F/A-18E/F/G
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Navy/USMCNavy Confirms L3Harris Is Next-Gen Jammer-Low Band Winner Again
The Navy on Tuesday confirmed a recent contract to L3Harris Technologies [LHX] is for the engineering and manufacturing development of the Next Generation Jammer-Low Band (NGJ-LB), following several setbacks to […]
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Navy/USMCBoeing Finishes First Super Hornet Upgrades Early
Boeing [BA] finished the upgrade and life extension of the first two F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets in a modification effort 1.5 months ahead of schedule, respectively, the company told reporters […]
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Navy/USMCTwo Navy Trackers Disagree On Super Hornet Availability Rates
A new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report found that while the Navy Department uses two separate databases to track aircraft availability the newer one is better at predicting actual flying […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Receives First Next Gen Jammer Mid-Band Test Pods
Last month the Navy received the first Raytheon Technologies [RTX] Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) production-representative pods for use in Navy testing at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) […]
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Navy/USMCNavy IDs Potentially Defective Ejection Part, Grounds Planes
The Navy and Marine Corps said they are replacing a potentially defective part used in pilot ejection in some planes like Super Hornets and training aircraft and grounding some planes […]
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Navy/USMCSuper Hornets Conduct Operational Demo in India For Carrier Capability
Two Navy Boeing [BA] F/A-18E Super Hornets recently conducted several operational demonstration tests in India to show they can operate off Indian aircraft carriers. The Super Hornets underwent several ski-jump, […]
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Navy/USMCNavy And Boeing Demoed Super Hornet Manned-Unmanned Teaming Last Year
Boeing [BA] and the Navy successfully tested a Block III F/A-18E/F Super Hornet controlling three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) flight tests in 2021, the company announced […]
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Navy/USMCDefense Bills Would Require Navy To Keep EA-18G Growlers
Both House and Senate versions of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 defense authorization bill would require the Navy to maintain a certain number of EA-18G Growler aircraft after the service […]
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InternationalCanada Rejects Boeing Super Hornet For Fighter Replacement
The government of Canada confirmed it has rejected Boeing [BA] as a finalist in the government’ project to replace its 76 aging CF-18 Hornet fighters. The government is seeking to […]
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UncategorizedNavy Begins Program To Upgrade EA-18G Growlers
The Navy started a five-year EA-18G Growler Capability Modification (GCM) program this month to upgrade capabilities on the Growler electronic warfare aircraft. The service’s F/A-18 and EA-18G program Office (PMA-265) […]
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