SEPECAT Jaguar - Specifications (Jaguar A)

Specifications (Jaguar A)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1980–81, Air Force Tac Recce Aircraft: NATO and Non-aligned Western European Air Force Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft of the Cold War

General characteristics

• Crew: One
• Length: 16.83 m (55 ft 2½ in)
• Wingspan: 8.68 m (28 ft 6 in)
• Height: 4.89 m (16 ft 0½ in)
• Wing area: 24.18 m² (260.27 ft²)
• Aspect ratio: 3.12:1
• Empty weight: 7,000 kg (15,432 lb)
• Loaded weight: 10,954 kg (24,149 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 15,700 kg (34,612 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca Adour Mk 102 turbofans
  • Dry thrust: 22.75 kN (5,115 lbf) each
  • Thrust with afterburner: 32.5 kN (7,305 lbf) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: Mach 1.6 (1,699 km/h, 917 knots, 1,056 mph) at 11,000 m (36,000 ft)
• Combat radius: 908 km (490 nmi, 564 mi) (lo-lo-lo, external fuel)
• Ferry range: 3,524 km (1,902 nmi, 2,190 mi)
• Service ceiling: 14,000 m (45,900 ft)
  
• Climb to 9,145 m (30,000 ft): 1 min 30 sec

Armament

• Guns: 2× 30 mm (1.18 in) DEFA cannons, 150 rounds/gun
• Hardpoints: 5 total: 4× under-wing and 1× center-line pylon stations with a capacity of 10,000 lb (4,500 kg) and provisions to carry combinations of:
  • Rockets: 8× Matra rocket pods with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets each
  • Missiles:
    
    • AS.37 Martel anti-radar missiles or
    • AS-30L laser guided air-to-ground missile.
    • 2× R550 Magic air-to-air missiles on underwing pylons
  • Bombs:
    
    • various unguided or laser-guided bombs or
    • 2× WE177A nuclear bombs
    • 1× AN-52 nuclear bomb
  • Other: ECM protection pods, Reconnaissance Pod, ATLIS laser/electro-optical targeting pod, external drop tanks for extended range/loitering time