The pilots met with Boeing employees and toured the factory where Boeing builds F/A-18 aircraft.Boeing test pilots showcase the Advanced Super Hornet and what its new capabilities mean for potential customers—and for military fighter pilots.Meet the crew of the USS George H.W. The Super Hornet is the backbone of the U.S. Navy carrier air wing now and for decades to come.The combat-proven Super Hornet delivers cutting-edge, next-generation multi-role strike fighter capability, outdistancing current and emerging threats well into the future. Careful attention has been paid to the alignment of many panel boundaries and edges, to direct reflected waves away from the aircraft in uniformly narrow angles.Initially, the Super Hornet's avionics and software had a 90% commonality with that of the F/A-18C/D fleet at the time.The defensive countermeasures of Block I aircraft includes the Development of Block III avionics upgrades has been underway as of April 2019.The Super Hornet entered fleet service with the U.S. Navy in 1999.In 2007, Boeing proposed additional F/A-18E/Fs to the U.S. Navy in a multi-year contract.On 7 August 2014, U.S. defense officials announced they had been authorized to launch bombing missions upon In 2018, Boeing was awarded a contract to convert nine single-seat F/A-18E Super Hornets and two F/A-18F two-seaters for A review was announced on 31 December 2007, by the new The Block II package aircraft offered to the RAAF include installed engines and six spares, APG-79 AESA radars, Link 16 connectivity, LAU-127 guided missile launchers, The first RAAF Super Hornet was completed in 2009 and first flew from Boeing's factory in In December 2012, the Australian government sought information from the On 24 September 2014, eight RAAF F/A-18Fs, along with a tanker, an early warning aircraft, and 400 personnel arrived in the In June 2018, the Kuwaiti Government ordered 22 F/A-18Es and 6 F/A-18Fs. Where the F/A-18A-D used grilles to cover various accessory exhaust and inlet ducts, the F/A-18E/F uses perforated panels that appear opaque to radar waves at the frequencies used.

The Super Hornet is an evolutionary redesign of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet.
It also has the increased ability to receive targeting information from other platforms.Boeing has given an F/A-18 a new lease on life after delivering the first Super Hornet under Service Life Modification to the U.S. Navy. Brazil has put forward an initial requirement for 36 aircraft, with a potential total purchase of 120 examples.In October 2016, India reportedly received three unsolicited bids to replace its MiG-21 and MiG-27 aircraft, including the Super Hornet.During the 2010s, Poland sought to purchase 64 multirole combat aircraft from 2021 to replace the On 10 March 2009, Boeing offered the Super Hornet for Greece's Next-Generation Fighter Program.Each U.S. Navy deployable "Fleet" VFA squadron has a standard unit establishment of 12 aircraft. Young, J., R. Anderson and R. Yurkovich. The Super Hornet is the backbone of the U.S. Navy carrier air wing now and for decades to come. "Naval Aviation News March-April 1999, p. 30 "fleet service in January 1999"Donald, David. Designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing) and Northrop (now part of Northrop Grumman), the F/A-18 was derived from the latter's YF-17 in the 1970s for use by the United States Navy and Marine Corps. For the ultralight aircraft, see "It (Super Hornet) has only 36 percent of the F-14's payload/range capability. It was reported that the Super Hornet was selected as one of three finalists in Brazil's fighter competition in October 2008.

The Block III version which is currently being manufactured for the United States Navy will enable the Indian armed forces to challenge the next generation of adversaries. However, the Super Hornet procurement was halted in 2007 after the government decided to purchase the Spain is looking for 68-72 fighters to replace F/A-18A/B Hornet.

Two versions of the Super Hornet – the single-seat E model and the two-seat F model – are able to perform virtually every mission in the tactical spectrum, including air superiority, day/night strike with precision-guided weapons, fighter escort, close air support, suppression of enemy air defenses, maritime strike, reconnaissance, forward air control and tanker missions.Longer range with low-drag, conformal fuel tanks. The Navy plans to sign year to year contracts with Boeing to convert all of its Block II aircraft to Block III variants thru 2033.The Super Hornet is largely a new aircraft at about 20% larger, 7,000 lb (3,200 kg) heavier empty weight, and 15,000 lb (6,800 kg) heavier maximum weight than the original Hornet. Considerable attention has been paid to the removal or filling of unnecessary surface join gaps and resonant cavities.

All Rights Reserved. Two type series of the original Hornet, the A/B and C/D preceded the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, a larger more capable version of the F/A-18 introduced in 1999. The Super Hornet builds on the F/A-18's reputation as the Navy's safest and most reliable tactical carrier aircraft, and the Navy has recognized it as a model acquisition program. The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is a twin-engine, supersonic, all-weather, carrier-capable, multirole combat jet, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft (hence the F/A designation). The sensor, mounted in a modified centerline fuel tank, detects long wave IR emissions to spot and track targets such as aircraft;Boeing and Northrop Grumman self-funded a prototype of the Advanced Super Hornet.In March 2013, the U.S. Navy was considering the widespread adoption of In 2014, Boeing revealed a Super Hornet hybrid concept, equipped with the EA-18G Growler's electronic signal detection capabilities to allow for targets engagement using the receiver; the concept did not include the ALQ-99 jamming pod.
Then-Secretary of Defense The Super Hornet was first ordered by the U.S. Navy in 1992.With the retirement of the F-14 in 2006, all of the Navy's combat jets have been Hornet variants until the The Block II Super Hornet incorporates an improved In 2008, Boeing discussed the development of a Super Hornet Block IIIIn 2007, Boeing stated that a passive Infrared Search and Track (IRST) sensor would be an available future option.