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DR-17

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Devil Ray 17 [DR-17]
General information
TypeMultirole Fighter
ManufacturerRAY Systems Inc.
StatusIn Production, In Service
History
Introduction date12 Pax 1609

Development

Design

Operational Variants

Operators

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
  • VTOL Thrust Liftrotor: 38,500 lbf (171 kN)
  • VTOL Thrust Main Engine: 36,400 lbf (162 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
  • Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (EODAS)
    • Situational awareness infrared search-and-track (SAIRST)
    • 30x infrared sensors
  • Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS)
  • 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