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1. Localised structural strengthening
2. Localised Engine strengthening
3. Modified Arrestor Hook
Navalised Typhoon
4. Strengthened larger stroke undercarriage
5. Thrust Vectored Engines
Navalised Typhoon
With limited modifications, Typhoon would be capable of carrier operations across the full range of
environmental conditions, and would have comparable take-off and landing performance to equivalent
multi-role naval aircraft. This would allow Typhoon’s exceptional operational capability to be employed
in the naval domain. The two would allow significant overlap with the existing Typhoon support
infrastructure.
Carrier Operations
The demanding nature of carrier operation has been extensively scrutinised and key areas identified:
Take-Off Performance Landing Performance
Typhoon has excellent power to weight ratio for carrier Capable of landing on the carrier with a wide range of
take-off with ski jump stores Configurations
-- Does not require a costly catapult launch system Flight deck and visual landing aids remain in the
-- Does not require modification to the engines to pilot’s line-of-sight
provide additional thrust Carrier needs to be fitted with a standard arrestor wire
system
Engines have sufficient thrust and responsiveness for
wave off or bolter
Environment Support Solution
Salt water corrosion Navalised Typhoon will benefit from a high degree of
Shock and vibration commonality with land-based support infrastructure
-- Take-off and landing and inherent platform supportability
-- Deck transmissions -- High reliability
-- Deployable, synthetic training devices
Carrier motion
-- Logistics footprint and deployability
-- Pitch, heave & roll
-- Ground level flight servicing
-- Function of sea state and carrier design
-- Rapid engine changes and no requirement for high
Wind over deck power ground runs
-- Combined wind and carrier speed -- Modular support concept for ease of embarkation /
Electromagnetic radiation disembarkation
-- In particular carrier’s radar etc. Optimisation of support infrastructure and equipment
for naval operations
- Minor environmental modifications
- Embarked operations
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