Dassault Super Etendard Aircraft Data
The Dassault-Breguet Super Etendard is a French carrier-borne strike fighter aircraft designed for service with the French Navy.
The Super Etendard is a greatly revised Etendard IVM, with Atar 8K50 engine, new wing, and updated avionics including Agave radar. A single prototype was built, followed by 71 production jets for the France Navy (Aeronavale) and 14 for the Argentine Navy, for a total of 86 jets.
Super Étendard Modernisé (SEM) in the France Navy were upgraded consecutively through four "Standards" to provide such features as improved avionics, including Anemone radar and a new RWR
The Super Etendard is a greatly revised Etendard IVM, with Atar 8K50 engine, new wing, and updated avionics including Agave radar. A single prototype was built, followed by 71 production jets for the France Navy (Aeronavale) and 14 for the Argentine Navy, for a total of 86 jets.
Super Étendard Modernisé (SEM) in the France Navy were upgraded consecutively through four "Standards" to provide such features as improved avionics, including Anemone radar and a new RWR
- Country of Origin: France
- First Flight: 1974
- Initial Service Date: 1978
- No. Built: 86
- No. In Service: 60 (approx.)
- No. of Hardpoints: 4
- Crew: 1
Power:
1× SNECMA Atar 8K-50 turbojet at 11.000 lbf
Weapons:
Guns: 2× 30 mm (1.18 in) DEFA 552 cannons with 150 rounds per gun
Rockets: 2× Matra rocket pods with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets each
Missiles: 2× AM-39 Exocets; 2× AS-30L
Bombs: 2,100 kg (4,600 lb) of payload on four external hardpoints
Rockets: 2× Matra rocket pods with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets each
Missiles: 2× AM-39 Exocets; 2× AS-30L
Bombs: 2,100 kg (4,600 lb) of payload on four external hardpoints
Dimensions:
| Length: | 45 ft. 10 in. |
| Wing Span: | 31 ft. 6 in. |
| Wing Area: | 312 ft. |
| Height: | 12 ft. 4 in. |
| Empty Weight: | 14,200 lbs |
| Max. Weight: | 25,300 lbs |
Performance:
| Max. Speed: | 733 mph |
| Service Ceiling: | 44,900 ft. |
| Normal Range: | 460 nm |
| Max. Range: | 2,200 nm |
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