CFA-17 Sekirei/Schwalbe

Name: CFA-17 Sekirei/Schwalbe
Equipment Type: variable fighter
Government: Strategic Military Services (SMS)
Manufacturer: Shinsei Industry/Macross Frontier Arsenal Original Development/L.A.I.
Introduction: unknown.
Operational Deployment: 2059.
Accommodation: pilot plus passenger
Dimensions:
Battroid Mode: height 15.59 meters (includes beam guns); 14.53 meters (without beam guns).
Fighter Mode: wingspan 15.5 (fully extended); height 4.03 meters; length 18.72 meters.
GERWALK Mode: unknown.
Mass: empty 8.45 metric tons.
Structure: assumed space metal frame, SWAG energy converting armor
Power Plant: two Shinsei Industry/ P&W/ RR FF-4001A Stage III thermonuclear reaction turbine engines.
Propulsion: 2 x 2,060 kN (maximum thrust in space); many x P&W HMM-9 High maneuverability thrusters
Performance:
Fighter Mode: at 10,000 m Mach 5.2+, maximum speed due to heat-resistance limit of the fuselage.
Maximum Airframe Design Load: 28.8G at maximum acceleration for 130 seconds
Design Features: 3-mode variable transformation; variable geometry wing; boundary layer control (BLC); capable of attaining unassisted orbital velocity over an Earth-class planet; ISC (Inertia Store Converter): Shinsei Industry Macross Frontier Arsenal / LAI Company self-development specification ISC/TO21; active stealth system antennae; chaff/flare/smoke discharger system; thrust reverser equipped with three-dimensional maneuvering nozzles; cockpit designed for EX-Gear equipped pilot; AA/AS/SF-06 integrated radar (mounted in nose); linear actuators (provide faster electromagnetic transformation without contact between moving parts); fold communication guidance system; AP-SF-00 Aegis Pack Custom radome and ELINT hardware (improved for anti-Vajra use by L.A.I. Corporation using fold quartz, detects targets using fold waves instead of electromagnetic waves, can identify up to 2,048 targets simultaneously and guide long to medium-range missiles at 128 targets at the same time, controls a maximum of 6 x QF-4000 Ghost-series unmanned fighters without lag time at long distances using fold waves).
- Armament -
Guns:
1 x Bifors 180mm heavy gun pod (mounted ventral fuselage in Fighter mode, in arm manipulator for GERWALK/Battroid modes)
1 x standard bulletproof (anti-projectile) shield (mounted center rear dorsal fuselage in Fighter mode, mounted on arm in GERWALK/Battroid modes)
1 x pin-point barrier system
Bombs & Missiles:
6 x underwing hardpoints for anti-ship reaction missiles, fold speakers or other equipment.