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Boeing X-32

The X-32 competed - and failed - against the Lockheed submission, which went on to become the F-35.
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The X-32 STOVL (Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing) technology demonstrator was the Boeing Company's response to the Department of Defense's "Joint Strike Fighter Program" beginning in 1994.

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  Specifications for the Boeing X-32A
Dimensions:
Length: 50.75ft (15.47m)
Width: 35.99ft (10.97m)
Height: 17.32ft (5.28m)

Performance: (About MACH)
Max Speed: 0mph (0kmh; 0kts)
Max Range: 979miles (1,575km)
Rate-of-Climb: 0ft/min (0m/min)
Service Ceiling: 50,000ft (15,240m; 9.5miles)

Structure:
Accommodation: 1
Hardpoints: 0
Empty Weight: 0lbs (0kg)
MTOW: 37,920lbs (17,200kg)

Powerplant:
Engine(s): 2 x Pratt & Whitney F135 turbofan engines possibly generating up to 35,000lbs of thrust.
Armament Suite:
1 x 20mm M61A-2 cannon OR 1 x 27mm Mauser BK-27 cannon

Mission-specific ordnance would have included any of the following:

2 OR 6 x AMRAAM air-to-air missiles held in internal bays.
2 x 2,000lb guided bombs held in internal bays in place of four AMRAAM units.

Maximum external loadout was reported to be about 15,000lbs of ordnance.
 

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Designation: Boeing X-32
Classification Type: Technology Demonstrator
Contractor: Boeing - USA

Country of Origin: United States
Production Total: 2

Operators: the United States of America

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