To evaluate modern aircraft and aircraft systems requires an understanding of how aerodynamic performance can be optimized. Performance specifications today go well beyond point design specifications and depend heavily on optimization to fit specific tactical requirements whether the vehicle is designed as an interceptor, an air superiority fighter, a strategic airlifter, a strategic bomber, or for any other operational role. The goal is to demand a performance efficiency covering the entire flight envelope that will meet the operational need with the best overall combination of armament, engine, and airframe. The F-14 and F-15 were the first generation of fighter aircraft to be designed and evaluated within this approach. Newer fighter designs like the F-16, the F-18, the Tornado, and the Mirage 2000 have been conceived with full cognizance of the need for optimized performance.


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    Title :

    Volume 1. Performance Flight Test Phase. Chapter 9. Energy


    Publication date :

    1991


    Size :

    106 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English