PROGRAMME: Remodeled version of the Stonewell/Bellcom VF-1 Valkyrie. Intended to be licensed by independent national factions within the United Nations with proprietary technologies incorporated by each. Because the design had a stretched elongated body compared to the VF-1 Valkyrie, the joints tended to slip slightly. As a result, only a few units were produced. Stonewell Bellcom (the division formed from the later merger of Stonewell and Bellcom) and Shinnakasu developed the VF-5000 from the VF-3000 design, and produced the VF-5000 after the companies' aerospace development divisions merged to form Shinsei Industry.
CUSTOMERS: Various national factions within the United Nations (planned).
DESIGN FEATURES: VG wing; VTOL capability.
Debut: Macross M3
Designer: Shoji Kawamori
Designation inspiration: Dassault Mirage 2000
Design inspiration: Initial designs for VF-3000 (Advanced Valkyrie), Stonewell Bellcom VF-1 Valkyrie
Note: Shoji Kawamori initially developed the VF-3000 in 1985 for the Advanced Valkyrie project, a Bandai model series that never saw mass production. At the time, Kawamori insisted that the project was not part of the Macross universe. However, he did say after its cancellation that the VF-3000 could be included in the Macross universe, if he could modify and finish its design first.
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