MAIN FEATURES
Pratt and Whitney YF119 afterburning turbofans
All moving tailplane
V-tail with 50º outward cant
Main landing gear units from F/A-18
Nose gear from F-15
Underwing inlets
curving upwards
and inwards to
shield compressor
faces from radar
Pitot head (flush
sensors proposed
for production
aircraft
Boundary layer spill covers
All-moving tailplane
Trapezoidal wing planform with 40º
leading edge and trailing edge sweep
Thermally-lined
exhaust duct
Variable area
afterburning
nozzle flap
APU
exhausts
Large, rear-hinged
bubble canopy
Single-piece,
wraparound
windshield
IFR receptacle
ACES II
zero-zero
ejector
seat
Pitot
Engine 'bread loaf' nacelles
Flaperon
Aileron
Pronounced nose/fuselage chine
Leading edge flaps
Quad-redundant FCS
(flight control system)
Large ventral weapons bay
Porous BLC
to intakes
YF-23 Dem/Val (Demonstration/Evaluation) Second prototype
Blended wing/body for low
radar cross section (RCS)
Internal weapons bay
General Electric YF120 afterburning turbofans
Revised
variable area
afterburning
nozzle flap
YF-23 Dem/Val (Demonstration/Evaluation) first prototype used in ATF
(Advanced Tactical Fighter) competition
YF-23: 1
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