![]() Deliveries of full-rate production systems began in 2005, although the system was deployed operationally during Operation Iraqi Freedom. JHMCS is currently in full-rate production. Vision Systems International (jointly owned by Kaiser and Elbit) is the major subcontractor. The aircraft can also carry the GPS- / inertially guided JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition), JSOW (joint stand-off weapon) and JASSM (joint air-to-surface stand-off missile).īoeing is the prime contractor for the Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) for the Super Hornet, to be fitted to Block 2 and retrofitted to Block 1 aircraft. The Super Hornet has 11 weapon stations which include two additional wing store stations and will support a full range of armaments including AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles, guided air-to-ground weapons such as Harpoon, SLAM/SLAM-ER, GBU-10, GBU-51, HARM and Maverick and free-fall air-to-ground bombs, Mk-76, BDU-48, Mk-82LD, Mk-82HD and Mk-84. The zero/zero ejection seat is the SJU-5/6 from Martin Baker Aircraft Company Ltd in the UK. The cockpit also has a colour digital map and the pilots are equipped with night-vision goggles. "The Super Hornet has 11 weapon stations." The aircraft retains the mission software and a high proportion of the avionics found in the C/D models. The cockpit in the F/A-18E/F is equipped with a touch-sensitive control display, a larger multi-purpose liquid crystal colour display, which shows tactical information, two monochrome displays and a new engine fuel display. In September 2011, the US Navy awarded a $5.297bn contract that includes delivery of 66 Super Hornet aircraft between 20. In September 2011, Boeing and the US Navy proposed to offer F/A-18E Super Hornet Block II version aircraft to the Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF). In November 2011, the US Navy awarded a $48m contract to develop the Type 4 Advanced Mission Computer (AMC) for F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, which will replace the Type 3 AMC currently in use. In May 2009, Boeing received a contract worth $48.9m for the development of Distributed Targeting (DT) system for super hornet aircraft. First flight of the EA-18G was in August 2006. The EA-18G incorporates the Improved Capability III (ICAP III) suite developed for the Prowler. The US Navy has approved System Development & Demonstration (SD&D) for an electronic attack version of the Super Hornet, the EA-18G, to replace the EA-6B Prowler. The F/A-18F Block 2 aircraft cover the capability gap between the retirement of the F-111s in December 2010 and the delivery of the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to Australia in 2013. The first five aircraft were delivered in March 2010 and and rest of them were delivered by October 2011. In February 2007, Australia requested the FMS of 24 F/A-18F Block 2 aircraft. The IRST system is expected to achieve initial operating capability by 2016. ![]() In November 2011, the US Navy awarded a $135m contract for engineering and manufacturing development of the IRST sensor system. Boeing has selected Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control to supply the system. In April 2007, Boeing announced that it had been asked by the US Navy to provide an Infrared Search and Track (IRST) system for the F/A-18E/F. ![]() The aircraft is fitted with new mission computers, fibre-optic network, Raytheon AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR targeting pod, Boeing joint helmet-mounted cueing system and Raytheon AIM-9X next generation Sidewinder air-to-air missile. The first aircraft was delivered in September 2003. Improvements scheduled for Block 2 aircraft include a redesigned forward fuselage which has fewer parts and changes to the aircraft’s nose to accommodate the Raytheon APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. The aircraft was also deployed as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003. In November 2002, the aircraft made its combat entry, striking air defence sites in Southern Iraq with Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM). In July 2002, the F/A-18E/F began its maiden operational deployment on board USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). As of April 2011, over 500 aircraft have been delivered. ![]() Total requirement was for at least 545 aircraft. ![]() The first full-rate production aircraft was delivered in September 2001.Ī second multi-year contract was signed in January 2004 for 42 aircraft to be purchased between 20. "The Super Hornet is a maritime strike attack aircraft." ![]()
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