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Nov 21, 2014
Japan Prepares Designs For Its Next Fighter
Japan is looking at a big, long-range fighter to defeat superior numbers
Flying far is more important than flying fast, Japanese fighter technologists have found in studies aimed at defining their country’s next combat aircraft.
Looking for ways for their air force to fight outnumbered, researchers are also emphasizing that Japan’s next fighter should share targeting data,
carry a big internal load of large, high-performance missiles and be able to guide them while retreating.
The results of this work may be committed to full-scale development within four years.
A further ¥14.2 billion yen is requested for fiscal 2015 to fund development of the F-3’s engine, which is moving ahead well in advance of the airframe.
In 2012, its thrust was known to be a lavish 33,000 lb/ 15 tons., a figure that has probably not changed,
at least for the preliminary development stage (AW&ST Feb. 14, 2011, p. 33).
Key aims of the engine project are to achieve the extremely high temperature of 1,800 degrees Celsius
and to keep the powerplant slim in order to reduce airframe frontal area.
...loads more atTwo engines of 33,000 lb. each imply an aircraft approaching the class of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
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