![]() ![]() The F-14B and the F-14D have two General Electric F110-GE-400 turbofan engines rated at 72kN and 120kN with afterburn. The Super Tomcat has a Raytheon AN/ALR-67(V)4 radar warning system and BAE Systems Information & Electronic Warfare Systems (IEWS) (formerly Sanders) AN/ALQ-126 jammer. The aircraft is equipped with the BAE Systems Integrated Defense Solutions (formerly Tracor) and Lockheed Martin AN/ALE-39 and AN/ALE-29 chaff, flare and decoy dispensers. To supplement TARPS, US Navy F-14s were also fitted with a fast tactical imagery (FTI) line-of-sight system for targeting and reconnaissance. ![]() The pod is equipped with a digital imaging system for the transmission of near real-time imagery to the aircraft carrier command centre via a secure UHF radio data link. The F-14 carries a tactical air reconnaissance pod system (TARPS), which carries a recon / optical KS-87B forward or vertical frame camera, a low-altitude panoramic view KA-99 camera together with a Lockheed Martin AN/AAD-5 infrared linescanner. “The F-14 is armed with a General Electric Vulcan M61A-1 20mm gun.” The F-14D is equipped with a Raytheon AN/APG-71 digital multimode radar, which provides non-cooperative target identification, and incorporates low sidelobe techniques and enhanced frequency agility. A Lockheed Martin infrared search and track system is installed in a sensor pod under the nose. The navigation pod also contains a FLIR and terrain-following radar. The LANTIRN targeting pod includes a dual field of view FLIR and a laser designator / rangefinder. In 1995, the US Navy installed the Lockheed Martin LANTIRN precision strike navigation and targeting pod on the F-14. The first operational deployment of a precision-guided JDAM from an F-14 was in March 2003. The F-14D can carry four joint direct attack munitions (JDAM). The F-14 can carry up to six Phoenix missiles and is capable of firing the missiles almost simultaneously at six different targets. Raytheon AIM-54 Phoenix is a long-range air-to-air missile with range of 150km. Lockheed Martin / Raytheon AIM-9 Sidewinder is a short-range air-to-air missile with range of 8km. The Raytheon AIM-7 Sparrow is a medium-range radar-guided air-to-air missile with range of 45km. The aircraft can carry the short, medium and long-range air-to-air missiles AIM-9, AIM-7 and AIM-54, and air-to-ground ordnance including the Rockeye bomb and CBU cluster bombs. The aircraft has eight hardpoints for carrying ordnance, four on the fuselage, and two each side under the fixed section of the wings. ![]()
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