Requirements for Future RALS/STOVL Operating Concepts Northrop Corporation Aircraft Division

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

McNally, D.J., author.

Conference Name:

Aerospace Technology Conference & Exposition (1985-10-14 : Long Beach, California, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1985

Summary:

The particular application of the Remote Augmented Lift System (RALS) to tactical short take-off, vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft enables configurations to be designed that possess significant supersonic performance in addition to subsonic/transonic performance.Future tactical fighter aircraft for the 1995 time frame should be flexible enough to cover various roles, e.g., close air support (CAS)/battlefield air interdiction (BAI), and have significant air-to-air capability with rapid redeployment potential in the face of a changing battle scenario. In addition, these aircraft must possess superior lethality, survivability and availability characteristics. STOVL concepts make a distinct contribution to availability by virtue of allowing remote austere basing operations.Recent operational studies have identified new requirements for basing, support, and new technologies that could greatly improve sortie generation capability. This paper discusses requirements for a RALS/STOVL concept operating in this environment

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Publisher Number:

851840

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Restricted for use by site license