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Close Air Support (CAS)
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THE SM-27 FOR CAS

The Machete is a Close Air Support (CAS) aircraft. Now under development, it is a ground attack aircraft
conceived for High Threat CAS where the aircraft is operating within or near a Surface to Air Missile
Engagement Zone (MEZ) and is threatened by anti-aircraft artillery, small arms fire, Man-Portable Surface
to Air Missiles (MANPADS) and enemy fighter aircraft. The Machete is the Air Asset component in the
CAS mission, that in two seat configurations can also serve as its own Forward Air Control (FAC) aircraft.

The Mission of CAS is to dispense lethal authority upon hostile targets that are in close proximity to
friendly surface forces. According to DoD JP 3-09.3 “CAS requires (the) detailed integration of each air
mission with the fire and movement of those (friendly) forces.” In satisfying a CAS mission there are three
components: the Surface Commander (whose intent is considered when executing the CAS mission), the
Controller (the representative of the Surface Commander who communicates directly with pilots of air
assets to direct air strikes in the tactical area) and the Air Asset (the fixed or rotary wing aircraft that deliv-
ers ordnance and other lethal mechanisms to target). The Machete is the Air Asset component of the
CAS mission. The two seat tandem Machete, including the SM-27T and SM-28T, can also serve as is
own Forward Air Control (FAC) aircraft by allowing a Controller who is in secure communication with the
Surface Commander the ability to direct the pilot from the rear seat of the aircraft.

In addition to CAS the Machete was also conceived

to address a variety of real Irregular Warfare (IW)
needs. The Machete enables air strikes directly at
core insurgent forces in the field, in training, and in
hiding. Particularly well-suited for low-level CAS,
FAC and COIN above dense jungle, desert, mari-
time, and rugged mountain environments with limit-
ed forward and ground support, Machete aircraft
will exhibit exemplary maneuverability, integrated
sensors, network centricity, electronic countermea-
sures, superior low-speed handling, short-field per-
formance, high maximum level speed, significant
external warload and reduced maintenance require-
ments. Designed to bridge A-10 capabilities while
succeeding A-1 Skyraider, A-37 Dragonfly and OV-
10 Bronco aircraft worldwide, the Machete is a
Superior Next-Generation Close Air Support,
Super-COIN and Precision Attack Aircraft.

How does the Machete deliver Superior CAS? It starts with the 30mm cannon. This weapon is extremely
effective and is the primary lethal mechanism of the A-10. The Machete is equipped with either the seven
barrel GAU-8/A or its four barrel lightweight derivative, the GAU-13/A located in a ventral weapons fairing.
With 1,000 rounds or more of ammunition (depending upon desired external warload), the SM-27 delivers
the same firepower as an A-10 resulting in an aircraft that is both a CAS platform and a tank killer. The
Machete is the only other attack aircraft in the world engineered to carry either the GAU-8/A or over
1,000 rounds of ammunition allowing for significant kill capacity over a long endurance.

With a 53 ft wingspan and eight external stores stations, four of which are rated to 2,500 lbs at a load fac-
tor of 7.5g, the Machete combines its 30mm gun with significant external weapons capacity. Able to carry
up to three times the warload of a Super Tucano ALX or up to 8,000 lbs of precision external weapons
with full fuel (10,000 lbs with 60% maximum fuel), the Machete offers a warload that exceeds that of any
production light attack aircraft. Able to carry the same external load that the A-10 carries in over 80% of
its missions, the Machete offers the weapons interface buses to carry precision smart and stand-off muni-
tions as well as iron bombs and rockets.

With a wing area greater than that of an F-16, the Machete invokes presence. Fully loaded at 30,000 lbs,
the useful load of an SM-27 is 3,095 lbs greater than the maximum takeoff weight of an Embraer A-29
Super Tucano ALX. In terms of useful load, the SM-27 could carry a fully armed A-29 aloft with over 2,000
lbs of fuel and 30mm ammunition to spare.

