AC/A-92 Night Adder
| AC/A-92 Night Adder | |
|---|---|
 Blueprint of the AC/A-92 Night Adder | |
| General information | |
| Type | Stealth Multirole Fighter |
| Manufacturer | Incorporacion Estavez-Kalmov (IEK) |
| Status | In service |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 2014-present |
| Introduction date | 2015 |
The AC/A-92 "Night Adder" is a Generation 5 multirole fighter developed for the Inyurstan Navy, and has been adopted by the Inyurstan Airforce and other international services. The Night Adder is a Short Take-Off and Arrested Landing (STOBAR) aircraft designed to be able to take off from smaller surface ships, such as amphibious assault ships and aviation cruisers.
Design
This aircraft is created and painted with radar absorbent materials, in addition to its low-RCS frontal shape. Ducted intakes and s-shaped engines eliminate the returns of the engine, while the opening edges and walls of the intakes are built with radar-absorbent materials. As a singular delta-wing design, it has less wing surfaces to reflect radar, while a pair of canted vertical stabilizers (tail) provide lower radar returns that single or double straight-standing vertical stabilizers. Rather than traditional canards, it utilizes Leading-Edge Vortex Controllers (LEVCON)s, which result in less radar returns than traditional frontal canards but more maneuver control than LERX. It is rumored to have a frontal RCS of 0.000085-0.0001m2, although no formal data has been confirmed by the Inyurstan armed forces.
To reduce infrared signature, the Night Adder has built-in active cooling systems located in the leading edge of the wings, vertical stabilizers and at the edge of the engine nozzles & rear underside of the fuselage (below the active engine).
The primary radar system of the AC/A-92 is the ESQ/MS-90 LAST (Low-intercept Air & Surface Tracking) AESA, a.k.a "Last Call", by Seratto Defense Solutions. This system has a claimed intercept range of 190km for targets with an RCS 1m2, and when operating in SAR mode can track up to 24 moving ground targets within a 75km radius. Additional systems include the CAT EYE II Electro-Optical Search & Track (EOST), Sevât-M Counter-Emissions System the advanced LIDACS-III Counter-Measure Suite.
History
The Night Adder was first used in combat in the Greco-Bulgarian War by both the Inyurstan Air Force and Marina Del Gran Cuscatlan against invading Bulgarian NPLA forces at both Alexandroupolis and along the Rhodope Line. It has since seen service in Chuchara and Lebanon with the Inyurstan Navy.
It is expected to serve in Inyurstan and Mericki services until at least 2050.
Specifications
Crew: 1-2
Speed: Mach 1.8 (1,370mph; 2,200km/h)
Speed: 486nm (900km)
Range: 900nm (1,670km)
Payload: 16,000lb (1,600kg)
Hardpoints:
- x6 Internal
- x4 Underwing (optional)
- x2 Wingtip (optional)
Armament:
Air-to-Air
- AIM-120 AMRAAM
- AIM-9 Sidewinder
- C-120 Rapier
- C-170 Rapier II
- C-80 Stilétto
- Python-4
Air-to-Ground
- ASM-7 STRIKE
- AGM-65 Maverick
- AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER
- AGM-88E AARGM
- AGM-154 JSOW
- AGM-158 JASSM(ER)
- AGM-130
- CBGR-500T/S
- 250 - 1000lb Bombs
Anti-Ship
- LRASM
- YU-7 Evening Tide
- AGM-84 Harpoon