YF-93A took part in USAF penetration fighter

fly-off (June/July 1950), competing against

Lockheed XF-90 and McDonnell XF-88A (won

by XF-88A, though procurement was

ultimately cancelled)

Upgraded landing gear

Conventional side-mounted

intakes replacing NACA inlets

Armament: 6 x 20 mm (.79 in) cannons with

230 rounds per gun in nose with under wing

provision for 2 x 454 kg (1,000 lb) bombs, and

either 16 x 127 mm (5 in)T-38 HVAR rockets or

8 x 127 mm (5 in) T-200 rockets

Prominent side-mounted intakes

A-1B gunsight

AN/APG-3 search radar installed

All-moving tailplane later installed

1 x Pratt & Whitney J48-P-6

afterburning turbojet

V-shaped windshield

Air data probe

Increased internal

fuel capacity

Designed to meet USAF

requirements for a long-

range, penetration fighter

to escort SAC bombers to

Soviet targets

Rearward sliding bubble canopy

Large ventral air brake

A-1B gunsight

Tailplane with no dihedral

Lower, more streamlined canopy

Large NACA style flush-fitting engine

inlets recessed in fuselage sides

New, longer, deeper/wider fuselage

to accommodate larger engine

Radome with provision for SCR-730

(AN/APG-3) search radar

Standard F-86A wings and tailplanes

Increased structural

weight

Pressurised cockpit

No area ruling to fuselage due to

design being frozen before NACA

data being released

Pitot

Small NACA side inlet

North American T-4E-1 ejector seat