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In so doing, the Machete is in a category shared by few aircraft other than proven combat veterans. With
ample wing area equipped with leading edge slats and double slotted Fowler flaps, the Machete can fly
low and slow, operating at much lower airspeeds than an A-10 while offering a greater maximum level
speed than an A-29 or AT-6B.

Coupled with canard foreplanes, an all moving horizontal stabilizer and twin vertical tails, the Machete
has ample lifting and flight surfaces to afford a degree of supermaneuverability while ensuring that there
is sufficient damage tolerance to enable the aircraft to remain airborne despite damage or loss of any one
individual flight control surface. Controlled using a digital power-by-wire flight control system, not only
does the Machete have distributed, damage tolerant flight controls, but the aircraft is able to automatically
compensate for flight surface damage through differential deflection of undamaged control surfaces.

In terms of maneuverability, the aircraft’s wing loading varies from 50 lbs/sq ft at landing weight to 65
lbs/sq ft at clean takeoff, 71 lbs/sq ft at typical takeoff weight and nearly 85 lbs/sq ft at maximum gross
weight. Lower than the A-10 yet high enough to afford a high degree of stability while flying at low levels
in turbulent air, when coupled with double slotted Fowler Flaps the Machete can fly low and slow while
turning tighter than most competitors.

With respect to power, the SM-27 is equipped with the proven PW150, the same engine in the highly effi-
cient Bombardier Q400 regional airliner. Derated to 4,000 SHP and with growth potential to over 6,000
SHP, the Machete has the power where it is needed to carry greater loads, pull higher g’s in a sustained
turn, to takeoff in a shorter distance and to climb at very high rates of speed. With an industry leading
specific fuel consumption of 0.35 at cruise settings, with its large capacity internal fuel tank the Machete
has extraordinary endurance.

All of these aspects combine to address the three key factors necessary for an effective CAS aircraft in
today’s combat environment:

(1) Finding and Identifying Targets

(2) Acquiring and Killing Targets
(3) Surviving Enemy Surface to Air Defenses

This is critical as an attack aircraft must fly slow if it is to find and identify tanks as well as entrenched tac-
tical targets. The Machete, engineered for slow flight, is that aircraft.

While flying slow enough to find targets is critical, it is also essential to be able to acquire and engage tar-
gets quickly. This is where the Machete with its comprehensive sensor suite, combined with target acqui-
sition oriented avionics and displays, digitally controlled flight surfaces and highly effective 30mm cannon
and precision guided munitions shines. The Machete brings to bear the advanced sensor fusion and tar-
geting systems of a fifth generation fighter with the low speed survivability of an A-10 gun platform.

The integration of advanced electronics is perhaps

one aspect of the Machete that is overlooked. The
Machete family was conceived in an age of inte-
grated sensors and network centricity. The archi-
tectural backbone of the Machete is an integrated
network warfare environment from its secure data
links, to sensor processors to flat panel touch
screen display systems. While the Machete’s
architecture is flexible enough to allow the installa-
tion of off-the-shelf legacy avionics, the Machete
may be equipped with the most advanced sensors,
navigation, communication and EW suite depend-
ing upon customer desire. In so doing, the the
Machete itself is an enterprise weapon system
that can even operate autonomously as an non-
piloted weapon platform.

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The role of a CAS aircraft for the High Threat environment is, however, survival. Surviving Enemy Sur-
face-to-Air Defenses is what the Machete is about. As mentioned earlier, from a configurational stand-
point, the Machete is a three surface aircraft that can fly after loss of 1/3rd of it’s flight surfaces. If the tail
or canard is destroyed either may compensate for the loss of the other. Lose of significant wing area or
one vertical stabilizer will not disable the aircraft. The propeller, which is protected to some degree by twin
vertical stabilizers, is a robust, titanium foam metal sandwich structure designed to absorb impact while
maintaining a hardened surface that sustains a showering of FOD without tremendous degradation.

