The Valruzian Economist || Economic News From ValruziaREGLAIR AND VALRUZIAN ARMAMENTS GROUP UNVEIL THEIR NEWEST DESIGNS AS WORKS ON "EAGLE" PROGRAMME BEGINNowogard,
May 4352NOWOGARD - The "Eagle" Programme is getting closer with every day, and the defense industry, mainly Reglair and the Valruzian Armaments Group felt that it is time to unveil their newest designs which the Ministry of National Defense might be interested while preparing the orders for new equipment for the National Forces of Defense. According to sources from the Ministry, the Air Defense Forces are going to be equipped with strategic bombers, new basic fighter jet which will replace the aging M-14 "Frogs", as well as numerous defense systems to make the Valruzian Air Force better equipped with means to protect Valruzia and its allies. The Valruzian Economist estimates that the total value of the deals within the "Eagle" Programme may exceed 50 billion Pesos.
Reglair i104 Strategic Bomber in flight over Gryfit Voivodeship.
Reglair was the first to roll out its newest design to the daylight and during a specially held event in its Brzansk Factory showed the press and spectators its three newest planes, including one strategic supersonic bomber, and two fighter jets. The strategic bomber called i101 is Reglair's first design of this type and according to the company will perfectly fit the need of the Valruzian air force which currently does not have any unit of this type. The plane is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing heavy bomber powered by four powerful turbofan Reglair's engines allowing it to reach a maximum cruising speed of 1.9 Mach (~2.300 km/h) and carrying 56 tonnes of payload in a 5.5 thousand nautical miles combat radius. Reglair announced that the plane applies to the requirements set out by the Ministry of National Defense and can successfully carry out operations over the whole Seleyan continent and reach the continents of Artania and Majatra, thanks to the in-flight refueling system installed on the plane. The plane uses Reglair's newest avionics and navigation systems and according to the company the plane is very user-friendly and fully-automated (i101 features glass-cockpit, state of the art fly-by-wire system, adaptive head-up-displays for both pilots which eliminate the need for the presence of navigator - i101 has a crew of just 3 - 2 pilots and 1 mechanic). Reglair intends to implement similar systems in all its future military planes, and already has done so in the two fighter jets presented simultaneously with the i101. Brzansk-based aviation giant set the price for one plane at 380 million pesos for one unit. Sources associated with MOND announced that the government may place an order for up to 30 planes of this type.
Reglair's two i215 - company's newest fighter jet during tests ove the South Ocean and Gryfit Voivodeship.
During the presentation in Brzansk, the press and spectators were also presented with the company's newest fighter jet. The i215 which, according to Reglair is capable of replacing the aging M14's in the PSO, and will perfectly complete the needs of the Valruzian air force. Reglair visibly based it on WZL's M24 "Lynx" hence the similar design of both planes. i215 is a twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter aircraft aimed at gaining and remaining air superiority. It is powered by two afterburning turbofan engines designed by Reglair. Engines used on i215 are similar to the ones used on the i101 bomber. Its powerful engines allow it to reach maximum speeds of 2.5 Mach (2.700 km/h). i215 is expected to cost up to 30 million Pesos per one plane. If MOND were to replace the aging M14s, the process would most likely be carried out in stages in which all of the 160 Frogs would be sold or scrapped and replaced with i215s. The plane is characterized by the large percentage of composites used in its design and is equipped with state of the art A215R radar which was specially designed by Reglair in cooperation with Brzansk Arms to create a radar to be operated at speeds exceeding 2.0 Mach at all altitudes and also outside the visibility range of the pilot. The i215 is equipped with a 20 mm rotary canon firing bullets at speeds of 6.5 thousand bullets per minute. The canon V20 "
Wampir" is also a new design from Reglair which is intending to use it in its future designs. Thanks to plane's modularity and relatively easy maintenance it is expected to successfully defend the territory of Valruzia and its allies.
Reglair's i210 - close air support and ground attack plane.
The third and last plane presented by Reglair was the i210 - close air support and ground attack straight wing aircraft, powered by two turbofan engines, the same used in Reglair's smallest passenger airliner the i1. It is Reglair's alternative for P1 Wolverine (small, turbo-prop close air support plane) and the company hopes that the PSO will find many uses for the plane especially as the Valruzian air force currently lacks the plane of this type in its fleet. It is exceptionally equipped with a 30 mm V30 "
Demon"cannon designed simultaneously with the V20 "
Wampir" but accordingly to the Brzansk giant, it will be only fitted on the i210. With engines of this kind fitted on the plane the maximum speed of this unit is only 870 km/h which according to Reglair is enough to provide close air support and carry out attacks on ground aims. Reglair announced that the plane will come with a price tag of 20 million per plane. Sources affiliated with MOND informed that the "Eagle" Programme could include as much as 60 i210 planes.