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via FlightGlobal
What they're really talking about is the ability to conduct electronic warfare across the entire Super Hornet fleet. Not to the same capability as the Growler but certainly on par with the F-35.
All in a cheaper package.
The Navy is going to bolt this program and Boeing is holding the door open with some factory fresh Super Hornets waiting on the flight line.
Don't believe me? Remember one word.
Sequestration.
It ain't going away.
via FlightGlobal
Boeing is formulating a concept for a hybrid variant of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet equipped with the electronic signal detection capabilities of the EA-18G Growler as it seeks to attract orders for new aircraft and upgrades to older models.Stick another fork in a supposed F-35 advantage.
The resulting aircraft would resemble an E/A-18G that lacks ALQ-99 jamming pods for electronic attack, preserves the ALQ-218 electronic receiver and adds weapons now only carried by the F/A-18E/F, says Boeing vice-president Mike Gibbons.
“That hybrid just starts with the simple notion of take the sensor suite of the Growler and move it to a basically strike platform and then you grow that platform to take advantage of the fact that you can now see anybody that’s emitting,” Gibbons says.
The growth capabilities would be the addition of a long-range infrared search and track sensor and new air-to-air tracking modes for airborne systems.
What they're really talking about is the ability to conduct electronic warfare across the entire Super Hornet fleet. Not to the same capability as the Growler but certainly on par with the F-35.
All in a cheaper package.
The Navy is going to bolt this program and Boeing is holding the door open with some factory fresh Super Hornets waiting on the flight line.
Don't believe me? Remember one word.
Sequestration.
It ain't going away.
