Comparison Of The Competing Aircraft

Comparison of the competing aircraft Eurofighter F-16IN F/A-18E/F JAS 39 NG(IN) Typhoon Fighting Falcon Super Hornet Germany Italy Country of origin: France United States United States Sweden Spain United Kingdom Eurofighter Manufacturer: Dassault Aviation Lockheed Martin Boeing IDS Saab GmbH 15.27 m 15.96 m 15.03 m 18.31 m 14.1 m Length: (50.1 ft) (52 ft 5 in) (49 ft 3 in) (60 ft 1¼ in) (46 ft 3 in) 10.80 m 10.95 m 10.0 m 13.62 m 8.4 m Wingspan: (35.4 ft) (35 ft 11 in) (32 ft 8 in) (44 ft 8½ in) (27 ft 7 in) 5.34 m 5.28 m 5.09 m 4.88 m 4.5 m Height: (17.4 ft) (17 ft 4 in) (16 ft 7 in) (16 ft) (14 ft 9 in) 45.7 m² 50.0 m² 27.9 m² 46.0 m² 30.0 m² Wing Area: (492 ft²) (538 ft²) (300 ft²) (500 ft²) (323 ft²) 9,060 kg 11,000 kg 8,936 kg 13,864 kg 6,820 kg Empty weight: (20,000 lb) (24,250 lb) (19,700 lb) (30,564 lb) (15,040 lb) Max takeoff weight 24,500 kg 23,500 kg 21,772 kg 29,932 kg 16,000 kg (MTOW): (54,000 lb) (51,809 lb) (48,000 lb) (66,000 lb) (35,300 lb) 2× SNECMA 1× GE F110-GE- 2× GE F414-GEPowerplant: 2× Eurojet EJ200 1× GE F414G M88-2 132 400 Thrust: 50 kN each 60 kN each 84 kN 62 kN each 62.5 kN • Dry Thrust: (11,250 lbf) (13,500 lbf) (19,000 lbf) (14,000 lbf) (14,030 lbf) 75 kN each 90 kN each 144 kN 98 kN each 98 kN • Afterburner Thrust: (17,000 lbf) (20,250 lbf) (32,500 lbf) (22,000 lbf) (22,000 lbf) [46] Fuel: • Internal 4,700 kg 4,996 kg 3,265 kg • External 7,500 kg 5,880 kg Maximum speed: Mach 1.8+ Mach 2.0+ Mach 2.05 Mach 1.8 Mach 2.0 [47] • At Sea Level (2.34) (Mach 800 KCAS (Mach 1.2 Aircraft:

Rafale

MiG-35 Fulcrum-F

Russia

RAC-MiG 19 m (62 ft 4 in) 15 m (49 ft 3 in) 6m (19 ft 8 in) 38.0 m² (409 ft²) 15,000 kg (33,069 lb) 29,000 kg (50,076 lb) 2× Klimov RD33MK 62.5 kN each (14,030 lbf) 88.3 kN each (19,800 lbf)

Mach 2.25 Mach 1.2

supercruise[48])

1.2 Supercruise) Ferry range: • Unrefueled: • Extl. Tanks Combat Radius:

[49]

1,800 km 17,000 m Service ceiling: (55,000 ft) 305 m/s Rate of climb: (60,000 ft/min) Thrust/weight: 1.13 Weapons Load: 9,500 kg External Stations:** 14 (5 'wet') Thrust vectoring: Unit cost:

None €48 million US$67.2 million

3,790 km 1,390 km 19,812 m (65,000 ft) 315 m/s (62,000 ft/min) 1.18 7,000 kg 13 None

1,700 km 15,239 m (49,997 ft) 254 m/s (50,000 ft/min)

3,054 km 2,346 km 15,000 m (50,000 ft)

4,075 km 15,000 m (50,000 ft)

6,500 kg 11 (3 'wet')

0.93 8,000 kg 11 (5)

1.06 5,500 kg

None

None

None

US$58 million

US$47.5 million

GB£61.5 million US$60 €88.4 million million[citation needed] US$122.5 million

2,000 km 3,200 km 17,500 m (57,400 ft) 300 m/s (60,000 ft/min) 1.1 7,000 kg 9 May be fitted with thrust vectoring US$38.5 million