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The Pretorian Fighter 5 (PF5) (CLASSIFIED)

Manifest Destiny: Phase 6: Pretorian Fighter 5 birthed

May 20th 2024

Collaborating States:

United States of Mesothallania
Kingdom of The Nebraska Republic
United Socialist States of Transvaall
Republic of Lower Nubia

We are proud to be working with a host of nations in producing the first true 5th generation fighter aircraft designed and built on the African continent. The Pretorian Fighter 5 (PF5) represents a unique blend of African, European, and American defense contractors for a novel stealth fighter aircraft designed to meet the world's threats.

The Manifest Destiny program is the pinnacle of African military reorganisation and weapons procurement operations, and since September of last year we, and our partners, have worked and collaborated on several projects to modernise the Transvaall armed forces after critical areas of concern following the losses in the 2022 Zimbabwe-Bro Kinaba war. This group of nations wants to protect African nations and provide their support for peace around the world.

The Kingdom of The Nebraska Republic has agreed to provide critical research and production and as such will be provided significant funding to design and manufacture components for the PF5 as well as manufacture the aircraft's primary ordinance. The Nebraska Republic is to receive over $10.2 billion in funding, the United States of Mesothallania is to receive over $7.7 billion in funding, and the Republic of Lower Nubia is to receive $0.7 billion in funding for their work. This $18.6 billion in funding will be provided by the Transvaall government, with the remaining $25.1 billion being spent on manufacturing, testing, and design facilities to integrate the work by these nations into a single platform; the Pretorian Fighter 5.

As stipulated by the United States of Mesothallania's Global Protection Initiative (GPI) the aircraft will belong solely to the partnered nations, and will not be sold or distributed outside of them. It can, however, be fully part of the defensive operations and defense obligations of the partnered nations, including operating in any country where the partnered nations decide to act.

Specifications:

Crew: 1
Length: 15.1 metres (49.6 feet)
Height: 4.3 metres (14.1 feet)
Wingspan: 12.8 metres (42 feet)
Wing Area: 67.1 square metres (722 Square feet)
Aspect ratio: 2.44
Empty Weight: 12,156 kg
Internal Fuel: 6,111kg
Weapons Payload: 7,200 kg
Gross Weight: 25,467 kg
Max Take-off weight: 28,070 kg
Powerplant: Rolls-Royce PF51

Maximum Speed: Mach 1.6
Combat Radius on Internal Fuel: 750kms.
Range: 1,420 km.
Service ceiling: 15,000 metres (50,000 feet).
G limit: 7.
Wing loading: 379 kg/sq m (77.7 lb/sq ft) at gross weight.
Thust/Weight: 0.68 gross-weight take-off weight, full power, full fuel. 0.77 gross-weight take-off weight, full power, half fuel. (This limits the combat range to the 750kms)

Armament:

1x 20mm F2 1-barrel cannon, 120 rounds.
Hardpoints: 2 internal bays with 2 internal stations each (4 internal stations total) with a total capacity of 2,400 kg, 4 external stations with a total capacity of 4,800 kgs. Total capacity: 7,200 kg.
Missiles:
Air-to-Air:
A Darter (internal/external)
Meteor (internal/external)
Air to Surface:
S-Darter (internal/external)
Bombs
Paveway IV laser guided bomb (internal/external)
GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) (internal/external)

Avionics:

PF01-CNI
AN/ASQ-239 Electronic Warfare/Countermeasures (EW/CM)
AN/AAQ-40 Electro-Optical Targeting System
PS-05/A Mark 5
MIL-STD 1553B sensor fusion system.

Engine:

Single Engine (Rolls-Royce PF51), Max speed at Gross weight Mach 1.4, 2D Thrust Vectoring, Single exhaust nozzle (helps stealth), with the internal powerplant generating 170kN of thrust. Supercruise Mach 1.1 (only high altitude and with internal weapons configuration).

Avionics:

The Nebraska Republic, Mesothallania, and Transvaall.

New development for a PF5 Integrated Communications, navigation, and identification suite (termed PF01-CNI) integrating Transvaall, Mesothallania, and the Nebraska Republic systems and includes; instrument landing, military tactical data linking, radar altimeter, frequency hopping, etc (cockpit instruments, identification, and communication systems)

BAE Systems (The Nebraska Republic):

AN/ASQ-239 Electronic Warfare/Countermeasures (EW/CM)

Lockheed Martin (Mesothallania):

AN/AAQ-40 Electro-Optical Targeting System

Denel Aeronautics (Transvaall):

PF01-CNI
PS-05/A Mark 5 AESA
MIL-STD 1553B sensor fusion system.

Helmet Mounted Display is integrated with avionics.

Frame:

3 point ground contact, with leading-edge Vortex Controller (LEVCON) for control, two side intakes. Stealth design (paint, fittings, shaping) to be aided by the United State's Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs (ADP), with parts supplied by ⲁⲏⲣ Systems (Lower Nubia).

Length: 15.1 metres (49.6 feet)
Height: 4.3 metres (14.1 feet)
Wingspan: 12.8 metres (42 feet)

Network:

Integration with other weapons systems via PF01-CNI (Avionics CNI); PA91, Seeker 400 drones, Umkhonto GBADS (an other Denel Systems/Aeronatics radars), as well as permission from the United States of Mesothallania for integrating the radar systems of E-2, E-3, and E-7 AWACs, Patriot and THAAD Defense systems.

