Lockheed Martin T-65 Crow NASA

The T-X program has been established to enable the United States Air Force to buy a new two-seat jet trainer for fast-jet training to replace the Northrop T-38 Talon; the average age of the T-38 fleet is over 43.5 years. About 350 aircraft are expected to be ordered to replace the T-38, but further purchases could push the overall purchase to over 1,000. The notional in-service date for the replacement trainer is 2017

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 44 ft
Wingspan: 24 ft
Height: 14 ft
Wing area: 196 ft
Empty weight: 8,558 lb
Loaded weight: 15,945 lb
Max. takeoff weight: 24,722 lb (11,214 kg)
Powerplant: 2 ? General Electric J85-GE-21B turbojet
Dry thrust: 3,500 lbf (15.5 kN) each
Thrust with afterburner: 5,000 lbf (22.2 kN) each
Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0200
Drag area: 2.4 ft? (0.32 m?)
Aspect ratio: 2 .86
Internal fuel: 700 U.S. gal

Performance
Maximum speed: Mach 2+
Service ceiling: 55,000 ft (16,800 m)
Rate of climb: 52,800 ft/min (255 m/s)
Wing loading: 81.0 lb/ft? (395 kg/m?)
Thrust/weight: 1.1

Armament

Usually none. 2 hardpoint under each wing can be used to carry practice bomb racks (can carry up to 12 Mk-76 practice bombs), rocket pods, or baggage . engine nacelle hard-points can carry a cargo pod for fuel tanks.

Avionics

Smiths Industries, Ltd. AN/USN-2(V) Standard Attitude Heading and Reference System (SAHRS). Later replaced by the BAE/Marconi AN/ASN-180 Navigation Guidance System (NGS).
Rockwell Collins AN/ARN-144 VHF Omnidirectional Radio Range / Instrument Landing System (VOR/ILS).
Honeywell AN/APN-194 Radar Altimeter.
Northrop Grumman AN/ASN-166 Inertial Guidance Set (IGS). [2] Incorporates a Northrop Grumman (formerly Litton) LN-100G Ring Laser Gyroscope, a Rockwell Collins Global Positioning System (GPS), and a Kalman filter.[3]

Communications Suite

Rockwell Collins AN/ARN-182 UHF/VHF radio.
Honeywell AN/APX-100 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system.

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