North American A-5 Vigilante - Specifications (A-5A Vigilante)

Specifications (A-5A Vigilante)

Data from North American Rockwell A3J (A-5) Vigilante, Combat Aircraft since 1945

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 76 ft 6 in (23.32 m)
• Wingspan: 53 ft 0 in (16.16 m)
• Height: 19 ft 4¾ in (5.91 m)
• Wing area: 700 ft² (65.1 m²)
• Empty weight: 32,714 lb (14,870 kg)
• Loaded weight: 47,530 lb (21,605 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 62,953 lb (28,615 kg)
• Powerplant: 2 × General Electric J79-GE-8 afterburning turbojets
  • Dry thrust: 10,900 lbf (48 kN) each
  • Thrust with afterburner: 17,000 lbf (76 kN) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: Mach 2.0 (1,149 knots, 1,320 mph, 2,123 km/h) at 40,000 ft (12,200 m)
• Combat radius: 1,121 nmi (1,289 mi, 2,075 km)
• Ferry range: 1,571 nmi (1,807 mi, 2,909 km)
• Service ceiling: 52,100 ft (15,880 m)
• Rate of climb: 8,000 ft/min (40.6 m/s)
• Wing loading: 80.4 lb/ft² (308.3 kg/m²)
• Thrust/weight: 0.72

Armament

• Bombs:
  
  • 1× Mark 27 nuclear bomb, B28 or B43 freefall nuclear bomb in internal weapons bay
  • 2× B43, Mark 83, or Mark 84 bombs on two external hardpoints

Avionics
Systems carried by A-5 or RA-5C

• AN/ASB-12 Bombing & Navigation Radar (A-5, RA-5C)
• Westinghouse AN/APD-7 SLAR (RA-5C)
• Sanders AN/ALQ-100 E/F/G/H-Band Radar Jammer (RA-5C)
• Sanders AN/ALQ-41 X-Band Radar Jammer (A-5, RA-5C)
• AIL AN/ALQ-61 Radio/Radar/IR ECM Receiver (RA-5C)
• Litton ALR-45 "COMPASS TIE" 2-18 GHz Radar Warning Receiver (RA-5C)
• Magnavox AN/APR-27 SAM Radar Warning Receiver (RA-5C)
• Itek AN/APR-25 S/X/C-Band Radar Detection and Homing Set (RA-5C)
• Motorola AN/APR-18 Electronic Reconnaissance System (A-5, RA-5C)
• AN/AAS-21 IR Reconnaissance Camera (RA-5C)