page_title: Douglas F6D Missileer
section_title: Specifications (XF6D-1, as designed)
hierarchical_section_title: Douglas F6D Missileer / Specifications (XF6D-1, as designed)
caption_attribution_description: English: Three-view silhouette of the Douglas F6D Missileer
context_page_description: The Douglas F6D Missileer was a proposed carrier-based fleet defense fighter designed by Douglas Aircraft Company in response to a 1959 United States Navy requirement. It was designed to be able to loiter for extended periods at a relatively long distance from the Navy's aircraft carriers, engaging hostile aircraft 100 miles away with its powerful radar and long-range missiles. Since the enemy would be fired on long before they reached visual range, the aircraft had little dogfighting capability and was strictly subsonic. When doubts were expressed about the Missileer's ability to defend itself after firing its missiles, the value of the project was questioned, leading to its cancellation. Some of the Missileer's systems, primarily the engines, radar, and missiles, continued development in spite of the cancellation, eventually emerging on the ill-fated General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B and successful Grumman F-14 Tomcat years later.
context_section_description: Data from The American Fighter 
  General characteristics
  Crew: Three (pilot, co-pilot/radar operator, radar operator)
  Length: 53 ft (16 m)
  Wingspan: 70 ft (21 m)
  Height: 10 ft 1 in (3.07 m)
  Wing area: 630 sq ft (59 m²)
  Gross weight: 50,000 lb (22,680 kg)
  Max takeoff weight: 60,000 lb (27,216 kg)
  Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney TF30-P-2 turbofans, 10,200 lbf (45 kN) thrust each
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 546 mph (879 km/h, 474 kn)
  Thrust/weight: 0.41
  Armament
  6 × AAM-N-10 Eagle air-to-air missiles
caption: Three-view silhouette
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