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Navy/USMC

Boeing Unveils Advanced Super Hornet

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, August 29th, 2013

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Boeing Unveils Advanced Super Hornet

International sales of Boeing's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter jet is helping offset declining domestic revenues. Photo: Boeing.

ST LOUIS--Boeing [BA] has unveiled an advanced version of the Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet with new capabilities the company believes will allow the aircraft to operate well into the 2030s. The new capabilities were developed under the international road map plan the company designed for the Super Hornet program a few years ago and has evolved into the Advanced Super Hornet. Boeing executives said they have now shifted the focus of the market to the U.S. Navy. The Advanced Super…

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