A-12 Avenger II

Specifications
Function	Carrier-based land-attack
Contractor	General Dynamics Corporation, Fort Worth, Texas McDonnell Aircraft Company, St. Louis, Missouri
Unit Cost	$96.2 million per aircraft - January 1990 estimate
Propulsion	Two General Electric F412-400 non-afterburning turbofan engines
Thrust	each developing approximately 13,000 pounds of thrust
Length	37 feet 3.0 inches
Wingspan	70 feet 3.2 inches 36 feet 3.2 inches with wings folded
Wing Area	1,308 square feet
Height	11 feet 3.4 inches 12 feet 6.2 inches with wings folded
Empty Weight	39,000 pounds
Maximum Takeoff Weight	80,000 pounds
Ceiling
Speed	580 mph at sea level
Combat Radius	920 miles
Crew	Two
Armament	Up to two AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) Up to two High Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM) Planned to accommodate a full range of air-to-ground ordnance including the MK 82 and "smart" weapons.
Avionics	Westinghouse AN/APQ-183 Multimode Radar IBM Mission Control Computer with VHSIC (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit) technology Kaiser wide field of view holographic Head Up Display (HUD) Kaiser Multifunction Display (MFD) screens (7) General Electric IRSTS (Infrared Search and Track System) Integrated Electronic Warfare System AN/ALD-I I ESM (Electronic Surveillance Module) set
Date Deployed	cancelled by the Department of Defense on 5 January 1991
First flight	scheduled for December 1990 [as of April 1990] cancelled by the Department of Defense on 5 January 1991
Inventory	1990 Major Aircraft Review reduced planned buy from 858 to 620

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A-12 Avenger II