McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II - Specifications (AV-8B Harrier II Plus)

Specifications (AV-8B Harrier II Plus)

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Armament and vectored nozzles
Underside of AV-8 Harrier II

Data from Nordeen, Boeing

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1 pilot
  • Length: 46 ft 4 in (14.12 m)
  • Wingspan: 30 ft 4 in (9.25 m)
  • Height: 11 ft 8 in (3.55 m)
  • Wing area: 243.4 ft² (22.61 m²)
  • Airfoil: supercritical airfoil
  • Empty weight: 13,968 lb (6,340 kg)
  • Loaded weight: 22,950 lb (10,410 kg)
  • Max. takeoff weight:
    • Rolling: 31,000 lb (14,100 kg)
    • Vertical: 20,755 lb (9,415 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce F402-RR-408 (Mk 107) vectored-thrust turbofan, 23,500 lbf (105 kN)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: Mach 1.0 (585 knots, 673 mph, 1,083 km/h)
  • Range: 1,200 nmi (1,400 mi, 2,200 km)
  • Combat radius: 300 nmi (350 mi, 556 km)
  • Ferry range: 1,800 nmi (2,100 mi, 3,300 km)
  • Rate of climb: 14,700 ft/min (4,485 m/min)
  • Wing loading: 94.29 lb/ft² (460.4 kg/m²)

Armament

  • Guns: 1× General Dynamics GAU-12 Equalizer 25 mm (0.984 in) 5-barreled gatling cannon mounted under-fuselage in the left pod, with 300 rounds of ammunition in the right pod
  • Hardpoints: 6× under-wing pylon stations holding up to 13,200 lb (5,988 kg) of payload:
  • Rockets:
    • 4× LAU-5003 rocket pods (each with 19× CRV7 70 mm rockets)
  • Missiles:
    • Air-to-air missiles:
      • 4× AIM-9 Sidewinder or similar-sized infrared-guided missiles
      • 6× AIM-120 AMRAAM (on radar equipped AV-8B Plus variants)
    • Air-to-surface missiles:
      • 6× AGM-65 Maverick; or
      • 2× AGM-84 Harpoon; or
      • 2× AGM-88 HARM
  • Bombs:
    • CBU-100 cluster bombs (CBUs)
    • Mark 80 series of unguided bombs (including 3 kg and 14 kg practice bombs)
    • Paveway series of laser-guided bombs (LGBs)
    • Joint Direct Attack Munitions (GBU-38, GBU-32, GBU-54)
    • Mark 77 napalm canisters
  • Others:
    • up to 4× 300/330/370 US Gallon drop tanks (pylon stations No. 2, 3, 4 & 5 are wet plumbed)
    • Intrepid Tiger II electronic jammer.

Avionics

  • Raytheon APG-65 radar
  • AN/AAQ-28V LITENING targeting pod (on radar-equipped AV-8B Plus variants)
    • Special note: An upgrade program is currently fitting airframes with wiring and software to employ MIL-STD-1760 bus-based smart weapons, such as Joint Direct Attack Munitions

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