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The Williams F107 (company designation WR19) is a small turbofan engine made by Williams International. The F107 was designed to propel cruise missiles . It has been used as the powerplant for the AGM-86 ALCM , and BGM-109 Tomahawk , as well as the experimental Kaman KSA-100 SAVER and Williams X-Jet flying platform.
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At the conclusion of the F-107A's successful test program, the Tactical Air Command decided to hold a fly-off competition between the F-107A and the Republic F-105 which was designed to same mission requirements and used the same engine. Although the competition was close, the F-105 was selected as the new standard TAC tactical fighter.
Originally designated the F107-WR-14A6, then designated the F107-WR-103 by Williams then designated the F112-WR-100 by the USAF. Though the true benefits that the F112 brought to the AGM-129 are classified, it has been said that the F112 increased the range of the AGM-129 to four times that of the AGM-86B. Another benefit is that the infrared ...
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3.1 kilonewtons (700 lbf) F107-WR-402 turbofan engine 37 hp (28 kW) Wankel engine 115 hp (86 kW) Rotax 914F Loaded system weight 1,588 kg 135 kg 1,020 kg Payload 450 kg warhead 23 kg warhead up to 204 kg (2 × AGM-114 Hellfire or 6 × AGM-176 Griffin air-to-surface missiles) Length 6.25 m 2.5 m 8.22 m Wingspan 2.67 m [65] 3 m [38] 16.8 m [66]