EAC Kestrel
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| EAC Kestrel | |
|---|---|
| Role | Multi-role fighter |
| National origin | United Kingdom of Emmeria, Federation of Central Usea |
| Manufacturer | Eusian Aerospace Consortium |
| First flight | 27 March 1986 |
| Introduction | 4 August 1994 |
| Status | In service |
| Primary users | Royal Emmerian Air Force Independent State Allied Air Forces Royal Aurelian Air Force Royal North Point Air Force See Operators section for others |
| Produced | 1986–present |
| Number built | 753+ as of 12 January 2019 |
| Unit cost |
Chimera FGR.4: OF$89.6M (REAF fly-away cost)
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Development
Design
Overview
Engine
Armament
Sensors and Avionics
Operational History
Procurement and Exports
Variants
Operators
Aurelia
- Royal Aurelian Air Force - 227
Emmeria
- Royal Emmerian Air Force - 561
Europa
- Europan Air Force -
Federation of Central Usea
- Independent State Allied Air Forces - 515
Indus
- Royal Indus Air Force - 84
Levant
- Levant Air Force - 245
North Point
- Royal North Point Air Force - 160
Rasheedi Tamudia
- Royal Rasheedi Air Force - 175
Specifications (Kestrel FGR.4)
Characteristics
- Crew: 1 (Pilot)
- Length: 15.96 m
- Wingspan: 10.95 m
- Height: 5.28m
- Wing Area: 51.2 sq m
- Empty Weight: 11,000 kg
- Loaded Weight: 16,000 kg
- Maximum Take-off Weight: 23,500 kg
- Fuel Capacity: 5,000 kg internal, additional fuel in Conformal Fuel Tanks
- Powerplant: 2 Royce Electric R122-200 2D Thrust Vectoring Turbofans
- Dry Thrust 16,200 lbf each
- Thrust with Afterburner 23,100 lbf each
Performance
- Top Speed: Mach 2.35 (2,500 km/h) at high altitude, Mach 1.25 (1,530 km/h) at sea level
- Supercruise Speed: Mach 1.5 (1,590 km/h)
- Combat radius (with 3x 1,000 L drop tanks, without CFT):
- Ground attack, lo-lo-lo: 600 km
- Ground attack, hi-lo-hi: 1,400 km
- Air defense with 10 min. loiter: 1,400 km
- Combat radius (with drop tanks and CFT):
- Ground attack, lo-lo-lo: 900 km
- Ground attack, hi-lo-hi: 1,800 km
- Air defense with 10 min. loiter: 1,800 km
- Ferry Range: 5,500 km with CFTs and five external fuel tanks
- Service Ceiling: 19,800 m (65,000 ft)
- Rate of Climb: 62,600 ft/min
- Wing Loading: 312 kg/m² at MTOW
- Thrust/weight: 1.33 in interceptor configuration
- Maximum g-load: +9/-3g
Armament
- Guns: 1 × 27 mm Mauser BK-27 revolver cannon with 150 rounds
- Hardpoints: 8 × under-wing and 5 × under-fuselage pylon stations
- Standard Loadouts
- Air-to-air: 6~9 Meteor/AMRAAM, 2~4 ASRAAM/IRIS-T/Sidewinder
- Air-to-ground: in excess of 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