F-16 LOAN Low Observable Asymmetric Nozzle

F-16 LOAN
Low Observable Asymmetric Nozzle

 In late 1996, USAF F - 16C, and F100 - 200 engine is modified by Lockheed Martin / Pratt & Whitney team injected the loan. (Less notice is not symmetric), the Office of the JSF Program (Strike Fighter Joint) is installed on a testing ground for the implementation of a prototype two-day fast. 94-2 BAA'Strike Fighter program developed under a joint assessment of progress on JSF technology at an affordable price of the loan to a significant reduction in radar cross section and infrared signature of greenhouse gas emissions from the engine, just like that. potential for reduced maintenance costs.





During the test, the maximum afterburner, an infrared camera to measure the temperature of the nozzle, and the nacelle inlet pressure and wind speed. Head has also been successfully tested in the Pratt & Whitney JTDE FX650 (engine technology with a demonstration) for the JSF.
The credit can be achieved by a combination of stealth technology. These include the creation of geometry, advanced cooling system and special coating on the inside and outside. Because of the effectiveness of advanced cooling systems in the lives of different nozzle flaps that will more than double the savings in maintenance costs significantly.
The loan is available for both retrofit and new production aircraft. The use of the injection may be related to aircraft Strike The next generation a world fleet of aircraft F - 16 at the Carl McMurry, project manager of the Ejector F - 16 of Lockheed Martin's head. integration "exhaust system incorporates a technology that will make the loan more survivable, and affordable JSF. However, there is now a fielded weapon systems such as F - 16. ".
Testing ground, Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems of low observable axisymmetric nozzle (loan), was completed in November 1996, the next step in the loan program is a demonstration flight, which is currently in the planning stage.