DR-17

Devil Ray 17 [DR-17]
Role	Multirole Fighter
National origin	Ekena
Manufacturer	RAY Systems Inc.
Introduction	12 Pax 1609
Status	In Production, In Service
Unit cost	$82.6 Million

Specifications [DR-17A]

General Characteristics

• Crew: 2-1 (Pilot and weapon systems officer) + AI
• Length: 19.5–19.8 m (64–65 ft)
• Wingspan: 13.4–14.3 m (44–47 ft)
• Height: 3.9–4.5 m (13–15 ft)
• Empty Weight: 47,000 lb (21,000 kg)
• Gross Weight: 69,000 lb (31,000 kg)
• Max Takeoff Weight: 84,000 lb (38,000 kg)
• Powerplant: 2 × thrust-vectoring afterburning turbofans
  • Dry Thrust: 50,400 lb_f (224 kN)
• VTOL Thrust Liftrotor 38,500 lb_f (171 kN)
• VTOL Thrust Main Engine 36,400 lb_f (162 kN)
  • With Afterburner: 75,600 lb_f (336 kN)
• Fuel Capacity: 22,500 kg (49,600 lb) internally; 8,345 lb (3,785 kg) 2x external tanks

Performance

• Maximum Speed:
  • High Altitudes: Mach 3.4 (4198 km/h)
  • Supercruise: Mach 2.3 (2840 km/h)
  • Sea Level: Mach 0.9 (1111 km/h)
• Range: 1,800 mi (2,900 km)
• Combat Radius: 1,000 mi (1,600 km)
• Ferry Range: 2,300 mi (3,700 km)
• Service Ceiling: 80,000 ft (24,000 m)
• Maximum g-load: -3.0/+9.0

Armament

• Guns: 1x 30mm autocannon (600 rounds)
• Hardpoints: 1x shotlocker with 16x hardpoints; 2x Internal Weapons Bays with 1x hardpoint each; 8x external hardpoints.
  • Stealth Air-to-Air:
    • 8x Boomsticks
    • 2x Twisters
    • 2x Air-To-Air Missiles (AAM)
  • Air-to-Ground:
    • 8x Small Diameter Glide Munitions

Avionics

• Suite of Sensors
  • 1× Active electronically scanned array (AESA)
    • Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
  • 1× Electronic Warfare System
    • Passive Detection Suite
• Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (EODAS)
  • Situational awareness infrared search-and-track (SAIRST)
  • 30x infrared sensors
• Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS)
  • 8× Infrared tracking camera
  • 6× Ultraviolet tracking sensor
  • Missile approach warning system
• Communications, Navigation, and Identification (CNI) suite
  • Directional Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL)
• Laser imaging, detection, and ranging (LIDAR)

Cockpit

• Speech Recognition System
• Helmet-mounted display system (HMDS)
• Panoramic Touchscreen

Other Features

• LO External Chaff & Flares:
  • 5x Flare dispenser doors
  • 2x transmitter decoy dispenser doors
• Diverterless Supersonic Inlet (DSI)
• Variable-sweep Wings
• Serrations on the hatches
• Telescoping ladder
• Special radar scattering tape around the serrated hatches
• Main Nozzle Thrust
  • 3 separate ring sections
• Lift Rotor
  • Two-counter rotating titanium blisks
  • 2x roll thrust nozzles
• Variable geometry tailplane
• CNT-Based Signature Control Material
• Sharp edge to break up the Circular nose cone