US Navy orders Super Hornet awaiting delayed F-35C

The command of the US Navy approved the funding of the Block III program for the F / A-18E / F Super Hornet aircraft, reports "Warspot" with reference to the magazine Popular Mechanics

According to the contract signed with Boeing Corporation, the US Navy will update its entire fleet of carrier-based multi-purpose F / A-18E / F Super Hornet fighter jets. The contract was signed for five years, the total cost of the work is estimated at $ 264,9 million, the first modernized aircraft will be back in operation already in 2019 year.

Under the contract, it is planned to modernize the aircraft already in service with the US Navy. In addition, in December last year, the US Department of Defense announced its intention to order 70 new "Supercorn" to cover the deficit of carrier-based fighters from the Navy and Marine Corps. However, according to Bloomberg news agency, the order can be increased to 100 – 140 aircraft of the latest modification of Block III, since the F-35C Lightning II carrier-based fighter is “delayed” to at least 2018. Even if the F-35C takes up combat duty next year, the pace of its production will not allow to promptly close the “gap”, which is formed after the cancellation of old Super Hornet aircraft.

The updated Super Hornet will have seven differences from the previous modification (Block II). The upgraded aircraft will receive conformal fuel tanks that can hold more fuel and have less resistance to air flow than the suspension models currently in use. According to the Boeing Corporation, with new tanks, the range of Super Hornet fighters will increase by almost 300 km. The second significant difference was the new IRST sensor (infrared search and track) - Lockheed Martin's IRST21 sensor is installed on the aircraft, which improves pilot situational awareness and allows you to detect threats from a much greater distance. The third innovation was the new computer and data exchange system, the fourth - the new system RCS (Radar Cross Section), the installation of which required a change in the shape of the nose of the aircraft, but allowed to improve the operation of the angle of attack sensors. The fifth improvement was the installation of a large touch screen that displays the data needed for the pilot. Two more changes are still secret.

Comments

[Sergey Ui]

Our favorite theme is f-35, drove

[cost]

Correct the title to super hornets. And then, as a sinful thing for the new model took

[bouncyhunter]

US Navy orders Supersterns awaiting retarded F-35C

A logical and justified move due to the shortage of carrier-based fighters. Better a tit in the hands than a duck under the bed.

[cost]

Even if the F-35C enters combat duty next year, the pace of its production will not allow timely to close the "gap" that forms after the cancellation of old Super Hornet aircraft.

Somehow strange they arrive, not having time to introduce new ones, they are already writing off the old ones. although maybe this is simply not a correct translation from the original

[bouncyhunter]

Perhaps it was meant that as the F-35C arrives, earlier Super Hornet versions will be discarded.

[cost]

Most likely so

[Pete mitchell]

Pasha, there is, among other things, a clear shortage of aircraft, plus a delay in the F-35 program. They stupidly need airplanes. Well, nobody canceled the desire to raise money

[bouncyhunter]

Hello tramp!

Quote: Pete Mitchell

Pasha, there is, among other things, a clear shortage of aircraft, plus a delay in the F-35 program. They stupidly need airplanes.

So I am about the same.

Quote: Pete Mitchell

Well, nobody canceled the desire to raise money

And how without it? Thirst for profit, take it.
"Even when the planet begins to fall apart, there will always be someone who uses it to seize power or fill their pockets." (with)

[Tusv]

Quote: Rich

Correct the header on the super hornets. And then, as a sinful thing for the new model took

C'mon, I already dug patterns in tyrnete. My hobby is gluing potential opponents

[Samaritan]

Quote: Sergey ui

Our favorite theme is f-35, drove

Wow! And it is not known whether this stillborn project is being pumped out or not ...
Serious updates of 3,8 million per aircraft, “+” to the 4th generation, for example, they will replace the tidy with a display:

[wazza]

it is known that no, and therefore these purchases, then they will take Advanced Superhornet which is half-steels

[supertiger21]

Quote: wazza

then they will take Advanced Superhornet which is half-steels

The presence of internal weapon compartments is only the tip of the iceberg. But in reality, he is not yet close to a stealth plane, he is far from the stealth of the F-35.

[wazza]

but it can sit on the deck ...

