Specifications
Year: 2020
Status: In-Development
Manufacturer(s): Boeing Company - USA
Production: 0
Capabilities: Fighter;
Status: In-Development
Manufacturer(s): Boeing Company - USA
Production: 0
Capabilities: Fighter;
Crew: 1
Length: 63.81 ft (19.45 m)
Width: 42.81 ft (13.05 m)
Height: 18.54 ft (5.65 m)
Weight (Empty): 31,526 lb (14,300 kg)
Weight (MTOW): 80,910 lb (36,700 kg)
Length: 63.81 ft (19.45 m)
Width: 42.81 ft (13.05 m)
Height: 18.54 ft (5.65 m)
Weight (Empty): 31,526 lb (14,300 kg)
Weight (MTOW): 80,910 lb (36,700 kg)
Power: 2 x Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220 / PW-229 afterburning turbofan engines developing 15,000lb thrust dry and up to 30,000lb thrust with reheat.
Speed: 1,873 mph (3,015 kph; 1,628 kts)
Ceiling: 59,711 feet (18,200 m; 11.31 miles)
Range: 2,485 miles (4,000 km; 2,160 nm)
Rate-of-Climb: 50,000 ft/min (15,240 m/min)
Ceiling: 59,711 feet (18,200 m; 11.31 miles)
Range: 2,485 miles (4,000 km; 2,160 nm)
Rate-of-Climb: 50,000 ft/min (15,240 m/min)
Operators: Untied States (possible)
Sources indicate that the F-15X will be formally announced by the United States Department of Defense (US DoD) in the Fiscal Year 2020 defense budget.
The 4th Generation F-15 "Eagle" remains the backbone of American air superiority capabilities with 432 C/E and 26 F-15D models currently available in the 2019 USAF inventory. The acquisition of advanced F-15s is seen as insurance against the troubled development of the F-35 which has since revealed additional deficiencies in several areas (namely service life, general reliability, and weapons accuracy). The choice at hand for both the service and American lawmakers is in securing a fleet of fighters based in an aging, 40+ year-old design or advancing the troublesome F-35 to completion.
The F-15X is set to feature an Active, Electronically-Scanned Array (AESA) radar fit in the nose, updated avionics in the cockpit, a modernized internal structure, an enhanced Electronics Warfare (EW) suite, active InfraRed (IR) Search-and-Track weapons/radar functionality, and the capability to carry no fewer than 22 x Air-to-Air Missiles (AAMs). The overall form-and-function of the aircraft will remain largely intact.
The initial ask by the USAF is for eight F-15X fighters to begin the move to acquire a complete fleet of eighty X-model types before 2025.
Specifications on this page are based in the F-15E Eagle production fighter until finalized numbers are made publicly available.
Armament
STANDARD (FIXED, FORWARD-FIRING):
1 x 20mm M61A1 Vulcan internal Gatling gun / cannon.
Up to 22 x Air-to-Air Missiles (AAMs) most likely to support a mix of AIM-9 "Sidewinder" short-ranged AAM and the AIM-120 AMRAAM medium-ranged AAM.
Variants / Models
• F-15X "Eagle" - Base Series Designation.
