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Boeing Delivers First Upgraded Super Hornet To Navy

Thursday, February 6th, 2020

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Boeing Delivers First Upgraded Super Hornet To Navy

Artist's impression of an F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet Block III with conformal fuel tanks (top) alongside a Block II (bottom). (Image: Boeing.)

Boeing [BA] delivered the first F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet to the Navy under Service Life Modification (SLM) updates, the company said Thursday. The SLM is part of the Navy’s effort to upgrade Super Hornets to a Block III version, which will increase the aircraft service life from 6,000 to almost 10,000 flight hours, add conformal fuel tanks, upgrade to the new Lockheed Martin [LMT] Block II Infrared Search and Track System sensor, upgrade the active electronically scanned array radar, add…

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