Triax AB-121 Nightshade
From NSWiki
Revision as of 21:41, 17 December 2014 by California (Talk | contribs)
| This page is a work in progress by its author(s) and should not be considered final. |
| 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 EB-119 Vampire, TAEC XB-121 |
| Developed Into | TAEC AB-121A, AB-121B/C, AB-121D, AB-121E/F |
| Variants | TAEC AB-121A Vampire, AB-121B/C Strike Vampire, AB-121D Vampire II, AB-121E/F Nightshade |
Contents
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
| B-1B Lancer internal weapons load options | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bomb rack & Stores | Bay 1 | Bay 2 | Bay 3 | Bay 4 | Bay 5 | Bay 6 | Total | |
| conventional | ||||||||
| CBM 2816 to 3513 lb |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
|
14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 84 | |
| conventional | ||||||||
| SECBM (CBM w/ TMD upgrade) 5632 lb empty |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
|
5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 | |
| GBU-38 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | |
| multi-purpose | ||||||||
| MPRL 1300 to 2055 lb |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
|
4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | |
| Mk-65 naval mines | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
|
4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 96 or 144 | |
| multi-purpose (mixed) | ||||||||
| MPRL (MER upgrade) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
|
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 36 | |
| GBU-38 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 48 | |
| ferry/range extension | ||||||||
| fuel tank 2975 gal |
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 9157 gal | |
| nuclear (uniform)(out of use) | ||||||||
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| B28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
|
4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | |
| nuclear (mixed)(out of use) | ||||||||
|
1 | |||||||
| AGM-86B | small fuel tank 8 |
small fuel tank 8 |
small fuel tank 8 |
24 | ||||
- 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.
