, was jointly funded by BAE Systems and the UK Ministry of Defence.
Few details have been released, but BAE Systems says Replica was subjected to a "rigorous test programme", which assessed its cross section on radar. This would be key to evaluating whether the craft had "low observability", i.e. stealth. However, it is not known whether systems to reduce its infra-red, acoustic or visual signatures were used.
Replica was never intended to be as difficult to detect as the exotic and extremely expensive pure stealth aircraft such as the US F-117a and B-2. But UK stealth specialists are said to have achieved their goal of striking a balance between low observability and cost. It also demonstrated British expertise in the complex world of stealth technology.
Uneven edge
Technology derived from Replica may well filter into future aircraft. These could include the manned and unmanned concept aircraft under consideration as part of the UK's wide-ranging Future Offensive Air System (FOAS) programme. This aims to fill the gap left when the Tornado GR4 strike/attack aircraft is retired. FOAS has a current delivery date of 2017.
A key contributing factor to an aircraft's radar stealth is the precision with its which its components are fabricated and assembled - any radar-reflecting edges or gaps must be avoided.
British engineers tackled this by creating a virtual 3-D aircraft on computer and then using this data directly to control computer-aided manufacturing systems. These, for example, helped produce the carbon-fibre composite panels that make up the aircraft's skin. During assembly, the panels were aligned with the assistance of laser projection.
What happened to the Replica programme after 1999 is not known. But with the deadline fast approaching for the FOAS programme to move from the "concept" to the "assessment phase", analysts would dearly like to know if a prototype of Replica has secretly flown.
Secret UK stealth plane project revealed - 04 April 2003 - New Scientist
All components must join without gaps or edges to ensure low radar observability (Image: BAE Systems)
Secret UK stealth plane project revealed
This was a real aircraft
16:18 04 April 2003 by David Windle
The existence of a secret programme to produce Britain's own stealth plane has been revealed with the declassification of a single photograph and a short statement.
The craft pictured is full-scale model and was completed in 1999, after five years of work. The £20 million programme, codenamed Replica, was jointly funded by BAE Systems and the UK Ministry of Defence.
Few details have been released, but BAE Systems says Replica was subjected to a "rigorous test programme", which assessed its cross section on radar. This would be key to evaluating whether the craft had "low observability", i.e. stealth. However, it is not known whether systems to reduce its infra-red, acoustic or visual signatures were used.
Replica was never intended to be as difficult to detect as the exotic and extremely expensive pure stealth aircraft such as the US F-117a and B-2. But UK stealth specialists are said to have achieved their goal of striking a balance between low observability and cost. It also demonstrated British expertise in the complex world of stealth technology.
Uneven edge
Technology derived from Replica may well filter into future aircraft. These could include the manned and unmanned concept aircraft under consideration as part of the UK's wide-ranging Future Offensive Air System (FOAS) programme. This aims to fill the gap left when the Tornado GR4 strike/attack aircraft is retired. FOAS has a current delivery date of 2017.
A key contributing factor to an aircraft's radar stealth is the precision with its which its components are fabricated and assembled - any radar-reflecting edges or gaps must be avoided.
British engineers tackled this by creating a virtual 3-D aircraft on computer and then using this data directly to control computer-aided manufacturing systems. These, for example, helped produce the carbon-fibre composite panels that make up the aircraft's skin. During assembly, the panels were aligned with the assistance of laser projection.
What happened to the Replica programme after 1999 is not known. But with the deadline fast approaching for the FOAS programme to move from the "concept" to the "assessment phase", analysts would dearly like to know if a prototype of Replica has secretly flown.
Secret UK stealth plane project revealed - 04 April 2003 - New Scientist
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The german cold war secret
MBB LAMPYRIDAE (Germany), AIRCRAFT - FIXED-WING - MILITARY
This is a real aircraft
TYPE: Low-observables fighter demonstrator.
PROGRAMME: Partly declassified in February 1995. Launched underLuftwaffe contract in 1981 by then MBB (Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm);codenamed Lampyridae (Latin for Firefly) or Medium-Range MissileFighter. Wind tunnel testing in 1985 on 1:3.5 scale low-speed modeland 1:20 transonic model; radar cross-section analysed on full-sizedmockup (length overall: 16 m; 52 ft). Programme culminated in 1987with 15 `flights' by manned, but unpowered 1:1.33 scale aircraft inGerman-Netherlands wind tunnel at Emmeloord; simulated speeds up to120 knots (222 km/h; 138 mph) and small-amplitude movements about allaxes. Radar signature targets were met (and probably bettered LockheedF-117A Nighthawk from frontal aspect, despite latter's more thandouble number of facets).
MBB LAMPYRIDAE (Germany) - Jane's All the World's Aircraft
MBB LAMPYRIDAE (Germany), AIRCRAFT - FIXED-WING - MILITARY
This is a real aircraft
TYPE: Low-observables fighter demonstrator.
PROGRAMME: Partly declassified in February 1995. Launched underLuftwaffe contract in 1981 by then MBB (Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm);codenamed Lampyridae (Latin for Firefly) or Medium-Range MissileFighter. Wind tunnel testing in 1985 on 1:3.5 scale low-speed modeland 1:20 transonic model; radar cross-section analysed on full-sizedmockup (length overall: 16 m; 52 ft). Programme culminated in 1987with 15 `flights' by manned, but unpowered 1:1.33 scale aircraft inGerman-Netherlands wind tunnel at Emmeloord; simulated speeds up to120 knots (222 km/h; 138 mph) and small-amplitude movements about allaxes. Radar signature targets were met (and probably bettered LockheedF-117A Nighthawk from frontal aspect, despite latter's more thandouble number of facets).
MBB LAMPYRIDAE (Germany) - Jane's All the World's Aircraft
