RADARS: None

SENSORS
RWR (4.3). Provides warning of attack and bearing of radar-guided weapon.
Bombsight: Advanced (+30% modifier to unguided weapon attacks)
Laser Designator: Allows aircraft to guide laser-guided ordnance.
FLIR (2nd Gen):
Size: Small
Signature: Stealthy
Countermeasures: 3rd Gen Decoys

PERFORMANCE

Altitude	Cruise	Full Mil.	Reheat
VLow:	460 (1.9)	594 (2.5)	--
Med:	460 (1.9)	580 (2.4)	--
High:	460 (1.9)	560 (3.3)	--
Ceiling: 13,176 meters.

ENDURANCE
Cruise Range: 1400 nm
Internal Fuel: 6000 kg
Inflight Refuel?: Yes
Engine Type: TF

Remarks The F-117N "Seahawk" was proposed by Lockheed in 1993 as a precision attack asset for Navy carrier air wings. The demise of the A-12 had left the Navy with only the aging A-6 Intruder for all-weather strike. This capability had proven to be vital in Desert Storm, but stealth had proven just as vital. The A-6 was not at all stealthy, and would be 40 years old before the then-planned AX entered service in 2008. Carried in four-plane detachments aboard carriers, the F-117Ns would provide the fleet with an interim stealthy precision attack capability. Ultimately, the proposal was rejected in part because the high cost of the A-12 program had left no funds for other Navy attack aircraft programs. IOC for the F-117N would have been 2000. The F-117N differed from the F-117A Nighthawk in having larger wing panels, which folded, as well as a tail hook. More powerful GE F412 engines would have compensated for increased empty weight of the aircraft. Avionics would have been similar to the Nighthawk, but updated slightly with the addition of GPS. The stealth features would have been incrementally improved as well. An Enhanced Capability Version was also proposed with an enlarged weapons bay (doubling capacity) and a Ku-Band radar, probably LPI. (Evidently Lockheed engineers had never heard of the SH-60B Seahawk, so they proposed the naval variation of "Nighthawk." I like my idea better.)

WEAPONS LOADS: Max. Payload: 2270 kg

Hardpoint Location:		INT1	.
Rating (kg):		1135	.
Ordnance	Weight	.	Notes
GBU-16 Paveway II	202	O	-
AGM-154 JSOW	485	O	-
Mk83 1000 lb bomb	447	-	-
GBU-29 JDAM	1023	O	-
Mk84 2000 lb bomb	894	-	-
Inertially aided bomb	-	O	-
GBU-27	-	0	-
Mk82 500 lb bomb	259	O	-
AGM-84 Harpoon	526	O	(special folding-fin version)

Aircraft Hardpoints: Aircraft hardpoints are provided in symmetrical pairs except for internal (INT) and centerline positions (CL), which are single. Ordnance are mounted in pairs (but may be fired singly) on UW and FUS hardpoints, with the associated double payload weight.

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