DocumentCode
1515698
Title
Case study fighter aircraft: Small and agile
Author
Adam, John A.
Volume
24
Issue
5
fYear
1987
fDate
5/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
64
Lastpage
66
Abstract
In many military systems, the use of advanced technology tends to drive up costs and complexity. The technologies applied to the F-16 Fighting Falcon, however, were chosen to simplify the airplane and reduce its weight by several thousand pounds, so as to increase its maneuverability.
Keywords
Aerodynamics; Aircraft; Aircraft propulsion; Engines; Fuels; Military aircraft; Software;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.1987.6447942
Filename
6447942
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