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Designation:

EC-12 Eagle Airborne Warning and Control Aircraft (EC-12A, -12C)

I. Dimensions:

II. Type:

• Design: Boeing Aerospace and Hughes Aircraft.
• Builders: Boeing Aerospace
• Airborne Early Warning and Control System
  • Crew
  • 2 Pilots
  • 2 Weapons controllers, to support other mecha in theater
  • Surveillance controller
  • 2 Surveillance operators manning the surveillance center
  • 1 Communications operator
  • 2  Equipment technicians

III. Service History:

• EC-12A: Served with the RDF Space Navy, Navy, and Air Force from 2049 until replaced by the EC-12C.
• EC-12C: Served with the RDF Space Navy, Navy, and Air Force from 2055 until replaced by the EC-15.

IV. Propulsion:

Engines

• 2 x Nakajima JG-118 Fusion plasma-air/reaction mass intermix turbines. Max thrust, 353 kN each.
• Assorted small reaction thrusters and gyroscopes for all environment maneuvers, attitude adjustment, and stability.

Powerplant

(EC-12A)

• 2 x RRD-2 Miniaturized fusion-cell energizer providing electrical power to the mecha.  Maximum output, 1800 kW each

(EC-12C)

• 2 x RRD-3 Miniaturized fusion-cell energizer providing electrical power to the mecha.  Maximum output, 2500 kW each

Fuel Capacity:

• 24 Standard Canisters of Reaction Mass
• 380.6 liters D2O reactant for the fusion engines

V. Performance:

VI. Electronics:

Radar System:

(EC-12A)

• Hughes AN/APG-157 X-Band, spherical pulse-Doppler, providing long-range detection and tracking of targets at all altitudes.
• General Electric AN/APY-12 very-long-range wideband surveillance radar with rotary 12m radome, mounted to plane's fuselage. This radar is capable of providing pulse Doppler (with and without elevation scan), beyond the horizon, side-looking synthetic aperture radar (SLAR), interleaved and passive modes. 
• Westinghouse AN/APX-16 IFF secondary surveillance transponder.

(EC-12C)

• Hughes AN/APG-182 X-Band, spherical pulse-Doppler, providing long-range detection and tracking of targets at all altitudes.
• Hughes AN/APY-15 very-long-range wideband surveillance radar with rotary 12m radome, mounted to plane's fuselage. This radar is capable of providing pulse Doppler (with and without elevation scan), beyond the horizon, side-looking synthetic aperture radar (SLAR), interleaved and passive modes. 
• Westinghouse AN/APX-18 IFF secondary surveillance transponder.

Optical tracking:

(EC-12A)

• Phillips AN/DOS-3400 multi-band digital camera system, for medium range traversable UV, infra-red imaging and optical band detection and tracking;
• Thomson AN/LT-7 multi-frequency laser ranger and designator.
• Zeiss AN/TS-5 long range telescopic array for IR spectrum (FLIR).

(EC-12C)

• Kodak AN/DOS-4200 multi-band digital camera system, for medium range traversable UV, infra-red imaging and optical band detection and tracking;
• Thomson AN/LT-9 multi-frequency laser ranger and designator.
• Zeiss AN/TS-7 long range telescopic array for IR spectrum (FLIR).

Tactical Electronic Warfare System (TEWS):

(EC-12A)

• Loral AN/ALR-28 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)
• Phillips AN/AIR-19 Infra-red Warning Receiver (IRWR)
• Grumman AN/QRJ-11 Infra-red Jammer
• General Electric AN/ALQ-274(V) bandwidth-tunable, frequency-agile active radar jammer
• Marconi AN/ALA-155 COMINT Pulse Analyzing Receiver
• Westinghouse AN/QRC-131 Infra-red Counter Measures (IRCM)
• Thomson AN/ASD-72 signal detector/receiver
• Expendable jammer dispenser
• Tracor AN/ALE-16 Chaff/Flare Dispensers    
• Westinghouse AN/AMJ-6 Active Missile Jammers
• Multiple HF through S-band antennas.

(EC-12C)

• Loral AN/ALR-33 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)
• Loral AN/AIR-22 Infra-red Warning Receiver (IRWR)
• Grumman AN/QRJ-14 Infra-red Jammer
• General Electric AN/ALQ-282(V) bandwidth-tunable, frequency-agile active radar jammer
• Marconi AN/ALA-160 COMINT Pulse Analyzing Receiver
• Westinghouse AN/QRC-135 Infra-red Counter Measures (IRCM)
• Thomson AN/ASD-75 signal detector/receiver
• Expendable jammer dispenser
• Tracor AN/ALE-16 Chaff/Flare Dispensers    
• Westinghouse AN/AMJ-8 Active Missile Jammers
• Multiple HF through S-band antennas.

VII. Armaments:

• None.

VIII. Armor:

The armor on the EC-12 is a low-mass lunarium tungsten composite plating that is the standard for most Terran mecha. Aside from the good protection provided against projectiles, missiles, and other kinetic weapons, this armor is also resistant to plasma globes (annihilation discs), lasers, and fair against, particle guns too, owing to the fact that the armor can flake off and evaporate in layers under fire from such high-energy weapons, taking much of the weapon's energy and converting it into the latent heat of sublimation in the armor. The armor stops all small arms fire, and has good resistance to all weapons commonly mounted on combat mecha.

The Eagle provides full protection from nuclear, biological, and chemical hazards, using an overpressure environment activated by radiation and hazardous chemical sensors, or manually when biological warfare conditions are anticipated. The internal consumables supplies can provide atmosphere for six days maximum.

IX. Development:

Layout adapted from Robotech Reference Guide

Content by Jeffrey R. Spillner
Copyright © 1998-2001 Jeffrey R. Spillner

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