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| FAe Chimera | |
|---|---|
| Role | Multi-role fighter |
| National origin | United Kingdom of Emmeria |
| Manufacturer | Fuller Aerospace, Aurelian Aircraft Corporation |
| First flight | 11 August 1974 |
| Introduction | 24 January 1981 |
| Status | In service |
| Primary users | Royal Emmerian Air Force Royal Aurelian Air Force Royal North Point Air Force Royal Cayenne Air Force See Operators section for others |
| Produced | 1974–present |
| Number built | 648+ as of 12 January 2019 |
| Program cost | OF$153.1 billion (through 2043 in then-year dollars), $12.3B for RDT&E, $40.8B for procurement, $1.6B for MILCON, $98.4B for operations & sustainment (2018 estimate) |
| Unit cost |
Chimera FGR.6: OF$51.2M (REAF fly-away cost)
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Development
Design
Overview
Engine
Armament
Sensors and Avionics
Operational History
Procurement and Exports
Variants
Operators
Specifications (Chimera FGR.6)
Characteristics
- Crew: 1 (Pilot) or 2 (Pilot, Weapon Systems Officer)
- Length: 17.97 m
- Wingspan: 12.99 m
- Height: 4.21 m
- Wing Area: 59.08 sq m
- Empty Weight: 14,300 kg
- Loaded Weight: 21,700 kg
- Maximum Take-off Weight: 29,200 kg
- Fuel Capacity: 6,100 kg internal
- Powerplant: 2 Royce Electric R114-220 2D Thrust-vectoring Turbofans
- Dry Thrust 17,600 lbf each
- Thrust with Afterburner 27,100 lbf each
Performance
- Top Speed: Mach 2.0 (2,150 km/h) at high altitude, Mach 1.2 (1,470 km/h) at sea level
- Combat Radius: 1,750 km air-to-air, 1,150 km air-to-ground
- Ferry Range: 5,500 km with CFTs and five external fuel tanks
- Service Ceiling: 19,800 m (65,000 ft)
- Rate of Climb: 55,000 ft/min
- Wing Loading: 463 kg/m² at MTOW
- Thrust/weight: 0.84 at MTOW
- Maximum g-load: +9/-3.5g
Armament
- Gun: 1 GAU-12 Equalizer 25mm rotary cannon, 300 rounds
- Standard Loadouts
- Air-to-air: 6 Meteor (or AIM-120D AMRAAM), 4 ASRAAM (or AIM-9X Sidewinder)
- Air-to-ground: up to 9,000 kg in missiles (Sea Eagle, Martel, ALARM and Maverick AGMs, Meteor/ASRAAM AAMs), various unguided and laser/GPS-guided bombs (Mk.80 series etc.), CVR-7 rocket pods
- Hardpoints: 4 conformal and 6 wing (4 wet, 2 with additional missile launch rails)