A400 MPA

How about scrapping the MRA4 and equipping the A400M with the MRA4’s avionics. A portion of the A400M fleet can serve either as transports or MPA. Supplement these aircraft with a purchase of Global Hawks.

Future UCAV

Imagine a future UCAV that dogfights with millimeter wave radar and IR sensors and fights in a swarm that shares radar information. Such a swarm would know the air density, 3D-position of an enemy aircraft including the position of its flight control surfaces, thrust settings or use of thrust vectoring and can estimate its likely energy state based on thrust settings, flight control surfaces and rate of change in direction.

The swarm can work in a 3D-space to maneuver their adversary into a poor position. Each member of the swarm knows the other’s energy state and it is only a matter of algorithms making them fight as a team. They might even achieve soft-kill by maneuvering the adversary into the ground. They can vote which aircraft in the swarm should release weapons based on kill probability and position. They can minimise ordnance expenditure. They can fight in concert with SAMs and even vote for the SAM to release weapons. The UCAVs can pull 12-14G continously.

These UCAVS will be integrated with SAMs, AWACs, radars like Green Pine. The battlespace will appear to AirForce personnel as an integrated digital battlespace where resources need to be allocated or increased. The flight hours and state of each UCAV is datalinked. Computers help manage and plan coverage maintaining a 24 hours persistence over the battlespace.

It has alot more composites including a composite wingbox. Only the rear structure is not composite. It also has a re-designed FBW system.

And a demonstrator. While somewhat combat capable, unlike the X-35, its a long way from becoming an F-32.

Yes its not conventional looking but its really quite sleek aerodynamically and it is very well packaged. The ANG doesn’t need a STOVL aircraft. The F-32 should climb like a rocketship with the F135 and its big delta wing and it should be more affordable than the F35 with simpler packaging and SH Block II avionics.

Thanks for the video. Here’s part 1 & 3 to the video.
I think they’re courageous men called upon by their political leaders to fight and war is the same for both sides when you have to see friends fall in battle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcGhkR52hog Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiRUyw6PXeQ Part 3

Royal Navy Boeing 787 Silent X

* 2x Rotary internal bay for JDRADM, SDB, Storm Shadow, ADM-160 MALD, ALARM missile
* Solid state laser (defense against SAM or AAM)
* Sentinel R1’s SAR radar
* Sentinel R1’s DASS system
* Thales Spectra/BAE Systems DEWS
* Ejection seats
* 3 sets of crews on rotation
* Onboard Galley, Bunks and toilets for persistence over the battlefield 😀
* Onboard entertainment with on-demand video, broadband internet

Purchase 120 aircraft and cancel the carriers 😀 Just joking. Hope you guys like it.

MadRat, Rolls Royce isn’t European 😀

The research to do many of those things has already been done, and certainly its aerodynamics in various configurations have been extensively studied and tested. The F-15 was used in all sorts of TVC, canard, tailless, etc, trials, e.g. F-15 STOL/MTD, F-15 VISTA, F-15 MANX, etc. Granted there would still be plenty of work to do for weapons carriage, launch envelopes, etc, but it’s not as daunting as starting from scratch.

Thanks! I didn’t know about the F15 MANX. I’d like to see Boeing develop the concept.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/1996/11/20/10062/mdc-pushes-tailless-f-15.html