That is an interesting concept, Peter.
So, as I understand: take out the fan, so you don't need (or probably want) the moving rear nozzle or the roll posts or their ducts. In UK terms that makes it land based? Install a massive generator powered by the fan take-off shaft. Install the big laser and ancilliary equipment in the hole. Re-write the FCS software. Add the aiming system. Add a dome top and bottom for coverage, presumably at risk to the stealth properties. Probably a hundred other things if I think about it. Or are you talking about using the same space forward of the engine in the other models?
Is it now a special mission platform or the new CTOL D(L) Model?
I'd like to hear more about the F-15 version version too. I can see the big ac as a likely platform first.
Last edited by Courtney Mil; 9th Oct 2015 at 23:22.