Northrom QF-3000E Ghost

GOVERNMENT: U.N. GOVERNMENT

MANUFACTURER: NORTHROM

NORTHROM QF-3000E GHOST

COMMENT:
TYPE: UNS all-theater unmanned fighter-bomber.

PROGRAMME: The name "Ghost" passed on to the QF-3000E, a later extension of the Superbird series hypersonic lifting-body unmanned fighter bomber and thus much larger than the QF-2200 Ghost series. Deployed on ARMD class space carriers and on SDF-1 Macross; 270 deployed on ARMD-01, 120 on Macross.

VARIANTS:
QF-3000E: Standard version.

CUSTOMERS: UNS

DESIGN FEATURES: Blended lifting body, canard wing, overfuselage air intake, forward-looking main sensor, six large-bore cannons, internal missiles

FLYING CONTROLS: Two outward-canted vertical stabilizers, two downward-canted horizontal stabilizers on rear outboard mounts, upward-canted canard forward wing, central ventral fin, control surfaces blended into lifting body.

LANDING GEAR: Retractable tricycle undercarriage. One steerable nosewheel and twin coupled mainwheels retract rearward into fuselage. One arresting hook mounted under rear central fuselage.

POWER PLANT: Thermonuclear engine.

ACCOMMODATION: None.

AVIONICS: One forward-looking main sensor and numerous other sensors. AI system.

ARMAMENT: Six large-bore cannons mounted in left and right side of main fuselage. Eight missile launch bays with hatches mounted in left and right side of main fuselage.