2024年9月15日 · Both Super Tomcat 21 iterations saw the use of upgraded GE-F110-129 turbofan engines, in keeping with the Navy’s ongoing efforts (at the time) to replace the troubled Pratt & Whitney TF30 in ...

2019年12月1日 · Remember that the last new-build Tomcat had rolled off the Bethpage, New York production line in 1992, so it’s not like the F-14 inventory was long in the tooth or its production line had gone cold for an extensive period of time when the Super Tomcat 21 was being considered. Grumman F-14 Super Tomcat 21 model.

The Attack Super Tomcat 21 (AST-21) version was the last proposed Super Tomcat design and was meant to be a more attack-oriented version of the ST-21 with possibly an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar from the canceled A-12 attack aircraft. The (A)ST-21 was to be able to be rebuilt from existing F-14 airframes. [152] [153]

2022年2月20日 · ‘The Super Tomcat 21, just like the Super Hornet, would have been a virtually complete redesign of the original with modern technology replacing the old and troublesome 1960’s tech. Included in that would have been fly-by-wire and reduced static stability (i.e., it would have turned even better than it already did) plus it would have had ...

2024年11月18日 · Performance Advantages Despite budgetary issues, the Super Tomcat 21 design promised performance advantages that might have provided the Navy with a highly effective air superiority fighter.The proposed F110-GE-429 engines, generating around 30,000 pounds of thrust with afterburner, would have enabled the aircraft to supercruise without …

2024年10月7日 · Super Tomcat 21: The Advanced Jet That Could Have Outperformed the Super Hornet. Designed to incorporate the air combat experience learned during the Vietnam War, the Grumman F-14 was the first of ...

2024年9月22日 · “The Super Tomcat 21 would be a modification of the original F-14 design and it was to feature GE-F110-129 motors that would allow the Tomcat to super-cruise (achieve Mach 1+ without using ...

The Super Tomcat-21 was a promising upgrade to the F-14 that could have ensured no gaps formed in the defenses of carrier groups. However, these warbirds were not cheap.

Why the Super Tomcat 21 Was Not To Be: Designed to incorporate the air combat experience learned during the Vietnam wᴀʀ, the Grumman F-14 was the first of the American “Teen Series” fіɡһteг jets that would include the F-15 Eagle, F-16 fіɡһtіпɡ Falcon, and the F/A-18 Hornet. During its three decades in service with […]

2023年5月12日 · But the Super Tomcat in theory could have done for the original what the F-15EX is now doing for the original Eagle, what the F-16V is doing for the original Fighting Falcon, or what the Super Hornet did for the original Hornet.. So how would the Super Tomcat have improved upon the original? For starters, the Super ‘Cat 21 eliminated the “glove vanes” that …