Aymovski Ay-105 (NSEarth)

Ay-105
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Ay-105
Role	Carrier-capable multirole fighter
National origin	Anikatia
Manufacturer	Aymovski
First flight	1 December 2013
Status	In production
Primary user	Anikatia
Produced	2013–present
Number built	2,000+
Unit cost	Ay-105IXL: NSD $83.4 million (flyaway cost, 2014)

The Aymovski Ay-105 is a a family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather carrier-capable fifth-generation multirole fighters under development by the Aymovski Aircraft Corporation to perform ground attack, reconnaissance, and air defense missions with stealth capability. The Ay-105 has three main models; the Ay-105L is a conventional takeoff and landing variant, the Ay-105V is a short take-off and vertical-landing variant, and the Ay-105K is a carrier-based variant. Development of the aircraft effectively began in 2013 with the Experimental Fighter Program, a multinational collaborative effort between the many nations. Due to disagreements over design authority and operational requirements, some members withdrew from the program. A technology demonstration aircraft, the Aymovski X-07, The Ay-07, is awaiting full scale adoption; the first production contracts have been signed.

History

The Republic of Schutzgeidt proposed a plan for a multi-role fighter jet to be built by able aerospace companies. To replace its Panavia Tornadoes new and more effective design. Two contracts for prototype production will be awarded to the two aerospace manufacturers chosen. A number of companies placed proposes but only two were selected and Axe & Hammer Defence Industries with their Ko Enshaku 02 and Anikatian International Trade and Export Corporation (ANKITEC) with their Aymovski X-07A were selected to progress to a prototype fly off, Axe & Hammer were unable to commit to this stage of development and thus the contract was won by default to ANKITEC.

Producing a design that could met the challenging and changing design brief proved very difficult and the initial proposals that were put forward became more expensive as features and further a number of design studies and experimentation with existing fighters were conducted. The Anikatian Government became interested in the program, they offically joined the program in 2014. New requirements for STOVL and stealth led to complex and substantial redesigns this pushed back the development. What emerged were in fact four distinct aircraft designs, the closest to original goals and demonstrator prototype was the Ay-07.

Design

The Ay-105 is a lightweight single-engine, highly maneuverable, supersonic, multi-role tactical fighter aircraft. The Ay-07 was designed to be a highly cost-effective combat based on the skills and intended to be derived from the Ay-07 however because of changes to the Experimental Fighter Program it ended up sharing very little. It uses advanced aerodynamics and avionics, including the first use of a fly-by-wire flight control system, to achieve enhanced maneuver performance.

Variants

X-07-105DA

Pre-production further development of the X-07, see Aymovski Ay-07 up to 12 were built, used as testbeds.

Ay-105L

Initial conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant intended for the Anikatian Air Force and other air forces. It is the smallest, lightest Ay-105 version and will enter service with all the partners of the program that have ordered it.

Ay-105V

Initial single-seater fighter short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the aircraft. Similar in size to the L variant, the V sacrifices about a third of the other version's fuel volume to accommodate the vertical flight system. Whereas the Ay-105L is stressed to +9 g, the Ay-105V is stressed to 7.6 g. The V was built with the assistance of Bahar & Carter who produce the engine for this version which differs from all other models.

Ay-105K

Initial carrier version, features larger wings with foldable wingtip sections, larger tail control surfaces for improved low-speed control, stronger landing gear derived from the Ay-05 for the stresses of carrier arrested landings, a twin-wheel nose gear, and a stronger tailhook for use with carrier arrestor cables. The larger wing area allows for decreased landing speed while increasing both range and payload. It was originally given the designated Ay-105IEK originally but has been re-designated under the new systems as the current Ay-105IXK.

Ay-105IEL / Ay-105IXL

export variant of the conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant differs from EFP member version in that is has different combat systems derived from Ay-05 and MyL-23 radar and weapons systems and this limited commonalty with member nations electronic systems. It was originally given the designated Ay-105IEL originally but has been re-designated under the new systems as the current Ay-105IXL.

Ay-105IEV / Ay-105IXV

export variant of the short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) variant differs from EFP member version in that is has different combat systems derived from Ay-05 and MyL-23 radar and weapons systems and this limited commonalty with member nations electronic systems. It was originally given the designated Ay-105IEV originally but has been re-designated under the new systems as the current Ay-105IXV.

Ay-105IEK / Ay-105IXK

export variant of the carrier version, differs from EFP member version in that is has different combat systems derived from Ay-05 and MyL-23 radar and weapons systems and this limited commonalty with member nations electronic systems.

