Design Specifications of Harrier-II

General characteristics

·         Crew: 1 pilot

·         Length: 46 ft 4 in (14.12 m)

·         Wingspan: 30 ft 4 in (9.25 m)

·         Height: 11 ft 8 in (3.55 m)

·         Wing area: 243.4 ft² (22.61 m²)

·         Airfoil: supercritical airfoil

·         Empty weight: 13,968 lb (6,340 kg)

·         Loaded weight: 22,950 lb (10,410 kg)

·         Max takeoff weight:

o    Rolling: 31,000 lb (14,100 kg)

o    Vertical: 20,755 lb (9,415 kg)

·         Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce F402-RR-408 (Mk 107) vectored-thrust turbofan, 23,500 lbf (105 kN)

·         Performance

·         Maximum speed: Mach 1.0 (585 knots, 673 mph, 1,083 km/h)

·         Range: 1,200 nmi (1,400 mi, 2,200 km)

·         Combat radius: 300 nmi (350 mi, 556 km)

·         Ferry range: 1,800 nmi (2,100 mi, 3,300 km)

·         Rate of climb: 14,700 ft/min (4,485 m/min)

·         Wing loading: 94.29 lb/ft² (460.4 kg/m²)

·         Armament

·         Guns: 1× General Dynamics GAU-12 Equalizer 25 mm (0.984 in) 5-barreled gatling cannon mounted under-fuselage in the left pod, with 300 rounds of ammunition in the right pod

·         Hardpoints: 6× under-wing pylon stations holding up to 13,200 lb (5,988 kg) of payload:

·         Rockets:

o    4× LAU-5003 rocket pods (each with 19× CRV7 70 mm rockets)

·         Missiles:

o    Air-to-air missiles:

§  4× AIM-9 Sidewinder or similar-sized infrared-guided missiles

§  6× AIM-120 AMRAAM (on radar equipped AV-8B Plus variants)

o    Air-to-surface missiles:

§  6× AGM-65 Maverick; or

§  2× AGM-84 Harpoon; or

§  2× AGM-88 HARM

·         Bombs:

o    CBU-100 cluster bombs (CBUs)

o    Mark 80 series of unguided bombs (including 3 kg and 14 kg practice bombs)

o    Paveway series of laser-guided bombs (LGBs)

o    Mark 77 napalm canisters

·         Others:

o    up to 4× 300/330/370 US Gallon drop tanks (pylon stations No. 2, 3, 4 & 5 are wet plumbed)

o    Intrepid Tiger II electronic jammer.^[120]

·         Avionics

·         Raytheon APG-65 radar

·         AN/AAQ-28V LITENING targeting pod (on radar-equipped AV-8B Plus variants)

o     An upgrade program is currently fitting airframes with wiring and software to employ MIL-STD-1760 bus-based smart weapons, such as Joint Direct Attack Munitions.

 Power and Lift

·         A 23,500-pound thrust Rolls-Royce Pegasus 11-61 (F402-RR-408) engine

·         Four rotating nozzles that provide its direct-lift capability, enabling the aircraft to hover

More Weapon Systems

·         APG-65 radar system

·         A 25mm rapid-fire Gatling gun

·         Air-to-air weapon systems:

·         Heat-seeking Sidewinder missiles

·         AIM-120 advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM), which is a beyond-visual-range missile

·         Air-to-surface weapon systems:

·         Digital targeting data link

·         Global positioning system

·         Litening II Targeting Pod system

·         Next-generation, precision-guided munitions, including the joint direct attack munition (JDAM)