Looking directly at the Machete structure, the air-

craft is composed of damage tolerant aluminum
and titanium foam metal sandwich skins that are
known to provide superior ballistic protection.
Attached to a subframe of aluminum lithium and
titanium spars, longerons, frames and bulkheads,
the modular Machete is built from a structure that
offers inherent armor properties. To protect the
flight crew, each cockpit is built as an armored
module surrounded by a composite and titanium
foam metal sandwich bathtub conceptually similar
to that of the A-10. With over 500 lbs of advanced
flight crew specific armor the aircraft is designed
to survive significant small arms fire. Atop the
cockpit is a birdstrike resistant, rifle fire resistant
one inch thick hybrid polycarbonate canopy that
benefits from impact resistance technology devel-
oped by the AFRL.

While the Machete is designed to survive a hit, preventing a hit in the first place from surface launched
guided weapons is a primary facet of the Machete advantage. The SM-27 is engineered to be equipped
with organic, internal countermeasures including, comprehensive RWR, LWR, EW Jammers, standard
Chaff and Flare dispensers as well as Stavatti proprietary active ballistic countermeasures. In the years to
come this countermeasures suite will be expanded to include proprietary, cost plus optional directed ener-
gy self-protection systems. The Machete is an integrated Electronic Warfare platform that offers the inter-
nal volume, databuses and architecture to wield a comprehensive countermeasures suite.

Adding to mission capability of the Machete is its sensor suite. Owning a pusher configuration allows not
only the Machete to be produced in both propeller and jet driven variants, but also allows the aircraft to
benefit from nose mounted sensors. The Machete may be equipped with a variety of radars including the
Selex 500E AESA radar with Real Beam Ground Mapping, SpotSAR Radar Mapping, Track While Scan,
Sea Surface Search, Ground Moving Target Indication and the ability to track 20 targets while scanning.
Additional radar options also include the Lockheed APG-67 Multi-Mode radar with high resolution synthet-
ic aperture imaging. Combined with optional customized Terrain Following, the Machete may be equipped
with a very capable fire control and mapping system.

Non-radar equipped Machetes may feature a variety of electro-optical sensors including a FLIR Turret
nose module to accommodate a wide selection of EO sensor packages. To reduce aerodynamic penal-
ties, Stavatti will offer exclusive streamlined fairings with linear sensor ports to incorporate EO scanning
and tracking as well as laser target designation. Offering a variety of nose-mounted sensor packages,
additional micro EO turrets may be mounted to the empennage support booms and wingtip fairings to
provide wide area, 360° sensing.

The Machete is the proverbial Mudfighter. It gets low and slow and takes a tremendous amount of pun-
ishment to complete an unforgiving treacherous mission. Much of its life may be spent 50 to 500 feet off
the ground where novel features found in no other aircraft, including survivable titanium foam metal fuel
tanks, will make all the difference. The Machete combines those elements which have been demonstrat-
ed throughout the history of air warfare to result in an effective CAS platform while introducing features
aircrews wish had always been there. While many aircraft can perform a CAS mission, few ever find their
home there. The Machete will.

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Close Air Support

SM-27S Machete Attack
Anti-Armor
Basic Flyaway Cost: $15 Million Super COIN

Accommodation Avionics & Electronic Warfare

Crew Single Seat Radar AN/APG-67(V4) or AESA
Seating MB MK16L Ejection Seat HUD CED or HMD
Comm AN/ARC-210(V)
IFF AN/APX-72
Powerplant Data Link AN/URC-138
MMDP CMC FV-4000
Number 1 GPS/INS FALCN
Type Turboprop RF ECM ASPIS (CPO)
Model PW150 Derivative RWR AN/ALR-93(V) (CPO)
Manufacturer P&W Canada MAWS AN/AAR-58 (CPO)
Max SHP 4,000 SPJ AN/ALQ-165 ASPJ (CPO)
Prop Type Contra-Rotating Chaff/Flare 14 x AN/ALE-47
Prop Diameter 120 in
Number of Blades 8/6
Armament
Fixed Internal 1 x 30mm GAU-8/A
Dimensions Ammunition 1,000 rds
External Hardpoints 8
Max Length 53 ft 0 in TCW Warload 5,800 lbs
Max Wingspan 38 ft 6 in Max External Warload 8,000 lbs
Max Height 12 ft 11 in
Wing Area 354 sq ft
Wing Aspect Ratio 8.4 SM-27T WARLOAD
& STORES STATIONS GAU-13/A 30mm Cannon

