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Directory: military aircraft BN GROUP Aircraft Mission Powerplant BN2T-4S Defender 4000 Utility transport 2 x R-R 250B17F Max power (shp) 400 Wing span (m) Wing area (m2) Length (m) OEW (kg) MTOW (kg) Max load (kg) Range (km) Endurance (h) Hard points Cruise (kt) MMO Ceiling (ft) Crew/passengers Internal fuel(kg) Fuel, opt ext (litre) Air refuel? 16.15 32.8 12.21 2,222 3,855 1,633 1,876 8 4 150 - 25,000 2/16 908 440 of Wight, P035 5PR, United Kingdom. Tel +44 (0) 870 881 5060; fax +44 (0) 870 881 5061; www.britten-norman.com Defender After its financial rescue in May 2000, BN Group continues to offer the Defender 4000 for diverse util ity roles. The aircraft can be fitted with a range of surveillance equip ment and weapons for offshore patrol, light maritime attack or homeland security. The UK gov ernment donated 2 Islanders to Nepal in early 2004 to help it counter a Maoist insurgency. CHENGDU AIRCRAFT (CAIC) multipurpose amphibian to the Greek air force in March 2004. The company is pursuing new 415MP orders and conversions of existing air craft. The 415MP first flew in March 2002. The company is also offering an upgrade to 415 air craft to the new MP standard. As well as the traditional firefighting role, the 415MP can be used for maritime surveillance, search and rescue, environmental monitoring and coastal patrol. The aircraft is equipped with twin Ericsson side-looking radar antennas mounted on the aft fuselage, a nose-mounted Honeywell Primus 660 radar, a FLIR Systems SeaFLIR infrared imager under the wing and a Swedish Space MSS5000 data management sys tem. Bombardier also markets its Dash 8 Q- series turboprops and its range of business and regional jets for special mission roles. B-N Group, Bembridge Airport, Bembridge, Isle CAIC, Chengdu Aircraft Industry (Group), PO Box 800, Chengdu 610092, Sichuan, China. Tel +86 (28) 669 629; fax +86 (28) 669 816; www.avi c 1 .com.cn J-7/F-7 Chengdu continues to develop upgraded vari ants of the F-7, the export version of China's J-7 light fighter, which is in turn a development of the MiG-21. The F-7MG (J-7E), the latest variant to enter service, features a more powerful WP- 13F turbojet. Current aircraft differ from earlier versions in having a double-delta wing. Pakistan began receiving its versions of MG-standard air craft, later dubbed F-7PGs, in early 2002 after buying more than 100 F-7Ps in the 1980s and 1990s. A total of 66 aircraft were ordered, including nine two-seat FT-7PGs. Pakistan's F- 7PGs have a ±20°-scan version of the Fiar Grifo 7 radar, addressing the ±10° azimuth limitation of the radar in the basic F-7. Pakistan plans to upgrade 100 of its F-7Ps with the new radar. At the 2000 Zuhai air show, Chengdu Aire Mission Powerplant Max thrust dry/wet (lb) Wing span (m) Wing area (mz) Length (m) OEW (kg) MTOW (kg) Max load (kg) Range (km) Endurance (h) Hardpoints Cruise (kt) Mmo Ceiling (ft) Crew/passengers Internal fuel (kg) Fuel, opt ext (litre) Air refuel? Cmments F-7MG Airguard (J-7) Fighter/attack 1 x Chengdu WP-7F 9,700/14,800 7.15 23 13.9 5,275 9,100 1,800 1,740 FC-1 Fighter/attack 1 x Klimov RD-93 11,110/18,300 9.5 - 13.95 9,300 12,500 3,600 2,200 J-10 (F-10) Fighter/attack 1 x Klimov RD-93 11,115/18,315 8.78 33.05 14.57 - 18,370 7,260 - • revealed the F-7MF. It is believed that the air craft, which has a chin intake in place of the tra ditional nose inlet, is intended as an insurance against failure of the FC-1 (see below). A J-7FS testbed, which emerged in 1998, was used to test the chin intake and engine. The F-7MF, however, has a shorter inlet. The powerplant will be a variant of the 14,6001b-thrust Liyang WP13F. The double-delta wing developed for the J-7E/F-7MG is used, but two small fore- planes have been added. The cockpit will include a HUD and two head-down displays, while the aircraft will be equipped with an 80km-range multimode pulse-Doppler radar. Seven pylons will carry a 3t load. Chengdu predicts a 2,600km range, Mach 1.8 maximum speed, 52,500ft ceiling and a 650m take-off run. The FC-1 programme superseded Chengdu's Super-7 light fighter project, intended for the Chinese and Pakistani air forces. The two coun tries signed a development and production deal for the FC-1 in July 1999, consolidating a two- year-old memorandum of understanding. The FC-l/JF-17 made its first flight in August 2003 and a second prototype got airborne in April 2004. The test programme is progressing well with the aircraft already going supersonic. Chengdu is responsible for building all five prototype fighters and the first four production aircraft for the joint Sino-Pakistani pro gramme. The first aircraft are to be delivered to the Pakistan air force from June 2006. The pakisan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) will be in charge of final assembly for the last 12 of the 16 initial production aircraft, which are due for comple tion by early 2007, this will four aircraft to be assembled from kits. Serial or high-rate produc tion of the design will begin late the same year. The FC-1 is being developed in a 50:50 part nership between the two countries, to meet Pakistan's requirement for 150 light fighters, but it is unclear if the Chinese military will order the aircraft because of its commitment to the Su-27. An initial batch of 80 aircraft is expected to be ordered by Pakistan, which is keen to acquire the beyond visual range missile capabil ity of the aircraft. Power is provided by the Russian Klimov RD-93, a variant of the MiG-29's RD-33. Selection of avionics and systems has been delayed by political concerns about supplying arms to China and by the military coup in Pakistan. No decision has been made on the air craft's avionics, which are likely to be supplied by BAE, Sagem, Galileo or Thales. Fiar has pro posed an avionics suite based around the Grifo S7 radar, developed for the Super 7, while Thales is offering a system built around the RC400 multimode radar. Chengdu has received design assistance from RSK on the single-engined FC-1, which has a shoulder-mounted delta wing and a conven- 52 25 31 MAY 2004 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL www.flightinternational.com _J
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