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Stavatti Javelin T-X

2017 5TH GENERATION MODERN AIRCRAFT X-PLANE

Stavatti Javelin T-X History

Javelin from Stavatti Aerospace, Minnesota, is another competitor in the USAF T-X competition, which is trying to find a replacement for the service's 55+ year old Northrop T-38 'Talon' advanced jet trainer. In total, the contract has the potential to cover around 350 to 400 aircraft, and combined with decades of long-term support for the product, the winner will be handsomely lucrative.

Other competitors in the program include Boeing with Sweden's Saab, Italy's Leonardo, Lockheed Martin with South Korea's KAI, Northrop Grumman with BAe Systems, Sierra Nevada with Turkey's TAI and Textron Aviation.

The Javelin is based on a two-seat commercial sport aircraft originally developed by Aerotech Group (ATG) in the late 1990s. The IAI (Israeli Aircraft Industry) finally commissioned a military version, which became the Javelin "Mk-30".

However, although some work on the prototype was completed and 151 prototypes of this type were ordered, the project failed and ATG ceased to exist until the late 2000s.

Javelin's design was later adopted by Stavatti Aerospace and announced as a contender for the USAF's T-X program. It retained the two-seat (tandem) unit configuration and carried two (so far) engines of unknown make, model and thrust. The engine is drawn in through small crescent-shaped air intakes located on the sides of the fuselage. Two vertical stabilizers are located at the rear of the aircraft, above the twin exhaust outlets.

The overall area of ??the main plane of the wing is small and is mounted lower along the sides of the fuselage. Horizontal planes are also traditionally located aft. Aside from the obvious physical design cues, Javelin's interior reinforces the rigors of 9G flight.

The plane can travel at speeds in excess of 1,000 miles per hour (or about Mach 1.36).

Currently (April 2017) Stravatti is trying to bring in a bigger defender to push its Javelin product for the T-X.