Ay-105LPR

Anikatian Air Force version of the L that integrate its own electronic warfare systems, focused on reconnaissance and electronic warfare.

Operators

Current

Anikatia

• Anikatian Navy – Naval Air Arm – 76 Ay-105K and Ay-105V Out of a total order of 340 K CV variants and 140 V STOVL models.
• Anikatian Air Force – 172 Ay-105V, Ay-105L and Ay-105LPR. Out of a total order of 1,500 L CTOL variants and 80 V STOVL types.

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• Template:Country data The Nihilistic View Total Order Ay-105L - 2,500, Ay-105K - 2,100, Ay-105V - 700. Planes have yet to be allocated between the services.

Specifications (Ay-105IXL)

Configuration of the three original Ay-105 variants and Ay-07 of the EFP

General characteristics

• Crew: One
• Length: 16.15 m (52.98 ft) ()
• Wingspan: 9.46 m (31.03 ft) ()
• Height: 4.22 m (13.84 ft) ()
• Empty weight: 6,870 kg (15,146 lb) ()
• Loaded weight: 12,298 kg (27,112 lb) ()
• Max. takeoff weight: 17,175 kg (37,864 lb) ()
• Powerplant: 1 × Bulgakov K57M-117IXS-2DV thrust vectoring control (TVC) turbofan afterburning turbofan, Wet:137 kN (13,970 kgf, 30,799 lbf) ()Dry: 88 kN (8,981 kgf, 19,800 lbf)

Performance

• Maximum speed: Mach 2.0 (2,450 km/h, 1,522 mph)
  • Supercruise:Mach 1.2 (1,470 km/h, 913 mph)
• Range: 1,600 km (863 nmi) on internal fuel ()
• Combat radius: 1,000 km (539 nmi) on internal fuel ()
• Ferry range: 4,320 km (2,333 nmi) with external fuel ()
• Service ceiling: 18,000 m (60,000 ft) ()
• Thrust/weight: 1.13 (1.37 with 50% fuel & full stealth payload)

Armament

• 1 x 20 mm Esk-20k cannon with 150 rounds (can be replaced with 30 mm Esk-30-K1)
• 10x Hardpoints total (6× under-wing, 2 x small rear internal bays 1× large internal-fuselage bay; pylon stations number 3, and 5 are wet-plumb capable) with a capacity of 6,000 kg of weapons and fuel tanks, including:
• 70-100 Km range beyond visual range active missiles
• Imaging infrared short range missiles
• Air-to-surface missiles
• Air to sea missiles
• Anti radiation missiles
• Laser guided weapons
• Runway penetration bombs
• General purpose bombs
• Training bombs
• Countermeasures (Flares, Chaff)
• Up to 3 external drop tanks (2× under-wing 1,500 litres, for extended range/loitering time)

Avionics

• AKI/RAL K05-7R-105NGX all-weather multimode active electronically scanned array (AESA) Radar system
• Tagirbekov General Industries Tgk-88 sophisticated multi-channel Infrared search and track (ISRT) sighting system
• Rykovatia Weapon SystemsRtk-6-107QMP All Function Advanced Data Link (AFADL) communication system
• Dietrich Osterhagen Electrics Limited ODEL-090QL electro-optical warfare suite
• RAL-05KPG Rakovski RWR

Differences between variants

	Ay-105IXL CTOL	Ay-105IXV STOVL	Ay-105IXK CV
Length	16.15 m (52.98 ft)	16.15 m (52.98 ft)	16.15 m (52.98 ft)
Wingspan	9.46 m (31.03 ft)	9.46 m (31.03 ft)	10.40 m (34.12 ft)
Empty weight	6,870 kg (15,146 lb)	10,465 kg (23,071 lb)	9,365 kg (20,646 lb)
Max takeoff weight	20,365 kg (44,897 lb)	19,465 kg (42,913 lb)	20,365 kg (44,897 lb)
Range	1,600 km (863 nmi)	1,200 km (647 nmi)	2,300 km (1,241 nmi)
Combat radius	1,000 km (539 nmi)	900 km (485 nmi)	1,065 km (575 nmi)
Thrust/weight  • full fuel:  • 50% fuel:	1.13 1.37	0.95 1.06	0.90 1.07

See also

• Related development
  • Aymovski Ay-05
  • Aymovski Ay-07
• Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
  • UNADS F-29 Warrior
  • Arthuristan Dynamics Hurricane
  • Yukimov Yuk-31