Baseline Comparison

CF-18AM Typhoon T3 F-35A Rafale C F-15E F-18F F-18ASH Gripen NG F-16E F-22 Notes Minute Fraction

THRUST TO WEIGHT Max Thrust 32,000 40,460 43,000 34,000 58,200 44,000 52,800 22,000 29,500 70,000 1 0.02

A. Basic Empty Weight 23,049 24,250 29,300 20,900 31,700 32,081 34,851 15,664 18,900 43,340 2 0.03

T/W Ratio 1.39 1.67 1.47 1.63 1.84 1.37 1.52 1.40 1.56 1.62 3 0.05

B. Combat Weight @ Target 36,288 34,439 43,595 30,381 51,830 48,334 53,443 22,725 29,162 60,472 4 0.07

T/W Ratio 0.88 1.17 0.99 1.12 1.12 0.91 0.99 0.97 1.01 1.16 indicator of aircraft performance, start

5 0.08

C. Bingo Fuel Weight 30,602 27,661 35,690 24,461 41,356 40,504 44,570 18,288 23,492 48,226 6 0.10

T/W Ratio 1.05 1.46 1.20 1.39 1.41 1.09 1.18 1.20 1.26 1.45 indicator of aircraft performance, end

7 0.12

D. Max T-O Weight 51,550 51,800 70,000 53,900 81,000 66,000 66,000 36,300 42,300 83,500 8 0.13

T/W Ratio 0.62 0.78 0.61 0.63 0.72 0.67 0.80 0.61 0.70 0.84 may indicate runway length performance

9 0.15

10 0.17

FUEL Full Internal Fuel 10,860 11,020 18,200 10,360 13,123 13,550 13,550 7,392 5,920 18,000 11 0.18

Plus Conformal Tanks N/A N/A N/A N/A 22,873 N/A 19,780 N/A 12,022 N/A 12 0.20

Plus Centre Tank 13,100 12,820 N/A 12,610 27,008 16,804 23,034 10,442 14,056 N/A 13 0.22

Plus 2 Wing Tanks 15,340 14,620 23,976 14,860 31,143 20,058 26,288 13,492 16,090 26,000 14 0.23

Max 17,580 16,420 23,976 17,110 35,278 23,312 29,542 22,572 18,124 26,000 15 0.25

16 0.27

LOAD Useful Load MTOW - BEW 28,501 27,550 40,700 33,000 49,300 33,919 31,149 20,636 23,400 40,160 17 0.28

Full Int Fuel Useful Load 17,641 16,530 22,500 22,640 26,427 20,369 11,369 13,244 11,378 22,160 18 0.30

Useful Load After Max Fuel 10,921 11,130 16,724 15,890 14,022 10,607 1,607 -1,936 5,276 14,160 excess weight for A/G weapons 19 0.32

20 0.33

ENGINES Engine GE F404-400 EJ-200 PW F-135 Snecma M88 PW F100-229 GE F414-400 GE F414 EPE GE F414-400 GE F110-100 PW F119 21 0.35

Number 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 engines perferred, not manditory 22 0.37

Max Thrust each 16,000 20,230 43,000 17,000 29,160 22,000 26,400 22,000 28,600 35,000 23 0.38

Mil Thrust each 11,000 13,490 28,000 11,250 17,800 13,000 15,600 13,000 17,155 23,500 24 0.40

80% Thrust each 8,800 10,792 22,400 9,000 14,240 10,400 12,480 10,400 13,724 18,800 25 0.42

SFC Max each 1.74 1.70 1.91 1.72 1.94 1.85 1.78 1.85 1.94 1.92 26 0.43

SFC Mil each 0.81 0.74 0.87 0.78 0.76 0.84 0.81 0.84 0.76 0.87 27 0.45

SFC .8 Mil each 0.65 0.59 0.70 0.62 0.61 0.67 0.65 0.67 0.61 0.70 28 0.47

29 0.48

MISC Wing Area 400 551 460 492 608 500 500 323 300 840 30 0.50

Wingloading at C. Weight 90.72 62.50 94.77 61.75 85.25 96.67 106.89 70.36 97.21 71.99 indicator of aircraft performance 31 0.52

