JAV 16 Adelaar
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| JAV 16 Adelaar | |
|---|---|
 JAV 16 Adelaar on board the RNS Beograd | |
| General information | |
| Type | Fighter, attack and reconnaissance aircraft |
| Manufacturer | NLVI, Kaminski |
| Designer | |
| Status | Active |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 2008 - present |
| Introduction date | 2008 |
JAV 16 Adelaar (Dutch pronunciation: /ɑdɛˈlɑːr/, meaning "eagle") is a twin-engine multirole fighter aircraft designed as a joint project between NLVI of Noordenstaat and Kaminski of Nikolia. The JAV 16 Adelaar has a delta wing and canard configuration with relaxed stability design and fly-by-wire flight controls. The aircraft is one of the results of military cooperation between Noordenstaat and Nikolia.
Development
In late 1990's, Noordenstaat's aerospace manufacturer NLVI sought to meet the requirements set by the Noordenstaat's Ministry of Defense. One of the main demands was to create a multirole aircraft, with carrier operations capability and larger survivability by having two engines instead of what was the current practice - a single engine. In that period, rising tensions between the west and the east further divided the region, leaving the nations in between in constant fear of attack. As a result, Noordenstaat offered partnership to its largest overseas neighbour and ally, Nikolia. The agreement of shared technology followed, and not long after the engineers of both countries met in the main design centre of NLVI in Schellerdam. The engineers already had certain designs done, however with a single engine. After going back to the drawing board, the first full scale operative prototype took off in 2004.
Overview
Cockpit
The JAV 16 features a glass cockpit without any conventional instruments. It has three full colour multi-function head-on displays (manipulated by softkeys, XY cursor or Direct Voice Input command), a wide angle head-up display, with forward-looking infrared (FLIR) that is directly connected to specially designed helmet-mounted display HD-155 Svetovid. The cockpit also features HOTAS (Hands on throttle-and-stick) and voice command module DGU-228 which together makes the fighter easier to manage in missions that require pilot to do and monitor many operations at once. The recent feature in Kaminski's planes is an Advanced Flight Control Manager (AFCM) which, in case of pilots disorientation can automatically return the aircraft in stable flight with a simple press of a button. The Manager takes full control of engine throttle and flying controls, and bring the aircraft to the gentle climb at 290 knots (The speed can be set manually between 250 and 350 knots) untill the pilot is ready to retake the controls. The aircraft also has an Automatic Low-Speed Recovery system (ALSR) which prevents it from departing from controlled flight at very low speeds and high angle of attack. One of the major features of the cockpit are sensor and warning systems, which track the current state of the aircraft at every moment. Basic flight sensors are incorporated with AFCM and ALSR in order to preserve the flight. If the system detects that the pilot is losing control, a set of visual and sound warnings will be activated, if the pilot ignores the warnings, or fails to return the aircraft in safe flight, the AFCM will do it automatically.
Users
- Hutanjian Air Force - Hutajian Air Force uses 30 units of KaF-50.