Just saw this post from screaming regarding F-16 landing in delhi on 31st . I duno if this has been shared before in this forum ,neverthless i am goin to share the brochure of F-16IN released by lockheed with my fellow forum members. The bird is impressive fr sure.
Tried loading the pdf but the file size is 1.82mb.. below is the text version :
FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN HAVING A LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL PDF OF F-16IN JUST FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING LINK AND DOWNLOAD THE FILE FROM BJORN'S POST .HE IS F-16.NET EDITOR
http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-9966.html
F-16IN
Nothing Compares
F-16IN
Nothing Compares
F-16IN
Nothing Compares.
No Wonder All Other Fighter Aircraft
Try To Compare Themselves to the F-16
With proven performance, effectiveness, versatility, and sustainability, the F-16
rises above all others as the worlds best multi role fighter.
The F-16IN is designed exclusively to meet or exceed all of Indias Medium Multi Role Combat
Aircraft (MMRCA) requirements. Evolutionary integration of the most advanced technologies makes the
F-16IN the most advanced F-16 ever built. New capabilities not yet available in other fighters have
already been proven in actual combat by the F-16. It is easy to see why the worlds most successful multi
role fighter keeps getting better and best meets Indias long-term defense needs. By every measure, the right
choice for India is the F-16IN, the U.S. Air Force, and an industrial partnership with Lockheed Martin.
No Comparison: Safety, Reliability, and Maintainability
Safest, most reliable multi role fighter in U.S. Air Force history.
The F-16 is the most reliable, maintainable, and safest multi role fighter in the world . . . based on more than 13 million flight hours in
peacetime and combat operations. Our support approach provides the lowest life-cycle cost, operates within the existing Indian Air Force
infrastructure, demonstrates greater than 99% flight mission reliability, and ensures greater than 86% aircraft availability (proven greater
than 90% in combat situations). The F-16 is highly supportable, with a 70% decrease in operations and support costs over legacy systems.
No Comparison: Combat and Operational Effectiveness
Most dominant warfighting capability in the region.
The F-16 is the most operationally proven multi role fighter available today. It is proven with
the U.S. Air Force and with many of the worlds finest air forces through millions of flight
hours and under the full range of climatic conditions, operational environments, and support
requirements. It has extensive combat operations in 10 different countries, with hundreds of
thousands of combat sorties being flown in the Balkans, Middle East, and Southwest Asia. The
F-16 is the backbone fighter in these multi role operations, demonstrating unmatched lethality,
survivability, and supportability.
More combat hours (over 400,000)
More air-to-air victories (720)
More flight hours (over 13 million)
More combat missions flown (over 100,000 sorties)
More ordnance delivered in combat (over 2,200,000 kg)
Over 100 weapons certified in thousands of operational configurations
No Comparison: Performance to Indias Operational Requirements
Exemplary performance in all missions and key operational requirements.
Actual combat experience drives the evolution of aero performance, high maneuverability, high
range/payload, and integration of advanced technology to create the most effective multi role
fighter available today. This includes avionics, sensors, and weapons with standoff and satellite-
guided weapon capability, active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, an internal
electronic warfare (EW) suite, and advanced navigation. These systems and technologies
combine to either meet or exceed all MMRCA requirements and provide extensive growth
capability for the future.
Nothing Compares Because
Nothing Can Compare
No Comparison: Safety, Reliability, and Maintainability
Safest, most reliable multi role fighter in U.S. Air Force history.
The F-16 is the most reliable, maintainable, and safest multi role fighter in the world . . . based on more than 13 million flight hours in
peacetime and combat operations. Our support approach provides the lowest life-cycle cost, operates within the existing Indian Air Force
infrastructure, demonstrates greater than 99% flight mission reliability, and ensures greater than 86% aircraft availability (proven greater
than 90% in combat situations). The F-16 is highly supportable, with a 70% decrease in operations and support costs over legacy systems.
No Comparison: Combat and Operational Effectiveness
Most dominant warfighting capability in the region.
The F-16 is the most operationally proven multi role fighter available today. It is proven with
the U.S. Air Force and with many of the worlds finest air forces through millions of flight
hours and under the full range of climatic conditions, operational environments, and support
requirements. It has extensive combat operations in 10 different countries, with hundreds of
thousands of combat sorties being flown in the Balkans, Middle East, and Southwest Asia. The
F-16 is the backbone fighter in these multi role operations, demonstrating unmatched lethality,
survivability, and supportability.
More combat hours (over 400,000)
More air-to-air victories (720)
More flight hours (over 13 million)
More combat missions flown (over 100,000 sorties)
More ordnance delivered in combat (over 2,200,000 kg)
Over 100 weapons certified in thousands of operational configurations
No Comparison: Performance to Indias Operational Requirements
Exemplary performance in all missions and key operational requirements.
Actual combat experience drives the evolution of aero performance, high maneuverability, high
range/payload, and integration of advanced technology to create the most effective multi role
fighter available today. This includes avionics, sensors, and weapons with standoff and satellite-
guided weapon capability, active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, an internal
electronic warfare (EW) suite, and advanced navigation. These systems and technologies
combine to either meet or exceed all MMRCA requirements and provide extensive growth
capability for the future.
Nothing Compares Because
Nothing Can Compare
No Comparison: The Most Advanced Technology
Modern Avionics, Sensors, and System Capabilities
The F-16IN includes a full-color, all-digital glass cockpit with large displays; a powerful
high-speed mission computer; an enhanced high-thrust engine; a large weapon inventory
including the latest sophisticated weapons; an advanced sensor system; and advanced
survivability through reduced radio frequency, infrared, acoustic, and visual spectrum
signatures. The F-16 has extensive growth and flexibility that has allowed it to evolve and
remain the most capable, combat-proven multi role fighter in the world. Through robust
technology transfer, the Indian Air Force obtains the ability to adapt the F-16IN with new
capabilities, whether through technology advancements or new requirements.
