Global Aircraft -- F-15 ACTIVE

Primary Function:	experimental - Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles
Contractor:	McDonnell Douglas
Crew:	Two
Unit Cost:	N/A
Powerplant
	Two higher-thrust version Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 engines (with newly developed axisymmetric thrust-vectoring engine exhaust nozzles) rated at 29,000 lbs. of thrust each at full power
Dimensions
Length:	63.7 ft, excluding flight test nose boom
Wingspan:	42.8 ft
Canard span:	25.6 ft
Height:	18.5 ft - F-15
Weights
Empty:	35,000 lb
TOW:	47,000 lb
Performance
Speed:	Mach 2.0 (speeds limited to Mach 1.2)
Ceiling:	60,000 feet
Range:	N/A
Armament
	N/A

F-15 ACTIVE Achievements

The F-15 ACTIVE demonstrated the first supersonic yaw-vectoring flight
The F-15 ACTIVE demonstrated the first pitch and yaw thrust vectoring at speeds up to Mach 2
The F-15 ACTIVE was the first two-seat F-15 built by McDonnell Douglas

F-15 ACTIVE Photos