The majority of these pylons, both on the baseline and stealthed variants, support long-range AAMs in addition to glide bombs in the form of SDBs. The fully-stealthed Black Wasp can also carry one extra missile in its internal bay. Like the UCAV Sentinel, the Black Wasp has a retractable tailhook that can be lowered or raised to assist in performing carrier landings, and can have its wings folded to allow for easier storage and transportation aboard aircraft carriers.Ĭompared to the CSAT To-201, the Black Wasp is slightly better when it comes to avionics and Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air combat.
Note the barely retracted tailhook at the rear of the fuselage.
Landing on the flight deck of the USS Freedom. The designator can be used to provide self-designation capability when used in-conjunction with guided munitions like the GBU-12. The outermost wing pylons (11-12) only support:īoth variants of the Black Wasp also have targeting cameras with integrated laser designators that are located in the EOTS module just beneath the cockpit/nose.The centre pylon on both wings (9-10) support:.NOTE: The following pylons only apply to the minimal-stealth variant of the Black Wasp: Minimally-stealthed F/A-181 pylon configuration The final two outermost ventral pylons (3-6) only support:.The other two ventral pylons directly next to the centre pylons (4-5) support:.The two ventral-mounted pylons closest to the centre in the internal bays (7-8) support:.The two small side-mounted internal bays (1-2) support:.The Black Wasp's twelve (eight for the stealth variant) pylons all support dynamic loadouts. It has both conventional and fully-stealthed variants the latter can only store up to eight weapons internally and does not have any external hard points.īy default, the Black Wasp is armed with a 20 mm minigun that is loaded with 450 rounds of high-explosive (HE) ammunition.
The Black Wasp is a twin-engined stealth fighter that uses a clipped delta wing design with a reverse sweep on the rear.
This is a premium asset that requires ownership of the Jets DLC. Additional external hardpoints allow this aircraft to carry a large variety of weapons configurations. This aircraft is fitted with required equipment for carrier operations. The aircraft was designed primarily as an air superiority fighter, but also has ground attack capabilities. The F/A-181 Black Wasp II is a fifth-generation, single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter aircraft.
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