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F-14E Ultra Tomcat Specifications

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F-14E Ultra Tomcat

Overview:

The F-14E Ultra Tomcat is an evolution of the F-14D Super Tomcat and is designed to meet both future and current airborne threats. It incorporates many 5th gen fighter technologies such as 3 dimensional thrust vectoring, advanced fly-by-light controls, HMD, and many other technologies from both the F-22A Raptor and F-35A Lightning II programs. It also adds features from the F-14 ST21 and ASF-14 concepts like pallet mounted IRST and Nav/Attack radar, some reduced cross section measures like engine fan radar blockers, and a full glass cockpit.

In addition to those new technologies weight has been reduced through the use of modern composite materials to replace older composite structures and even some metal structures. Larger wing gloves also provide increased internal fuel storage, along with room for the optional canards, which are moved via MR actuators. The canards can help decrease take-off and landing distances, along with increasing agility at the cost of drag and RCS.

The new power plants are P&W F119 low bypass turbofans fitted with 3 dimensional thrust vectoring nozzles, which can vector the exhaust 20° in any direction for enhanced agility. The exhaust nozzles are also low-observable and feature heat absorbing ceramic tiles to reduce IR signature.


Crew:
2 (Pilot and WSO)



Price:
N/A



Dimensions & Capacities:

Length:
62 ft 8 in

Span:
64 ft 1.5 in (unswept)
38 ft 2.5 in (swept)

Height:
16 ft

Empty Weight:
36,500 lbs

Maximum Takeoff Weight:
77,800 lbs

Fuel Capacity:
18,000 lbs internal
4,000 lbs external

Crew & Supplies:
600 lbs



Performance:

Maximum Speed:
Mach 2.6 (1,534 knots, 1,765.4 mph, 2,841.8 km/h) @ 30,000+ ft
Mach 1.6 Supercruise @ 30,000+ ft
Mach 1.8 @ sea level

Range:
2,100 miles

Service Ceiling:
60,000+ ft

Thrust to Weight Ratio:
N/A



Engines:
2 Pratt & Whitney F119-PW400 Turbofan engines with 35,000+ lbs of thrust each



Landing Gear:
Tricycle landing gear
Single front shock strut with dual nose wheels
Two main gear shock struts with one wheel each
Arrestor hook



Control Surfaces:
Wing glove mounted all-moving canards (Optional)
Spoilers
Leading edge slats
Fowler landing flaps
Rudders
Stabilitors
Speed brakes
3D thrust vectoring nozzles



Weapons:
20,000 lbs

Air to Air:
AIM-54C Phoenix
AIM-120 AMRAAM series
AIM-9 Sidewinder series
AIM-180 Viper series
AIM-181 Scorpion
AIM-182 ALRAAM/SRAAM
AIM-132 ASRAAM
IRIS-T

Air to Surface:
All Navy/USAF/NATO ordnance

Gun:
GAU-12 Equalizer 25mm Gatling gun, 590 rounds



Sensors/Countermeasures:
AN/APG-77v1 AESA multi-mode radar
AN/AAR-57 CMWS
AN/AAQ-24 DIRCM
AN/AAQ-37 EO DAS
AN/ALE-47 CMDS
AN/ALR-67v3 ASR
AN/AVX-3 Fast Tactical Imagery
TARPS CD
LANTIRN
ADM-141 Tactical Air Launched Decoy
IRSTS
TCS



Flight Control:
Four IBM CELL-based flight control computers


Potential Customers:
USN
USMC
JASDF
Royal Navy



Key:
WSO = Weapons System Officer
AESA = Active Electronically Scanned Array
MTOW = Maximum Take Off Weight
DIRCM = Directed InfraRed Counter Measure
CMWS = Common Missile Warning System
CMDS = Counter-Measures Dispenser System
MTOW = Maximum Take Off Weight
ASR = Advanced Special Receiver
EO DAS = Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System
TCS = Television Camera System
IRSTS = InfraRed Search and Track System
HMD = Helmet Mounted Display
MR = MagnetoRheological
RCS = Radar Cross Section
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Just a quick question. If the Tomcat 21 were to be build to this day, would they still use the standard Radar Intercept Officer just like the F-14s, or would they switch over to the Weapons System Officers just like the F/A-18 Super Hornets and the F-15E Strike Eagles.