Modern, Full-Color,All-Digital Glass
Cockpit
The F-16IN pilot receives easy-to-interpret
information via the full-color, all-digital glass
cockpit. The powerful high-speed mission computer
has large displays, allowing reduced workload
and focus on the
mission, not the
mechanics.
The missionized twin-seat version of
the F-16IN fully integrates the advanced
weapons system and two-person crew,
increasing survivability and situational
awareness in high-workload environments.
Proven AESA Radar
The F-16IN APG-80 active electronically scanned array (AESA)
radar is fully developed, integrated, and operational. The APG80
is the only AESA deployed operationally outside the United
States. This revolutionary all-weather, precision targeting AESA
radar provides outstanding situational awareness and detection;
ultrahigh-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) mapping,
fully interleaved with automatic terrain following; and air-to-air
tracking of multiple targets. The APG-80 AESA radar incorporates
the latest technology to a level exceeding that of any available in a
fighter today.
Enhanced High-Thrust Engine
The F-16IN offers one of the worlds best fighter engines the
General Electric F110-132A engine in the 143 kN thrust class,
with a reputation for stall-free operation. This engine is proven
around the world and continues to demonstrate its record of safety,
reliability, maintainability, and durability. The F-16IN features
an advanced full authority digital electronic control for the most-
reliable single-engine aircraft operation.
Advanced Survivability Features
The small signature of the F-16 reduces detection by enemy
radars. Modern threat warning systems, expendables, and internal
electronic warfare systems help avoid or defeat the most advanced
threats. Superior agility, excellent pilot situational awareness,
buried fuel lines, and fuel inerting systems reduce the F-16s
vulnerability to attack. Critical systems redundancy and shielding
enhance survivability in the event of attack.
Large Weapons Inventory
F-16 stores integration continues to grow more than 100 stores in
over 5,000 combinations. Special mission capability, such as anti-
shipping and photoreconnaissance, has been added to the fighters
stores mix. With combined load-outs of air-to-air and air-to-ground
weapons, the F-16 has demonstrated the ability to provide self-
escort and defend itself against enemy fighters.
Highly Effective Electronic Warfare Suite
The Electronic Warfare Suite is designed with a high-speed
Fibre Channel data communication architecture meeting
the demanding warfighter requirements for detection,
countermeasures, communications, displays, controls, mission
operation, and internal installation, resulting in one of the most
effective electronic warfare systems ever fielded on a multi role
fighter. The F-16IN Electronic Warfare Suite takes technologies
and capabilities historically confined to large, specialized
electronic warfare aircraft and integrates them into the multi role
fighter configuration.
Net-Centric Warfare Capability
The fusion of net-centric operation and onboard data provides a
total battlespace picture and optimizes mission accomplishment.
Data integrates through all phases of the mission from mission
planning, navigation, communication, and target prosecution to
return to base transforming the pilot from an aircraft system
manager to a tactician.
Range and Payload
Conformal fuel tanks (CFTs) significantly extend the F-16INs
range and persistence. The CFTs install and remove easily and
are aerodynamically shaped for maximum efficiency without
compromising the F-16s legendary handling characteristics. The
F-16IN can deliver more than 1,500 kg of ordnance on targets
more than 1,700 km away and return home without refueling.
Advanced Technology That Drives
Unmatched Mission Performance
No Comparison: High-Value Industrial Partnership
With the worlds largest, most successful
defense contractor.
Indias partnership with Lockheed Martin provides access to the
highest technology, opportunities for technology co-development,
low-risk licensed production, and extensive long-term business
opportunities. Lockheed Martin provides a low-risk production
plan for MMRCA that includes licensed production with
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) and extensive participation
with Indian industry. Lockheed Martin has also demonstrated
successful F-16 licensed production in four countries and
co-development of other fighters in three countries. The
unparalleled ability to successfully transfer technology and
establish indigenous capability in countries throughout the
world has also been demonstrated. Lockheed Martin has
never failed to meet an offset commitment, with over $37
billion realized by 40 countries. An MMRCA partnership
with Lockheed Martin offers the following benefits:
High-level transfer of technology
Indian ability to leverage experience and capability across
the entire defense spectrum space, air, land, and sea
Advanced technologies (including true 5TH generation
technology), processes, and procedures, only available through
Lockheed Martin
The most direct roadmap to F-35 capability based on F-16IN
MMRCA partnering successes
Opportunities for joint technology development- air, space,
communications, net-centric warfare, unmanned aerial vehicles,
ground-and sea-based systems, operational data link, and light
combat aircraft
No Comparison: Key Strategic Partnerships With the United States and the U.S. Air Force
MMRCA is a key program for the U.S. Air Force and a critical enabler in the relationship between
the Indian Air Force and the U.S. Air Force.
The U.S. Air Force provides high value to the Indian Air Force with program and acquisition oversight, affordability through
weapon system commonality, operational effectiveness through joint exercises, common training, and concept of operations/tactics
development. Through the partnership, the Government of India benefits from U.S. Air Force support in the following ways:
Planning, execution, and operational concepts
U.S. defense production prioritization
Access to U.S. ranges and test facilities
Proven and established U.S. contracting processes
Regulations to ensure timely performance to quality and schedule
With the selection of F-16IN for MMRCA, India joins with 24
countries that have selected the F-16 and its dominant capabilities for
their sovereign defense. The F-16IN the newest and most advanced
design of any F-16 ever built provides the Indian Air Force a strong
leadership position within the international community.
The right fighter
No Comparison: F-16IN The right technologies
The right partners
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