Raon Industries ZV-21 Titan
| ZV-21 Titan | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Tiltrotor aircraft |
| National origin | Zhenia |
| Manufacturer | Raon Industries |
| First flight | June 4, 1989 |
| Introduction | December 17, 2004 |
| Status | In service |
| Primary user | Greater Eastern Union Defense Forces |
| Produced | 1992-Present |
| Number built | 800+ (as of December 2019) |
| Unit cost |
$56 million (as of FY2019)
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| Developed from | Advanced Vertical Lift Aircraft |
| Variants | See Variants |
The Raon Industries ZV-21 Titan is a Zhenian aircraft developed and built by Raon Industries capable of both vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) and short take-off and landing (STOL) capabilities via the usage of tiltrotors, with two rotating turboprop systems capable of swiveling in two different flight modes.
Development
Design
Operational History
Variants
ZV-21A: The low-rate initial production prototypes evaluated from 1991 to 1993. 14 were manufactured and carried out various tests.
ZV-21B: Mass-produced utility variant aimed for the carriage of troops, equipment and supplies, within service in the Army and Marine Corps. Later production units and Marine Corps units have been upgraded with further electronic equipment and other countermeasures to aid in the assault transport role.
ZE-21B Lancer: AEW&C derivative based on the mass-produced ZV-21B. Carrying three AESA radars mounted on a triangular radome system, it was initially aimed for service aboard Greater Eastern Union Navy aircraft carriers, replacing aging ZE-20 Overseer units and was introduced into service in 1999.
ZS-21 Sea Titan: Anti-submarine warfare/anti-surface-warfare variant aimed for operation in ships with larger helicopter decks, particularly aircraft carriers and landing platform docks. Armament capacity of the ZS-21 is more than double that of existing anti-submarine warfare helicopters due to the platform size.
Operators
Specifications (ZV-21B)
General characteristics
- Crew: 2 pilots (flight crew) with 2 crew chiefs/gunners
- Capacity: 28 seated or 42 standing combat troops or 6,000 kg (13,000 lb) internally or 5,500 kg (12,100 lb) externally or 16 stretchers
- Length: 17.43 m (57.2 ft) ()
- Rotor diameter: 11.6 m (38 ft) ()
- Height: 5.8 m (19 ft) ()
- Disc area: 212.0 m2 (2,282 sq ft) ()
- Empty weight: 14,410 kg (31,770 lb) ()
- Loaded weight: 21,600 kg (47,600 lb) ()
- Max. takeoff weight: 28,700 kg (63,300 lb) ()
- Powerplant: 2 × Hanshin Motors TH-3000R turboshafts, 4,600 kW (6,200 hp) () each
Performance
- Never exceed speed: 298 kn (343 mph; 552 km/h)
- Maximum speed: 265 kn (305 mph; 491 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 280 mph; 440 km/h
- Combat radius: 944 km (587 mi) ()
- Ferry range: 3,890 km (2,420 mi) () with auxiliary internal fuel tanks
- Service ceiling: 7,800 m (25,600 ft) ()
- Rate of climb: 12.1 m/s (2,380 ft/min) ()
- Power/mass: 0.638 kW/kg ()
Armament
- Guns: 1 x 7.62 mm machine gun or 1 x 12.7 mm heavy machine gun (on ramp)