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Directory: military aircraft SHAANXI AIRCRAFT Aircraft Mission Powerplant Max power (shp) Wing span (m) Wing area (m2) Length (m) OEW (kg) MTOW (kg) Max load (kg) Range (km) Endurance Hardpoints Cruise (kt) MMO Ceiling (ft) Crew/passengers Internal fuel (kg) Fuel, opt ext (litre) Air refuel? Y-8X Cub Transport 4 x South Aeroengine WJ9 4,265 38 121.86 34.02 35,500 61,000 20,000 5,615 11h 7min - 297 - 34,120 5/96 22,910 Yes SHINMAYWA (SEE TABLE P70) Shinmaywa Industries, 1-1 Shinmeiwa-cho, Takarazuka-shi, Hyogo-ken 665-8550, Japan. Tel+81-78-412-9151; fax:+81-75-431-3695; www.shinmaywa.co.jp/ US-1 The JMSDF has seven US-IA amphibians in the search and rescue role. An upgraded variant, the US-IA Kai, is being developed and ShinMaywa handed over its first prototype to the Japanese Defence Agency in March this year. It has four R- R AE2100 turboprops driving Dowry six-bladed propellers and a Kawasaki FBW system, flat panel cockpit displays, search radar, pressurised upper hull and composite wing structure. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has deliv ered an upgraded boundary layer control system for the initial aircraft, which uses an LHTEC CTS800 turboshaft-driven compressor to blow air over the upper surfaces of the wing, flaps, ailerons and horizontal stabiliser. First flight was- due in August 2003 but this slipped to December 2003. Target in-service date is June 2007. SHIZIAZHUANG AIRCRAFT Shiziazhuang Aircraft, PO Box 164, Shiziazhuang, Hebei 050062, China. Tel +86 (311) 777 5283; fax +86 (311) 775 2993; www.avid .com.cn Shiziazhuang continues to build versions of the Antonov An-2 biplane. The Chinese air force ordered 24 Y-5Cs in 1996 for paratroop train ing/transport. Antonov is proposing an upgrade that centres on replacing the piston engine with a Russian TVD or Ukrainian VK turboprop. Sukhoi, Sukhoi Design Bureau, 23A Polikarpov Street, Moscow 125284, Russia. Tel +7 (095) 945 65 25; fax +7 (095) 200 42 43; www.sukhoi.org SHENYANG Mission Powerplant Max thrust dry/wet (lb) Wing span (m) Wing area (m2) Length (m) OEW (kg) MTOW (kg) Max load (kg) Range (km) Endurance Hardpoints Cruise (kt) MMO Ceiling (ft) Crew/passengers Internal fuel (kg) Fuel, opt ext (litre) Air refuel? Su-22 Fitter J-8/F-8 MM Finback Air superiority 2xLiyang WP13B 10,580/15,440 9.34 42.2 21.39 10,030 18,879 4,500 1,900 2h 10min 7 486 M2.2 59,000 1 4,200 3,000 Yes Sukhoi's swing-wing Su-22 has become the focus of upgrade packages offered by the manu facturer and IAI's Lahav division. Sukhoi is offering GPS integrated with the Su- 22M4's PrNK-54 weapons system and other navigation equipment improvements. A laptop- computer-based MK-54 mission planning sys tem will allow the preparation and download of navigation waypoints, target co-ordinates and other mission data into the weapons system. Other improvements include a pod-mounted FLIR and a new active jammer. Integration with the MBDA Magic-2 air-to-air missiles will be offered in place of the Vympel R-60 (AA-8 Aphid), as well as air-to-ground precision guided weapons. Lahav's upgrade has been selected by Poland and includes an Elta SAR, colour MFDs, a wide- angle HUD and a new mission computer. This could eventually cover 40 aircraft. All Su-22s will also receive a structural upgrade to keep them serviceable until around 2015. Russia is progressing with a modest upgrade for the two-seat, swing-wing Su-24M. A HUD will be installed in the side-by-side cockpit and a new central computer and GPS navigation system will be incorporated. Tests of an upgraded Su- 24M started at the Akhtubinsk test centre, as well as at the centre for combat training at Lipetsk in 1999. The upgrades would be applica ble to the Su-24MR reconnaissance version and the handful of Su-24MP EW platforms. Weapons delivery trials are still under way and no decision has been made to upgrade the 400 aircraft in Russian service. Su-25/Su-39 Frogfo The latest version of the Su-25, the Su-25TM (Su- 39) under development, is an all-weather version of the Su-25T fitted with a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) and capable of employing preci- Search and rescue 4xGE/IHI T64-10J 3,495 33.15 135.82 33.46 25,500 45,000 - 4,340 Mission Powerplant Max power (shp) Wing span (m) Wing area (m2 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? Comments sion-guided weapons. Several prototype Su- 25TMs have been completed. These are believed to be modified Su-25Ts, 12 of which were built. One Su-25TM is being used for Kopyo-25 radar trials at the Ahktubinsk test centre and later air craft will carry the radar in a modified nose. The cockpit has been updated with MFDs, while FLIR and ECM pods will improve the aircraft's opera tional capabilities. The series upgrades are likely to concentrate on the navigation and weapons system on single-seaters and limit radar integra tion to the twin-seat Su-25UBM. In 2000, UUAPO of Ulan-Ude produced two Sukhoi Su-25TMs, while six operational Su-25s were upgraded to Su-25TM standard by the Aircraft Mission Powerplant Max power (hp) Wing span (m) Wing area (m2) Length (m) OEW (kg) MTOW (kg) MLW (kg) Max payload (kg) Max weapon load (kg) Range(km) Endurance Hardpoints Cruise (kt) MMO ^^^ Ceiling (ft) Crew/passengers Passengers Internal fuel Fuel, opt ext (litre) Air refuel? Comments Y-5 Utility transport 1 x WSK Kalisz AS2-62IR 1,340 18.18/14.24 71.53 2.74 3,330 5,250 1,500 Wing spans are upper and lower, area is total of pair 70 25-31 MAY 2004 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL www.flightinternational.com
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