The new 21th century planes:
| Constructor: | Boeing |
| Armament: | unknown |
| Length: | 6,33m |
| Max Speed: | unknown |
| Ceiling: | unknown |
| Height: | 1m |
| Weight Max: | Max: 3000 kg |
| Range: | 1570 km |
| Span: | 4,66m |
| Crew: | 0 |
| Engines: | Williams Research F112 |
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The remotely piloted X-36 has no horizontal or vertical tails nad will use new flight control technologies that will replace the tails and will increase its maneuverability. During flight, the X-36 will use new split ailerons and a thrust-vectoring nozzle for directional control. The ailerons not only split to provide yaw (left and right) control, but also raise and lower asymmetrically to provide roll control.
2003 - Europe
| Constructor: | Several European countries |
| Armament: |
Internally mounted 27mm Mauser gun
Total of 13 external stores stations: 5 (incl one wet) under fuselage and 4 (incl one wet) under each wing
Mix of Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missiles (BVRAAM) and Short-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (SRAAM) carried externally
Four BVRAAM under fuselage in semi-conformal carriage configuration
Laser guided bombs
Advanced anti-armour weapons
Conventionally armed stand-off missiles |
| Length: | 14m50 |
| Power: | 2 EJ200 Turbofan Engines
20,000 lbf (90 kN) each with Afterburner
13,500 lbf (60 kN) each without Afterburner |
| Max Speed: | Mach 2 |
| Time to 10760m | 2.5 minutes |
| Ceiling: | 18290 m |
| Height: | 6m40 |
| Weight Max: | 21000 kg |
| Limits: | +9/-3 w/ int fuel and two AIM-120 |
| Limits: | ground attack, lo-lo-lo : 601 km
ground attack, hi-lo-hi : 1389 km
air defence with 3hr CAP : 185 km
air defence with 10-min loiter : 1389 km |
| Range (ferry): | 3700 km |
| Span: | 10m50 |
| Crew: | 1 |
| Engines: | 2 |
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Eurofighter is an one pilot designed plane double engine which will be used for air to air and air to ground combat as well as for reconnaissance roles. His advanced design makes it perfect for air domination, and the use of Stealth technology is spread through all plane.
British Eurofighter aircraft will be assembled at British Aerospace sites in Lancashire from components manufactured by companies in the four partner nations. Rolls Royce will manufacture the engines, mainly in Bristol and Derby. In the other nations the respective partner companies will have their own assembly lines in Munich, Turin and Madrid. Some 200 UK companies, including GEC Marconi, Dowty, Lucas, Martin Baker, Normalair Garrett, Pilkington Thorn Optics, Smiths Industries, Computing Devices and Ultra Electronics, are involved in the development of a range of equipments for Eurofighter, including the radar and defensive aids subsystem. In the UK, over 6000 jobs depend on the Eurofighter development phase and this is expected to rise to some 14000 at the peak of production.
| Constructor: | Nortrop |
| Armament: | none |
| Length: | unknown |
| Max Speed: | unknown |
| Ceiling: | 20 km |
| Height: | unknown |
| Weight Max: | unknown |
| Range: | 25100 km |
| Span: | 4,66m |
| Crew: | 0 |
| Engines: | Williams Research F112 |
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The RQ-4A Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial system designed to provide military field commanders with high resolution, near-real-time imagery of large geographic areas. Advanced technology sensors, a range greater than half-way around the world, and the ability to remain in flight for long periods of time, enables the Global Hawk to provide the war fighter with the essential intelligence needed to achieve information dominance throughout the ever-changing battle-space.
The performance of this plane will increase USA’s army ability to prevent and control new traits.
2002 USA unmanned plane
| Constructor: | Mitsubishi |
| Armament: | "smart weapons" |
| Length: | 9 m |
| Max Speed: | high subsonic speed |
| Ceiling: | medium-high |
| Height: | unknown |
| Weight Max: | unknown |
| Range: | 800-16000 km |
| Span: | 11,3 m |
| Crew: | 0 |
| Engines: | unknown |
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The X-45 UCAV is “the next step in the evolution of UAV” as colonel Mike Leahy called it called it in a conference about the accomplishments of UAV’s in Afghanistan. The UAV’s plane are controlled form a laptop every where in the world making it very useful in high risk operations. In future UAV”s plane will fly in 4-plane packs and will work together, to destroy anti-aircraft missile launchers, under the supervision of a human operator located in a different place. Leahy said that the basic concept for UCAV will be a 4-ship pack commanded by a battle manager, although the planes will be able to fly by themselves weapon control will be made only by the battle manager so no virus or accident will be able to turn them against
| Constructor: | NASA |
| Armament: | none |
| Length: | unknown |
| Max Speed: | 11200 km/h or mach 9.6 |
| Ceiling: | upper atmosphere |
| Height: | unknown |
| Weight Max: | unknown |
| Range: | 1570 km |
| Span: | unknown |
| Crew: | unknown |
| Engines: | Scramjet |
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The X-43A is an experimental research aircraft designed to flight-demonstrate the technology of airframe-integrated supersonic ramjet or "scramjet" propulsion at hypersonic speeds above Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound. Its scramjet engine is an air-breathing engine in which the airflow through the engine remains supersonic. The X-43A sustained a record speed of Mach 6.83 or about 7840 kph on March 27, 2004, and a follow-on flight on Nov. 16, 2004, sustained speeds of Mach 9.6, or almost 11200 kph, after being boosted to test altitudes by modified first-stage Pegasus rockets.
