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AB-121E Nightshade ABX
TAEC F/A-25E Phoenix
Role	Advanced Stealth Strategic Bomber
National Origin	Californian Empire
Manufacturer	Triax Aeronautics Engineering Corporation
First Flight	7 September 2xxx
Introduction	15 December 2xxx
Status	In service
Primary Users	Californian Empire
Produced	2xxx-2xxx
Number Built	1,108 (8 test and 1,100 operation aircraft)
Program Cost	Đ31.1 billion CES ($66.7 billion USD)
Unit Cost	Đ69.77 million CES ($150 million USD)
Developed From	TAEC F/A-24D Wraith, TAEC YF-25
Developed Into	TAEC F/A-25A, F/A-25B/C, F/A-25D, F/A-25E/F
Variants	TAEC F/A-25A Viper, F/A-25B/C Strike Viper, F/A-25D Fighting Phoenix, F/A-25E/F Strike Phoenix

Overview

Specifications

General Characteristics

• Role: Advanced Stealth Strategic Bomber
• Crew: 4 (aircraft commander, copilot, offensive systems officer and defensive systems officer)
• Length: 172 ft (52.4 m) absolute. 160 ft (48.76m) fuselage.
• Wingspan: 144 ft (43.9 m)
• Wing area: 2,013 ft² (187 m²)
• Height: 34 ft (10.4 m)
• Empty weight: 242,000 lb (109,770 kg)
• Loaded weight: 531,250 lb (240,975 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 578,500 lb (262,410 kg)
• Powerplant: 4 × AviaTech Dynamics G105-AD-121 Olympus augmented turbofans
  • Dry Thrust: 28,500 lbf (126.8 kN) each
  • Thrust with afterburner: 51,200 lbf (227.7 kN) each
• Fuel Capacity: 242,000 lb (109,770 kg); optional: 3 x 29,700 lbs/4,500 US gal (13,472 L) in 3 internal weapons bays each for a total of 81,900 lbs/13,500 US gal (40,416 L)
• Payload: 94,500 lb (42,870 kg); internal ordnance.

Performance

• Maximum Speed:
  • At altitude: Mach 2.32 with full afterburner (1,534.62 knots, 1,766 mph, 2,842.1 km/h at 50,000 ft/15,000 m altitude)
  • Cruise speed: Mach 0.92 (700 mph, 1,130 km/h at 200–500 ft/60-150 m altitude)
• Range: 5,648 nmi (6,500 mi, 10,461 km) (full combat load)
• Combat radius: 2,607 nmi (3,000 mi, 4,828 km)
• Ferry range: 4,100 miles (6,600 km)
• Service Ceiling: 60,000 ft (18,000 m)
• Wing loading: 167 lb/ft² (816 kg/m²)
• Thrust/weight: 0.38
• Maximum design g-load: -7/+13 g
• Initial Climb Rate: 45,000 ft/min (13,700 m/min)

Armament

• 6 × Six internal bomb bays for 94,500 lb (42,870 kg) of ordnance.

Bombs

• 84× Mk-82 Air inflatable retarder (AIR) general purpose (GP) bombs
• 81× Mk-82 low drag general purpose (LDGP) bombs
• 84× Mk-62 Quickstrike sea mines
• 24× Mk-65 naval mines
• 30× CBU-87/89/CBU-97 Cluster Bomb Units (CBU)
• 30× CBU-103/104/105 Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD) CBUs
• 24× GBU-31 JDAM GPS guided bombs (Mk-84 GP or BLU-109 warhead)
• 15× GBU-38 JDAM GPS guided bombs (Mk-82 GP warhead)
• 24× Mk-84 general purpose bombs
• 12× AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)
• 96× or 144× GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb GPS guided bombs (not fielded on F/B-121 yet)
• 24× AGM-158 Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)
• 24× B61 nuclear variable-yield gravity bombs (strategic armament)
• 24x B83 nuclear gravity bombs (strategic armament)

Avionics

• AD/APX-216 forward-looking offensive passive phased-array radar
• AD/ALX-205 radar warning and defensive jamming equipment
• AD/ASX-232 defensive management system
• AviaTech Dynamics Assassin FLIR/EO/LASER suite
• Advanced Radar Detection System (ARADS) Integrated RADAR system incorporating a LPI AESA RADAR and passive detection systems.
• AD/AMX-73 Missile Launch Detection (MLD)
• Radar warning receiver (RWR) 450 nmi (833.40 km) or more detection range
• Infrared Tracking System
• Multipurpose Tactical Datalink
• Tandem LADAR/LIDAR sensors
• LADAR scrambling systems
• IR Dazzlers
• Multi-function physical countermeasures (chaff, flares) release system
• Multi-function ECM/ECCM systems
• Laser Inertial Navigation Systems
• GPS receiver
• Slat L-band arrays for IFF
• SDX-105 Multifunctional Integrated Digital Electronic System (MIDES)

The aircraft is coated in a fifth generation Radar Absorbent Material that not only reduces its radar signature, but the underside is coated in black carbon nano-tubing that absorbs light-waves to make it next to impossible to see at nighttime when flying over cities.