Wing LE Sweep 4.25°

with 1,000 Rds (S); 600 Rds (T)

Weights STATION NUMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Empty 15,000 lbs AIM-9 Sidewinder

Internal Fuel (JP-8) 5,000 lbs AGM-65 Maverick

AGM-114 Hellfire
External Warload 8,000 lbs GBU-39/B SDB

Clean Takeoff (TPW) 22,857 lbs GBU-38 JDAM/Mk.82

Typical Combat (TCW) 25,300 lbs GBU-32 JDAM/MK.83

Max Take-Off (MTOW) 30,000 lbs GBU-31 JDAM/Mk.84

GBU-12 PAVEWAY II

GBU-24 PAVEWAY III

Loadings CBU-97/105 SFW

AGM-84E SLAM

AGM-88C HARM

Wing Loading-TCW 71.4 lbs/sq ft AGM-154 JSOW

Wing Loading-MTOW 84.2 lbs/sq ft LAU-61C Rocket Pod

Power Loading-TCW 6.3 lbs/shp LAU-10C Rocket Pod

M134D Gun Pod

Power Loading-MTOW 7.5 lbs/shp 150 USG External Tank

Design Load Factor-TCW +8.8 330 USG External Tank

Design Load Factor-MTOW +7.5

Rated Load @ 7.5g 1,000 lbs 2,500 lbs 2,500 lbs 2,000 lbs 2,000 lbs 2,500 lbs 2,500 lbs 1,000 lbs

Performance

Max Level Speed @ SL 351 Ktas Takeoff Speed; MTOW 118 KTAS
Max Level Speed @ FL100 387 Ktas Stall Speed; MTOW 108 KTAS
Max Level Speed @ FL200 401 Ktas Approach Speed; Landing Weight 84 KTAS
Max Level Speed @ FL300 390 Ktas Stall Speed; Landing Configuration 76 KTAS
Max Level Speed @ FL400 275 Ktas Max Climb Rate @ SL 4,275 ft/min
Max Cruise Speed @ SL 316 Ktas Service Ceiling 45,000 ft
Max Cruise Speed @ FL100 348 Ktas Max Speed Range, Internal Fuel 2,089 nm
Max Cruise Speed @ FL200 358 Ktas Max Speed Radius, Internal Fuel 1,034 nm
Max Cruise Speed @ FL300 339 Ktas Typical Cruise Range, Internal Fuel 2,534 nm
Max Cruise Speed @ FL350 306 Ktas Typical Cruise Radius, Internal Fuel 1,214 nm
Typical Cruise Speed @ SL 270 Ktas Typical Cruise Ferry Range, External Tanks 3,803 nm
Typical Cruise Speed @ FL100 300 Ktas Takeoff Ground Roll, Takeoff Weight 1,995 ft
Typical Cruise Speed @ FL200 300 Ktas Takeoff Over 50 ft Obstacle, Takeoff Weight 2,765 ft
Typical Cruise Speed @ FL350 300 Ktas Landing Ground Roll, Landing Weight 480 ft
Typical Cruise Speed @ FL400 300 Ktas Landing Over 50 ft Obstacle, Landing Weight 1,248 ft

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Close Air Support

SM-27T Machete Attack
Super COIN
Basic Flyaway Cost: $15 Million Forward Air Control

