Periphas

Periphas
Digital rendition of the Periphas
Role	Fighter aircraft
National origin	Syara
First flight	2002
Introduction	Planned for 2009
Status	Cancelled
Primary user	Commonality Air Force
Number built	1 prototype

The Periphas was a Fighter aircraft prototype built by Syara in the 1990s and early 2000s. The aircraft was intended to be a domestically designed and produced air superiority fighter that would incorporate many advanced technologies including advanced avionics, stealth technology, supermaneuvrability, and supercruise. Originally envisioned in 1994, the procurement of the T-35 Séideán from Ossoria lessened the pressing need for a modern fighter and development continued slowly, with the first prototype not built until 2001, followed by a first flight in 2002. The cost of producing the aircraft, coupled with a lack of pressing need for the design, led the project to being scrapped in 2004.

The outbreak of the Imerti Conflict in 2005 suddenly brought the threat of open conflict with Ruvelka back to the forefront of Syaran strategic planning, and the Periphas was recommissioned by the Commonality Air Force. Difficulty in restarting production, and the need for resources for production of Zephyr and Ceyx fighters undermined efforts to bring the Periphas into production, and it was not ready by the time of the outbreak of the Zemplen War in 2008. Although development continued during the war, by 2010 the project was significantly behind schedule and the project was scrapped. Some of the design elements of the Periphas were later used for production of the Aeolus.