Friday, January 2, 2009

A-12 Avenger II


Manufacturer McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics
Type Advanced tactical stealth bomber
Crew 2 (pilot, navigator/weapons systems operator)
Powerplant Two General Electric F412-GED5F2 turbofan - max power more than 16,000 lbf (7,257 kgf) each
Weight Max takeoff approx 70,000 lb (31,751 kg)
Dimensions Wingspan 70 ft (21.34 m)
Length 37 ft (11.28m)
Wing area 1,300 ft* (120.8 m*). *estimations
Performance Max speed approx. Mach 1
Radar Westinghouse AN/APQ483
Development Planned operation – 1992 (Delayed to 1996 or 1997)
Expected first flight – summer 1990
Canceled on January 7, 1991.


  • Cost was estimated at $42 billion for 450 Navy and $31-$36 billion for 300-350 Air Force aircraft.
  • Supposed to be night/all-weather high-performance strike aircraft.
  • Also known as the Advanced Tactical Aircraft (ATA) to replace Navy and Marine Corps A-6 Intruder/EA-6B Prowler series.
  • The two General Electric engines were derived from the F/A-18 Hornet's F404s.
  • The ATA design featured "stealth" technology so that it would be difficult to detect on radar.
  • The ATA's avionics were to be controlled by an IBM computer using Very High Speed Integrated Circuits (VHSIC) technology and Central Processing Units (CPU) with 1.4 million words of memory and capable of 3 million instructions per second.
  • Westinghouse, with Texas Instruments, was to develop the AN/APQ-183 electronically scanned, phased-array multimode radar. Harris Corp. developed the multifunction antennas, to have been located in the wing's leading edges. Magnavox was supplying the A-RPX-5 Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver while Westinghouse was developing the A-12's combined-functions Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR) system.
  • The maximum payload was 40% higher than that of the A-6, or 25,200 Ib (11,431 kg) vs. 18,000 Ib (8,165 kg), and 80% greater range.


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