Weapons:

1x 20mm F2 1-barrel cannon, 200 rounds (Transvaall)

2 Internal Weapons bays with 2 weapons mounts in both.
4 external weapons systems including canted wing pylons (decreases radar section) for external weapons systems for non stealth operations

Internal Weapons bays can hold 1,200kg (2x 600kg for both mounts)
External Weapons can hold 1,200 kg.

Total Weapon capacity of 7,200 kg.

Ordinance:

Air-to-Air

A-Darter for shortrange air to air missile. (Transvaall)
Meteor active radar guided beyond visual range air-to-air missile - 200-60km operational range. (The Nebraska Republic)

Air-to-Surface

S-Darter - new development missile by Denel Aeronautics to accompany design specifications of the PF5, specifically beyond visual range 100km operational range air-to-surface missile, Passive radar homing with active radar homing and GPS and INS, ~400kg weight. (Transvaall)

The S-Darter specifications:

Mass: 322kgs
Length: 3.6 metres.
Diameter: 30 centimetres.
Wingspan: 0.92 metres.
Guidance System: Passive radar homing with active radar homing and GPS and INS, with laser proximity fuse, providing multiple Electronic counter-countermeasures (ECCM) techniques.
Warhead: 57 kgs.
Warhead type: Fragmentation.
Operational Stand-off Range: 109km.

Bombs

Paveway IV laser guided bomb. (The Nebraska Republic)
GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (Mesothallania)

Production Cost:

$38 billion from the Transvaall government to cover design, prototyping of 10 PF5 aircraft, and then production of 200 of the finished PF5 aircraft design. This pays all the relevant manufacturers for the newly designed and integrated equipment. The research and final assembly and checkout facility will be an expansion of the current PA91 aircraft plant. Which was built in the Transvaall city of Gqeberha, south of the Forest Hill neighbourhood, east of the Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport, and occupying an area of 0.8 kilometres squared. This new expansion will add 0.7 kilometres squared to the current plant to build the new facilities, the expansion will also hire an additional 600 employees and represent a significant increase to Denel Aeronautics current staff and facilities in the area.

This $38 billion is also part of an additional $3 billion for the design and plant for the S-Darter.

$3 billion for the design, development, and then production facilities for the S-Darter including a contract for the production of 100 per month, up to 1,000 missiles. The research and production facility will be built in the Transvaall city of Cape Town, north of the Richwood Armoured Vehicle Factory, north east of the Dunoon neighbourhood, and occupying an area of 1 kilometre squared. These new facilities will hire 120 new employees, and also provide space for expansion for possible future ordinance facilities as part of the Transvaall's government's weapons modernisation program. The production facility is expected to take 2 weeks to design and 1 month and 2 weeks to finish construction.

Finally, an additional $2.7 billion for the procurement of ordinance from the partnered nations and to expand production facilities in said nations to meet the following order:

$2 billion for 1,000 Meteor missiles.
$0.6 billion for 1,000 A-Darter Missiles.
$0.1 billion for 1,000 Paveway IV bombs.

Total Cost: $43.7 billion.

Current Transvaall Department of Defensee budget is $47 billion for the year 2024, and the current expenditure for the arming, fueling, maintenance, and training of equipment (army, airforce, and navy) sits at $13.6 billion (including the PA91 and Jagter1 yearly costs added earlier in the year). The remaining $33.4 billion in funding for the year 2024 has been allocated by the Department of Defense for research & development, manufacture, and weapons procurement, primarily Phase 6 of the Manifest Destiny Program. Over the course of all phases of the Manifest Destiny program, $21 billion had been spent in 2023, of the $37 billion available by the Department of Defense, leaving $16 billion to continue supporting the design period for Phase 6 of Manifest Destiny Program (PF5 program). This, combined with the $33.4 billion in funding for 2024, provides $49.4 billion for the Department of Defense in the year 2024 to fund weapons development and procurement projects. With the estimated $43.7 billion for the completion of Phase 6 of Manifest Destiny, this leaves $5.7 billion in funding.

The expected arming, fueling, training (minimum 200 flight hours a year per pilot), and maintenance costs of the PF5 fleet is expected to be around $50-70 million per year per aircraft, for 200 aircraft, the Transvaall Department of Defense is expecting the PF5 program to add $12 billion to the yearly costs. With the aircraft entering service in the second half of the year, the aircraft will receive the remaining part of the $5.7 billion budget for arming, fueling, maintenance, and training costs.

Development and Production Timescale:

The last 5 months have been focused on designing the aircraft to match desired parameters for a modern stealth fighter, this includes determining possible systems to integrate and design the frame, and engine powerplant, to accommodate all the systems without limitations on size/strength/output/ etc. With the designing stage confirmed in 3rd November, 2023. The experience and design facilities from the PA91 was reused in the development and design of the PF5, with these facilities revamped for the development of the PF5 prototypes while the final production plant is constructed.

With this design and renovation stage completed, the expected timescale includes: 2 months for Prototyping Phase to allow testing of systems and frame and improve their interaction in combat systems and provide testing of systems in flight: avionics, engines, weapons systems, manoeuvrability, durability, resilience etc. Finally a 2 month production phase, with each week producing 25 of the new aircraft until the the total 200 aircraft have been delivered. This means the first aircraft will be available 2 months and 1 week from the start of the prototyping phase.

Prototyping Phase to begin 20th May, 2024 and end on the 20th July 2024, and the first 100 PF5 aircraft to become available on 27th July 2024, with the full 200 aircraft order completed on the 20th August, 2024.

Specifications created by Lower Nubia

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