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Any Drawings of pre-Eurofighter BAe Design Studies? P.96, P.106, P.110 or ACA?

As I understand it, BAe’s last conventional swept wing, twin engine concept was called the P.96. It had big LERXs and side mounted intakes.

From there BAe engaged in its very last single engined light weight fighter concepts, a very conventional swept wing P106A that looked a bit like a shrunken Mirage F1 and the cranked delta P106B that became the initial basis of the both Saab’s Grippen and the Indian LCA.

The cranked delta wing planform made it to first collaborative fighter proposal the ACA – or “agile combat aircraft.” The ACA was very similar in layout to the final EAP demonstrator, except for the F-18 style twin tail. (A pitifully small 3-view is attached below.)

The ACA was killed due to concerns about weight an cost.

Finally, we come to the P.110. The wing of the P.110 mockup was cut down from the mockup of the ACA and the twin tail was also carried over. The P.110 reverted to side intakes, like the Gripen.

The whole idea behind the P.110 was to produce a smaller, lighter and cheaper alternative to the cancelled ACA. Much like Dassault’s Rafael, BAe was looking for a fighter with export potential. Sadly, I was only able to find the same photograph that most posters have already seen.

Of course, we all know that the final result of was the British EAP demonstrator – the “grandfather” or the current Eurofighter EJ200 “Typhoon.”

It shouldn’t be forgotten that BAe’s last attempt at a got-it-alone national project was the P.120. The P.120 was a productionized variant of the EAP demonstrator. I still don’t know whether the P.120 retained the cranked delta wing planform of the P106/ACA/P.110/EAP, or went for the final straight edged delta of the final Eurofighter.

Is there anyone out there that can help me find drawings of the P.96, P.110, or P.120?

(I threw in the ECF (a shrunken ACA?) the German TKF-90 images to get the ball rolling.)

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