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Boeing To End Super Hornet Production In 2025 Barring Potential India Order

Thursday, February 23rd, 2023

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Boeing To End Super Hornet Production In 2025 Barring Potential India Order

The first operational Block III F/A-18E/F Super Hornet flying at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis, Mo. before arriving at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. in 2021 (Photo: Boeing).

Boeing [BA] said on Thursday it plans to finish building new F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet naval fighter aircraft in late 2025 as Navy orders are expected to end, barring a potential decision by India to order the aircraft that would extend the work by two more years. Congress last funded 12 Super Hornets for $977 million in the FY ‘22 spending package (Defense Daily, March 9, 2022). The Navy’s FY ‘23 budget request documents confirmed the service sought to end…

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