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The Aetherdyne Ae-16 Fuyuhana is a Pelinese carrier-capable, twin-engine, all-weather strike fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by Pelinese aerospace bureau Aetherdyne. The Fuyuhana was developed to provide fleet defense and sea attack capabilities for aircraft carriers of the Royal Pelinese Navy, and is the standard tactical fighter aircraft of the Royal Pelinese Navy Air Service. Low-rate production of the type is ongoing as new airframes cycle in upgraded technology or replace planes lost to accidents, and over 800 airframes of all variants have been produced as of August 2023.
The Fuyuhana was the first fixed-wing naval aircraft to be designed in Pelinai and the first to be operated by the Royal Pelinese Navy, with it taking its first flight in 2004 and receiving full adoption in 2009 alongside the newly commissioned KPF Pelograd. Various upgrade packages targeting electronics systems and other areas have allowed the Fuyuhana to maintain technological parity and resolve technical problems present in initial production models, and the type is expected to remain in active RPNAS service well into the 2070s.
The Ae-16 Fuyuhana is significantly more advanced than preceding Pelinese aircraft designs in materials, processing and assembly technologies, electronics & sensors technologies, sensor signature minimization, and many other areas, and its introduction into service represents an enormous increase in combat capability and flexibility for the Royal Pelinese Navy. Its combination of extended combat radius, high weapons payload capacity, advanced search and fire control sensors, and minimized sensor signature allows RPN carrier air wings to effectively threaten modern aircraft, surface combatants, and ground forces operated by peer adversaries, while upgrades made to it over its service life have eliminated early production problems, improved whole-aircraft reliability and mission availability, and implemented new electronic and other mission systems. (Full article...)