Thunderbird

In the late 2060s GATO saw the need for a new fighter to replace the F/A-322 with a fighter developed by all the GATO countries. GATO received several designs from many companies the main competitors was SAAB Defense Systems (sweden), Airbus (germany, france, united kingdom and spain), Boeing (usa),Lockheed Martin (usa), Mitsubishi (japan) and Pioneer Aerospace (canada). eventualy SAAB got the contract an started to develop a prototype SXF1 (Saab eXperimental Fighter 1). In 2074 the SXF had its first test flight and GATO was so pleased that they orderd that the SXF1 (now the SHF-903 Saab Hyperspace Fighter) to be used as the fighter in their new Defiant class of ships.
Maker: SAAB Defense Systems
Type: Multi-role hyperspace capable fighter-bomber
Users: GATO
Length: 11 meters
Wingspan: 15,04 meters
Height: 3,5 meters
Powerplant: 2 Mark IX naquadah reactor
Weaponry: 4 plasma pulse cannons and one naquadah enhanced nuclear weapon
Propulsion: 2x Pioneer NCQ-105 ion sublight engines and 1x Volvo H-19 galactic hyperdrive.
Defenses: tauri freedom-type shields (mark I), Holographic Decoys, phase-cloak, trinium-naquadah hull, ablative armor system and detection jamming system.
Crew: 2 (max) 1 (min)
Other Technologies: Subspace Beacon, Subspace Communications, Emergency Beaming System