32 0.53

33 0.55

Cruise Mach at Full Mil 0.90 1.50 1.20 1.40 0.90 0.90 0.90 1.20 0.90 1.82 34 0.57

TAS at Altitude 516 860 688 802 516 516 516 688 516 1,043 35 0.58

36 0.60

AMRAAM 335 670 weights for calculations 37 0.62

AIM-9X 188 376 weights for calculations 38 0.63

39 0.65

300 NM MISSION PROFILE 1 minute TO 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 40 0.67

1 minute full burner 1,114 1,376 1,646 1,170 2,263 1,628 1,878 814 1,110 2,688 41 0.68

42 0.70

Performance Climb Time 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 43 0.72

Performance Climb Burn 1,426 1,597 1,949 1,404 2,164 1,747 2,016 874 1,043 3,271 44 0.73

Performance Climb Speed 258 430 344 401 258 258 258 344 258 521 45 0.75

Performance Climb Distance 21 34 28 32 21 21 21 28 21 42 46 0.77

47 0.78

Cruise Time 0.54 0.31 0.40 0.33 0.54 0.54 0.54 0.40 0.54 0.25 48 0.80

Cruise Fuel Burn 9654 6170 9654 5861 14657 11831 13652 4328 7063 10127 49 0.82

Cruise Distance @ Full Mil 279 266 272 268 279 279 279 272 279 258 50 0.83

51 0.85

5 min full burner at target 4,640 5,732 6,859 4,873 9,428 6,783 7,827 3,392 4,624 11,200 52 0.87

53 0.88

Total Burn @ Bingo 12,193 9,143 13,249 8,435 19,084 15,207 17,546 6,015 9,216 16,086 54 0.90

55 0.92

RTB cruise time 0.73 0.44 0.55 0.47 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.55 0.73 0.36 56 0.93

RTB cruise speed 413 688 550 642 413 413 413 550 413 834 57 0.95

RTB cruise burn 8,293 5,575 8,503 5,251 12,592 10,164 11,728 3,812 6,068 9,410 58 0.97

59 0.98

Total time, Hours 1.45 0.93 1.13 0.98 1.45 1.45 1.45 1.13 1.45 0.79 time for high reaction intercept 60 1.00

Total Fuel Burn 20,486 14,718 21,751 13,685 31,676 25,371 29,274 9,827 15,283 25,497 mission fuel, may indicate unit costs

Tanker Extension 2,906 -1,702 -2,225 -3,425 -3,602 2,059 -268 -12,745 -2,841 -503

Config max fuel 2 wing 2 wing 2 wing max config max fuel max config centre only 2 wing 2 wing excess fuel margin for further intercepts

Would have to decrease cruise

burn to meet fuel or tanker

adding wing tanks increases radar return or tanker,

drag penalty

very high drag penalty or tanker

very high drag penalty or tanker

adding wing tanks increases radar return or tanker

RANGE GTOW with Full Fuel 40,629 40,670 53,276 38,010 66,978 55,393 64,393 36,300 37,024 69,340

1 minute TO 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02

1 minute full burner 1,114 1,376 1,646 1,170 2,263 1,628 1,878 814 1,110 2,688

Cruise Climb Time 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08

Cruise Climb Burn 1,426 1,597 1,949 1,404 2,164 1,747 2,016 874 1,043 3,271

Cruise Climb Speed 413 559 550 562 413 413 413 550 413 521

Cruise Climb Distance 33 45 44 45 33 33 33 44 33 42

Fuel Remaining 15,041 13,447 20,381 14,536 30,851 19,937 25,648 20,884 15,971 20,041

FF Factor 0.60 0.45 0.60 0.50 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.30

Fuel Flow 6,843 5,750 9,354 5,616 10,390 8,387 9,677 4,193 5,007 7,851

15 Minute Reserve 1,711 1,437 2,339 1,404 2,597 2,097 2,419 1,048 1,252 1,963

Distance nm 804 1,167 1,061 1,313 1,122 878 990 2,602 1,213 1,201 ferry or combat air patrol

Increase range with ferry tanks

Increase range with 5 external tanks, large drag penalty

COST ESTIMATES Unit Cost ($1 USD = $.92 CDN) $0 $132,609 $135,870 $81,522 $136,957 $73,000 $80,300 $65,217 $76,087 $296,739

