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Many of the aircraft’s avionics and features take advantage of the work carried out on the GF-20 Berunda and expand upon it. Some features that were included during development were direct voice input, AESA radar, and an integrated IRST sensor. The aircraft is available in two main variants: Garuda A twin-seat land based version and the Garuda B twin-seat carrier-based version. | Many of the aircraft’s avionics and features take advantage of the work carried out on the GF-20 Berunda and expand upon it. Some features that were included during development were direct voice input, AESA radar, and an integrated IRST sensor. The aircraft is available in two main variants: Garuda A twin-seat land based version and the Garuda B twin-seat carrier-based version. | ||
==Development== | |||
==Design== | ==Design== | ||
===Overview=== | ===Overview=== | ||
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===Armament and Standards=== | ===Armament and Standards=== | ||
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==Specifications (Garuda A)== | ==Specifications (Garuda A)== | ||
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Revision as of 16:14, 16 August 2020
| GF-19 Garuda | |
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| Role | Multirole fighter |
| Manufacturer | Cheppali International |
| First flight | 20 April 1990 |
| Introduction | 9 July 1995 |
| Status | In active service |
| Primary user | Tennai |
| Program cost | US$2 billion |
| Unit cost |
$25 million
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The Cheppali International GF-19 Garuda is a Tennaiite twin-engine, all-weather multirole fighter designed and built by Cheppali International. Equipped with a wide range of weapons, the Garuda is intended to perform air supremacy, interdiction, aerial reconnaissance, in-depth strike, anti-ship strike and nuclear deterrence missions.
Many of the aircraft’s avionics and features take advantage of the work carried out on the GF-20 Berunda and expand upon it. Some features that were included during development were direct voice input, AESA radar, and an integrated IRST sensor. The aircraft is available in two main variants: Garuda A twin-seat land based version and the Garuda B twin-seat carrier-based version.
Development
Design
Overview
Radar Signiture
Cockpit
Avionics and Equipment
Radar and Sensors
Armament and Standards
Engines
Operational History
Variants
Operators
Specifications (Garuda A)
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 18.7 m (61 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 12 m (39 ft 4 in)
- Height: 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
- Wing area: 73 m2 (790 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 13,000 kg (28,660 lb)
- Gross weight: 16,100 kg (35,494 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 11,000 l (2,900 US gal; 2,400 imp gal) internal fuel
- Powerplant: 2 × Gikrabanda G1120-229 afterburning turbofan, 130 kN (29,000 lbf) with afterburner
Performance
- Maximum speed: 2,901.78 km/h (1,803 mph; 1,567 kn)
- Maximum speed: Mach 2.35
- Range: 4,000 km (2,485 mi; 2,160 nmi)
- Combat range: 2,000 km (1,243 mi; 1,080 nmi)
- Ferry range: 10,000 km (6,214 mi; 5,400 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 20,000 m (66,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 350 m/s (69,000 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 220 kg/m2 (45 lb/sq ft)
Armament
- Guns: 1 × 30 mm Kala cannon
- Hardpoints: 12 total;6 × under-wing, and 6× under-fuselage pylon stations with a capacity of up to 9,000 kg (20,000 lb) of stores,
- Rockets:
- 4 x rocket pods (each with 19 x 70 mm rockets)
- 4 x rocket pods (each with 4 x 217 mm rockets)
- Missiles:
- Bombs:
- CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition
- CBU-89 Gator mine
- CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon
- Mark 84
- Mark 83
- Mark 82
- GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb
- GBU-10 Paveway II
- GBU-12 Paveway II
- GBU-24 Paveway III
- GBU-27 Paveway III
- Joint Direct Attack Munition
- Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser
- B61 nuclear bomb
- B83 nuclear bomb
- Others:
- SUU-42A/A Flares/Infrared decoys dispenser pod and chaff pod or
- AN/ALQ-131 & AN/ALQ-184 ECM pods or
- LANTIRN, Lockheed Martin Sniper XR & LITENING targeting pods or
- Up to 3 × 660 US gallon drop tanks for ferry flight/extended range/loitering time
Avionics
- ML/M-2052 AESA radar
- ACE-6 computer
- Razor 112 Helmet-mounted display system