Comparison of the competing aircraft

Eurofighter F-16IN F/A-18E/F MiG-35

Aircraft: Rafale JAS 39 NG(IN)
Typhoon Fighting Falcon Super Hornet Fulcrum-F
Germany
Italy
Country of origin: France Spain United States United States Sweden Russia
United
Kingdom
Eurofighter
Manufacturer: Dassault Aviation Lockheed Martin Boeing IDS Saab RAC-MiG
GmbH
15.27 m 15.96 m 15.03 m 18.31 m 14.1 m 19 m
Length:
(50.1 ft) (52 ft 5 in) (49 ft 3 in) (60 ft 1¼ in) (46 ft 3 in) (62 ft 4 in)
10.80 m 10.95 m 10.0 m 13.62 m 8.4 m 15 m
Wingspan:
(35.4 ft) (35 ft 11 in) (32 ft 8 in) (44 ft 8½ in) (27 ft 7 in) (49 ft 3 in)
5.34 m 5.28 m 5.09 m 4.88 m 4.5 m 6m
Height:
(17.4 ft) (17 ft 4 in) (16 ft 7 in) (16 ft) (14 ft 9 in) (19 ft 8 in)
45.7 m² 50.0 m² 27.9 m² 46.0 m² 30.0 m² 38.0 m²
Wing Area:
(492 ft²) (538 ft²) (300 ft²) (500 ft²) (323 ft²) (409 ft²)
9,060 kg 11,000 kg 8,936 kg 13,864 kg 6,820 kg 15,000 kg
Empty weight:
(20,000 lb) (24,250 lb) (19,700 lb) (30,564 lb) (15,040 lb) (33,069 lb)
Max takeoff weight 24,500 kg 23,500 kg 21,772 kg 29,932 kg 16,000 kg 29,000 kg
(MTOW): (54,000 lb) (51,809 lb) (48,000 lb) (66,000 lb) (35,300 lb) (50,076 lb)
2× SNECMA 1× GE F110-GE- 2× GE F414-GE- 2× Klimov RD-
Powerplant: 2× Eurojet EJ200 1× GE F414G
M88-2 132 400 33MK
Thrust: 50 kN each 60 kN each 84 kN 62 kN each 62.5 kN 62.5 kN each
• Dry Thrust: (11,250 lbf) (13,500 lbf) (19,000 lbf) (14,000 lbf) (14,030 lbf) (14,030 lbf)
75 kN each 90 kN each 144 kN 98 kN each 98 kN 88.3 kN
• Afterburner Thrust:
(17,000 lbf) (20,250 lbf) (32,500 lbf) (22,000 lbf) (22,000 lbf) each (19,800 lbf)
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Fuel: • Internal 4,700 kg 4,996 kg 3,265 kg
• External 7,500 kg 5,880 kg
Maximum speed: Mach 1.8+ Mach 2.0+ Mach 2.05 Mach 1.8 Mach 2.0 Mach 2.25
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• At Sea Level (2.34) (Mach 800 KCAS (Mach 1.2 Mach 1.2
 1.2 Supercruise) supercruise[48])
Ferry range:
• Unrefueled: 2,000 km
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• Extl. Tanks 3,790 km 3,054 km 4,075 km 3,200 km
Combat Radius: 1,800 km 1,390 km 1,700 km 2,346 km
17,000 m 19,812 m 15,239 m 15,000 m 15,000 m 17,500 m
Service ceiling:
(55,000 ft) (65,000 ft) (49,997 ft) (50,000 ft) (50,000 ft) (57,400 ft)
305 m/s 315 m/s 254 m/s 300 m/s
Rate of climb:
(60,000 ft/min) (62,000 ft/min) (50,000 ft/min) (60,000 ft/min)
Thrust/weight: 1.13 1.18 0.93 1.06 1.1
Weapons Load: 9,500 kg 7,000 kg 6,500 kg 8,000 kg 5,500 kg 7,000 kg
External Stations:** 14 (5 'wet') 13 11 (3 'wet') 11 (5) 9
May be fitted with
Thrust vectoring: None None None None None
thrust vectoring
GB£61.5 million
€48 million US$60
Unit cost: €88.4 million US$58 million US$47.5 million US$38.5 million
US$67.2 million million[citation needed]
US$122.5 million