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It was actively considered in the late 70s into some of the HSA designs (e.g. 1202). Large mass flow meant bigger, heavier aircraft, but it was evaluated to be lower cost due to the lower cost propulsion system (lower temps and pressures)Since this previous thread, then there's been more info on historical Jaguar developments (e.g. in Gibson's Typhoon to Typhoon), or in what I assume we're the source documents used for this. Variants with a single RB.199 (e.g. EAG8662) looked really attractive in terms of performance (roughly double the range, half the take off distance) and cost (similar UPC to basic Jaguar), and feasibility (potentially just rear fuselage change, built on existing jigs)This feels like a pretty sensible answer to AST.396 (along with AIM-9L/ASRAAM and later HMS for the A2A side) and about 30 years earlier than Typhoon.
It was actively considered in the late 70s into some of the HSA designs (e.g. 1202). Large mass flow meant bigger, heavier aircraft, but it was evaluated to be lower cost due to the lower cost propulsion system (lower temps and pressures)
Since this previous thread, then there's been more info on historical Jaguar developments (e.g. in Gibson's Typhoon to Typhoon), or in what I assume we're the source documents used for this. Variants with a single RB.199 (e.g. EAG8662) looked really attractive in terms of performance (roughly double the range, half the take off distance) and cost (similar UPC to basic Jaguar), and feasibility (potentially just rear fuselage change, built on existing jigs)
This feels like a pretty sensible answer to AST.396 (along with AIM-9L/ASRAAM and later HMS for the A2A side) and about 30 years earlier than Typhoon.