Accommodation Avionics & Electronic Warfare

Crew Two Seat Tandem Radar AN/APG-67(V4) or AESA
Seating MB MK16L Ejection Seats HUD CED or HMD
Comm AN/ARC-210(V)
IFF AN/APX-72
Powerplant Data Link AN/URC-138
MMDP CMC FV-4000
Number 1 GPS/INS FALCN
Type Turboprop RF ECM ASPIS (CPO)
Model PW150 Derivative RWR AN/ALR-93(V) (CPO)
Manufacturer P&W Canada MAWS AN/AAR-58 (CPO)
Max SHP 4,000 SPJ AN/ALQ-165 ASPJ (CPO)
Prop Type Contra-Rotating Chaff/Flare 14 x AN/ALE-47
Prop Diameter 120 in
Number of Blades 8/6
Armament
Fixed Internal 1 x 30mm GAU-8/A
Dimensions Ammunition 600 rds
External Hardpoints 8
Max Length 53 ft 0 in TCW Warload 5,800 lbs
Max Wingspan 38 ft 6 in Max External Warload 8,000 lbs
Max Height 12 ft 11 in
Wing Area 354 sq ft
Wing Aspect Ratio 8.4 SM-27T WARLOAD
& STORES STATIONS GAU-13/A 30mm Cannon

Wing LE Sweep 4.25°

with 1,000 Rds (S); 600 Rds (T)

Weights STATION NUMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Empty 15,400 lbs AIM-9 Sidewinder

Internal Fuel (JP-8) 5,000 lbs AGM-65 Maverick

AGM-114 Hellfire
External Warload 8,000 lbs GBU-39/B SDB

Clean Takeoff (TPW) 22,857 lbs GBU-38 JDAM/Mk.82

Typical Combat (TCW) 25,300 lbs GBU-32 JDAM/MK.83

Max Take-Off (MTOW) 30,000 lbs GBU-31 JDAM/Mk.84

GBU-12 PAVEWAY II

GBU-24 PAVEWAY III

Loadings CBU-97/105 SFW

AGM-84E SLAM

AGM-88C HARM

Wing Loading-TCW 71.4 lbs/sq ft AGM-154 JSOW

Wing Loading-MTOW 84.2 lbs/sq ft LAU-61C Rocket Pod

Power Loading-TCW 6.3 lbs/shp LAU-10C Rocket Pod

M134D Gun Pod

Power Loading-MTOW 7.5 lbs/shp 150 USG External Tank

Design Load Factor-TCW +8.8 330 USG External Tank

Design Load Factor-MTOW +7.5

Rated Load @ 7.5g 1,000 lbs 2,500 lbs 2,500 lbs 2,000 lbs 2,000 lbs 2,500 lbs 2,500 lbs 1,000 lbs

Performance

Max Level Speed @ SL 351 Ktas Takeoff Speed; MTOW 118 KTAS
Max Level Speed @ FL100 387 Ktas Stall Speed; MTOW 108 KTAS
Max Level Speed @ FL200 401 Ktas Approach Speed; Landing Weight 84 KTAS
Max Level Speed @ FL300 390 Ktas Stall Speed; Landing Configuration 76 KTAS
Max Level Speed @ FL400 275 Ktas Max Climb Rate @ SL 4,275 ft/min
Max Cruise Speed @ SL 316 Ktas Service Ceiling 45,000 ft
Max Cruise Speed @ FL100 348 Ktas Max Speed Range, Internal Fuel 2,089 nm
Max Cruise Speed @ FL200 358 Ktas Max Speed Radius, Internal Fuel 1,034 nm
Max Cruise Speed @ FL300 339 Ktas Typical Cruise Range, Internal Fuel 2,534 nm
Max Cruise Speed @ FL350 306 Ktas Typical Cruise Radius, Internal Fuel 1,214 nm
Typical Cruise Speed @ SL 270 Ktas Typical Cruise Ferry Range, External Tanks 3,803 nm
Typical Cruise Speed @ FL100 300 Ktas Takeoff Ground Roll, Takeoff Weight 1,995 ft
Typical Cruise Speed @ FL200 300 Ktas Takeoff Over 50 ft Obstacle, Takeoff Weight 2,765 ft
Typical Cruise Speed @ FL350 300 Ktas Landing Ground Roll, Landing Weight 480 ft
Typical Cruise Speed @ FL400 300 Ktas Landing Over 50 ft Obstacle, Landing Weight 1,248 ft

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