Max Units 77 82 65 105 50 69 60 140 100 42 units to meet baseline requirement of 80 aircraft

Acquisition $0 $10,873,913 $8,831,522 $8,559,783 $6,847,826 $5,037,000 $4,818,000 $9,130,435 $7,608,696 $12,463,043

Years 8 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30

Added for engines factor $2,000 $2,000 $1,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000

Added for crew factor $200 $200 $200 $200 $400 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200

Cost per hour factor $21 $24 $29 $21 $33 $26 $30 $13 $16 $48

Lifetime @ 250 hours per year $4,732,286 $13,577,197 $15,905,660 $16,165,834 $17,817,720 $19,694,014 $19,759,880 $15,477,078 $17,193,756 $12,047,200 Better performance the lower the lifetime cost. More aircraft would decrease operating cost proportionally. Excess aircraft for attrition, lower risk of accidents, increased time between overhauls and operational deployments.

Engine & Crew Factor $17,600 $66,000 $36,000 $66,000 $72,000 $66,000 $66,000 $36,000 $36,000 $36,000

Total (x1000) $4,749,886 $24,517,110 $24,773,182 $24,791,617 $24,737,546 $24,797,014 $24,643,880 $24,643,513 $24,838,452 $24,546,244

baseline budget

SELECTION Rank Total 114 89 120 91 67 58 103 88 105 marginally deficient to CF-18 performance

Add for LO 5 10 5 5 5 10

Add for EO Suite 5 10 5 5 5 5

Add for EW Suite 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Add for AESA Radar 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Add for Operationally Proven 5 5 10 5 5 10

*Surprise the Opponent 9 7 10 2 3 5 6 4 8

*Outnumber Enemy 5 2 9 4 8 6 10 7 3

*Outmaneuver the Enemy 7 4 10 5 3 2 9 6 8

*Outlast the Enemy 9 4 10 5 3 2 6 7 8

*Achieve Reliable Kills 9 4 10 6 6 6 9 6 3

End of Life 7 10 9 6 4 3 8 5

185 150 198 139 109 107 171 143 160

CF-18AM Typhoon T3 F-35A Rafale C F-15E F-18F F-18ASH Gripen NG F-16E F-22

Assuming a $65m acquisition cost and

operational costs over 30 years, the RCAF would only afford 67 CF-18's

Meets or exceeds the CF-18 in all

criteria. Operational costs may be higher than forecasted.

Add better sensor suite and low

observability and it is only a marginal

gain in overall performance.

Meets or exceeds the CF-18 in all

criteria.

High operating costs and low

acquisition. Heavy load for a long

distance.

High operating costs and low acquisition.

Estimated SFC.

High operating costs and low acquisition.

Estimated SFC.

Lower usable loads but offset by higher

numbers.

well below CF-18 performace marks.

Higher operating cost offset by better performance. Add sensor suite and low obervability

gains. Not in production

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F100-PW-229

(MIL) 17,800lbs @ 0.726 lb/Hr/lb st

(MAX) 29,100lbs @ 2.060 lb/Hr/lb st

F110-GE-129

(MIL) 17,000lbs @ 0.745 lb/Hr/lb st

(MAX) 29,000lbs @ 1.900 lb/Hr/lb st

F414-GE-400

(MIL) 14,700lbs @ 0.840 lb/HR/lb st

(MAX) 22,000lbs @ 1.850 lb/HR/lb st

F119-PW-100

(MIL) 25,000lbs @ (~0.800?) lb/HR/lb st (Speculation varies between 0.600 - 0.860...)

(MAX) 37,000lbs @ (~1.950?) lb/HR/lb st

F135-PW-100

(MIL) 28,000lbs @ 0.886 lb/HR/lb st

(According to J@ne'$, but seems too high? 0.700 is more likely)

(MAX) 43,000lbs @ (~1.950?) lb/HR/lb st

F136-GE-100 (According to J@ne'$)

(MIL) 26,000lbs @ ?

(MAX) 40,500lbs @ ?

