USA - Naval aviation and armament
Lockheed S-3 Viking ASW plane
S-3A Viking
| Modification | Purpose | Deliveries | Number of commissioned | Discarding | Differences from the previous modification |
| S-3AViking | ASW plane | 2/1974 - 9/1977 | 187 | --- | 4 seats, 2 General Electric TF34-GE-2 engines (2 x 4207 kgf), 2270 kg of combat load (hull compartment with 1 Mk57 nuclear depth charge or 4 454-kg bombs or 4 mines or 4 depth charges or 4 Mk46 torpedoes, 60 acoustic buoys; 2 wing points with 4 227-kg bombs or 2 depth charges or 2 mines or 2 Rockeye bomb cassettes), APS-116 radar |
| S-3B | 12/1987 - | All S-3A will be modified | --- | 2 TF34-GE-400A or B engines (2 x 4207 kgf), 2270 kg of combat load (hull compartment with 1 Mk57 nuclear depth charge or 4 454-kg bombs or 4 mines or 4 depth charges or 4 Mk46 torpedoes, 60 acoustic buoys; 2 wing points with 4 227-kg bombs or 2 depth charges or 2 mines or 2 Rockeye bomb cassettes or 2 Harpoon ASM), APS-137(V) radar | |
| ES-3A Shadow | ECM plane | 5/1992 - 1993 | 16 | --- | unarmed, ECM and recon equipment |
| Modification | S-3A |
|
Wing span, m |
20.93 |
|
Length, m |
16.26 |
|
Height, m |
6.93 |
|
Wings area, m2 |
55.56 |
|
Empty mass, kg |
12088 |
|
Full flying-off mass, kg |
23798 |
| Engine |
2 General Electric TF34-GE-2 |
|
Force, kgf |
2 x 4207 |
| Maximal speed, km/h | 834 |
| Cruise speed, km/h | 649 |
| Flying range, km | 5558 |
| Vertical speed, m/s | |
| Maximal altitude, m | 10670 |
| Complement | 4 |
| Armament | 2270 kg of combat load (hull compartment with 1 Mk57 nuclear depth charge or 4 454-kg bombs or 4 mines or 4 depth charges or 4 Mk46 torpedoes, 60 acoustic buoys; 2 wing points with 4 227-kg bombs or 2 depth charges or 2 mines or 2 Rockeye bomb cassettes) |
S-3A Viking
© Ivan Gogin, 2008