BRITISH AEROSPACE

Manufacturer

PWR

Max

TD

WS

FL

Max

Pay.

Max

Kts/Mach

H

Max

OC

C

P

Max

WLE

E

Max CR

PNR

Harrier II GR Mk7 Attack

95.63kN

9.3

14.5

M 0.87

9

45,000

1

4175

1110

1 x Rolls-Royce Pegasus Mk105 Turbofan

Hawk 100 Fighter/attack

26.6kN

9.9

12.4

2,594

M 0.82

7

44,500

2

3000

4hrs

639

1 x Rolls-Royce Turboméca Adour 900 Military Turbofans/Jets

Range is ferry with 2 x 590 litre tanks

Hawk 200 Light-attack

95.63kN

9.9

11.4

2,529

M 0.82

7

45,000

1

3000

537

1 x Rolls-Royce Pegasus Mk105 Turbofan

Range is ferry with 2 x 590 litre tanks

Hawk 60 Trainer turbofan/jet-powered

25.4kN

9.4

12.4

2,964

M 0.82

5

46,000

2

3000

4hrs

998

1 x Rolls-Royce Turboméca Adour 861 Military Turbofans/Jets

Range ferry with 2 x 590 litre tanks

Nimrod MR Mk2 Special mission - AEW

49kN

34.7

39.3

8,336

425kt

42,000

12

1

12hrs

4 x Rolls-Royce RB.168 807 Military Turbofans/Jets

Sea Harrier FA2 Fighter/attack

95.6kN

7.7

14.2

M 0.94

5

49,200

1

3855

750

1 x Rolls-Royce Pegasus Mk104/106 Turbofan

Abbreviations: PWR-Power, Max TD-Thrust dry, Max TR-Thrust re-heat, WS-Wingspan, FL-Fuselage length, Max RF-Max range (km), H-Hardpoints, Max OC-Max Operating Ceiling, Max Pay.-Max Payload, C-Crew, P-Pax, Max WLE-Max Load External (warload) (kg), E-Endurance, CR Max PNR-Combat Radius Max Payload No-Refuel.

 

British Aerospace (Military Aircraft and Aerostructures), Military Aircraft & Aerostructures, Lancaster House, Farnborough Aerospace Centre, Farnborough, GU14 6YU Hants, UK;

Hawk

BAe is to perform a substantial service life extension programme for the RAF's Hawks. The original Hawk T1 advanced jet trainer for the RAF first flew in August 1974. Current production variants are the 60, 100, and 200 series.

The Hawk 60 is principally an advanced trainer, while the Hawk 100 is also intended for the ground-attack role. The Hawk 100 is equipped with inertial navigation, head-up display and weapons-aiming computer, optional laser or FLIR and improved cockpit displays, all linked by 1553B databus. The Royal Australian Air Force selected the Hawk 100 in 1997 to meet its lead-in fighter trainer requirement

The Hawk 200 is a single-seat combat variant, fitted with the Northrop Grumman APG-66H multi-mode radar, and can carry a variety of air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles, including the AIM-9 Sidewinder.

Nimrod 2000

British Aerospace won the UK's Replacement Maritime Patrol Aircraft competition with a bid based around a refurbished Nimrod MR2, re-engined with four BMW Rolls-Royce BR710 turbofans and equipped with an advanced mission system. The first of 21 upgraded Nimrod 2000s is to be delivered in 2002. The RAF also operates three Nimrod R1s in the electronic-intelligence role.

Sea Harrier FRS1 and F/A2

BAe has converted the Royal Navy's 31 FRS1 Sea Harriers to F/A2 standard under a £170 million ($283 million) mid-life update contract awarded in December 1988. A further 18 new-build F/A2s have been delivered. The aircraft has a beyond-visual-range capability with the Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAM.

The F/A2 is fitted with the GEC-Marconi Blue Vixen pulse-Doppler radar, in place of the FRS1's Ferranti Blue Fox. BAe Sea Eagle anti-ship missiles can also be carried. A 1553B databus is installed and the F/A2's cockpit has been extensively redesigned.

Sea Harrier FRS51s (similar to the FRS1) are in service with the Indian navy, and delivery of a third batch (seven FRS51s and one two-seat Harrier T60) is complete. India ordered a further two T60s in the third quarter of 1997.

Source: Flight International

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