F-135: 0.886 lb/(hrlbf) (At Millitary Power)

F414-400: ~0.9 lb/(lbfh) (At Military Power)

The M88/Rafale has a demonstraited SFC of all most 1.92

Longer term, GE is proposing a two-stage fan with a forward swept all-blisk fan, a 10% pressure ratio increase and, if combined with the EDE's HPT and HPC, a 4% SFC improvement and 20% boost in thrust over the existing 22,000lb-thrust (98kN) F414. The new fan is due for rig testing next year.

CF-18AMTyphoon T3 F-35A Rafale C F-15E F-18F F-18ASH Gripen NG F-16E F-22

T/W Ratio 0.8818368361194831.174834128587950.9863581562855471.119127826151041.12289227558040.9103386545730520.9879657648623480.9680883788662021.011600212105661.15755201556222

Rank 1 10 4 7 8 2 5 3 6 9

T/W Ratio 1.045686974083351.462705482432851.204812111993621.38994111841121.40729143547741.086303672856831.184647391821511.203005463797731.255743899208181.45148581337472

Rank 1 10 5 7 8 2 3 4 6 9

T/W Ratio 0.6207565470417070.7810810810810810.6142857142857140.6307977736549160.7185185185185190.666666666666667 0.8 0.6060606060606060.6973995271867610.838323353293413

Rank 5 8 2 3 7 4 9 1 6 10

Useful Load MTOW - BEW 28501 27550 40700 33000 49300 33919 31149 20636 23400 40160

Rank 4 3 9 6 10 7 5 1 2 8

Full Int Fuel Useful Load 17641 16530 22500 22640 26427 20369 11369 13244 11378 22160

Rank 5 4 8 9 10 6 1 3 2 7

Useful Load After Max Fuel 10921 11130 16724 15890 14022 10607 1607 -1936 5276 14160

Rank 5 6 10 9 7 4 2 1 3 8

Wingloading at C. Weight 90.719730366492162.502548449115294.77111358980261.749595928270485.24743316187596.6673221640489106.88629480467270.356649863031497.20572629047971.9910053397114

Rank 5 9 4 10 6 3 1 8 2 7

Cruise Mach at Full Mil 0.9 1.5 1.2 1.4 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.2 0.9 1.82

Rank 5 9 7 8 5 5 5 7 5 10

Total time, Hours 1.452233856893540.9286736474694591.125008726003490.9847693841934681.452233856893541.452233856893541.452233856893541.125008726003491.452233856893540.790591833994975

Rank 5 9 7 8 5 5 5 7 5 10

Total Fuel Burn 20486.085863874314717.829151832521751.33005235613685.362154076331675.94605235625370.70994764429273.89609343549826.7162303664915283.338596858625496.7200736436

Rank 6 9 5 8 1 4 2 10 7 3

Tanker Extension 2906.08586387434-1702.17084816754-2224.66994764398-3424.63784592371-3602.053947643982058.70994764398-268.103906564644-12745.2837696335-2840.66140314136-503.279926356365

Rank 1 5 6 8 9 2 3 10 7 4

Distance nm 803.6759090909091166.872544039131061.002647783251313.09969658121121.92006468066877.610892857143990.3153228021982602.123131868131212.968633358391200.68747126437

Rank 1 6 4 9 5 2 3 10 8 7

Max Units 77 82 65 105 50 69 60 140 96 42

Rank 6 7 4 9 2 5 3 10 8 1

Acquisition 4355000 $8,619,565 $8,831,522 $5,298,913 $8,902,174 $4,745,000 $5,219,500 $4,239,130 $4,945,652 $19,288,043

Rank 9 4 3 5 2 8 6 10 7 1

Cost per hour factor 21.159903861175523.772337879841429.00154845415220.845533543802332.717815283669626.205190535132730.236758309768513.102186680731615.786030456779648.3752531533339

Rank 7 6 4 8 2 5 3 10 9 1

Lifetime @ 250 hours per year4732285.8345549713577197.392565415905660.100785316165834.044502617817719.654450319694013.596858619759879.863068915477078.062827216506005.684607312047200.2347966

Rank 1 9 7 6 4 3 2 8 5 10

TOTAL 67 114 89 120 91 67 58 103 88 105