[supertiger21]

Quote: wazza

but it can sit on the deck ...

Can't the F-35B and F-35C type?

[wazza]

can infrequently, with great difficulty, and not many times ...

[yehat]

Of course they can! once...

[Tusv]

Our favorite theme is f-35, drove

“Then Cornet decided to marry and take a million for dowry. Wow sorry” - such a song. Taperecha is not a super hornet, but a super duper. Well, for our charm, fu -35, the following lines - "The thing is that in the stagecoach, there are no empty seats"

[Tusv]

Ford built, but the Fu-35 is not. pichalka

[soroKING]

secret changes: waving wings and square wheels, to slow down on the deck better

[Tusv]

Quote: soroKING

secret changes: waving wings and square wheels, to slow down on the deck better

Secret changes for Onyx - sink aircraft carrier 300 km further

[Archon]

This is an ornithopter. if you want comic, then you can imagine the muscles of aircraft carriers.

[NEXUS]

Quote from rudolf

And we have modernization programs in the course of execution, all differ one from another and never are continuous. On ships in general exclusive, one like that, the other that way.

We are all accustomed to the old-fashioned “file to bring” from here and there is no systematic and unification. We are seriously talking about a series of 5-8 ships. At the same time, having 4 fleets and one Mediterranean squadron available ... for 25 years, military shipbuilding has been so killed that we will revive this half-living production for a long time to come.
And the mattresses are all on the shelves and without delay, because they have the most powerful fleet in the world. The USSR had a balanced fleet and built ships quickly ... but we crawled to the level of the union as to the Canadian border.

[yehat]

the USSR had people and specialists. there were whole branches of production that are now dead.
I can’t say for sure, but I will say what I know - in the year of the USSR, I graduated at least 300 people with higher education in the field of metalworking, heavy engineering and they were employed in their specialty, graduated at least 50 welders who were either already or were able to grow to higher ranks. Again, this is what I myself saw, and could have done more. And now? I think, out of these 2 groups a year, 40 people appear on the strength, not more. Here is the difference in potential.

[Okolotochny]

I become towards the sun, raise my right hand, sharply lower it with the words: "Well, Hren with him."

[wazza]

With whom, with Kuzey and Su-33 or MiG-29K? Layouts on the ground are ...

[enzO]

Calling "Kuzyu" a full-fledged aircraft carrier can only be a stretch of the nose.

[wazza]

rather Sweden is a great aviation or maritime power, even in the past

[enzO]

In the past, Sweden was quite strong, it was considered the strongest army in Europe until Peter fought them off for conquest)

[wazza]

The strongest was the French. Until he was removed from command near Poltava.

[wazza]

so this time do it in the direction of Sweden from where this retarded clown

[Incvizitor]

T-50 remained the layout

Did you have to take the unfinished?

[enzO]

Yes, it will never be accepted, it seems to me. How many times have the dates been moved? It's funny to look at this lie.

[supertiger21]

Quote: enzO

But the valiant army of Russia does not even have that. Neither aircraft carriers, nor full-fledged carrier-based fighters. The T-50 remained a mock-up and 10 will be adopted by 2030.

Well, Sweden you might think mistress of the seas))) Both carrier-based planes and aircraft carriers with them ... And there’s also the 5th generation of fighters on the way ...

[enzO]

I don’t give a damn about Sweden, to be honest. I am much more interested in Russia. It's a shame and pain to look at what they say is "a deep modernization of the army and navy"

[Samaritan]

Quote: enzO

I don’t give a damn about Sweden, to be honest. I am much more interested in Russia. It's a shame and pain to look at what they say is "a deep modernization of the army and navy"

So you do not look !!!
I saw the Swedish flag, and remembered:

Is Sweden ready for the Russian attack?

Original:

[enzO]

Why not watch? I was born in the USSR after all and I care.

[Samaritan]

Quote: enzO

Why not watch? I was born in the USSR after all and I care.

Well, then if you write something, read the information, not trolling:

Neither aircraft carriers, nor full-fledged carrier-based fighters. The T-50 remained a mock-up and 10 will be adopted by 2030.

[wazza]

not trolling

then came ...

[wazza]

something like this ... crushing cockroaches along the way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC8nVvnApyA&i
ndex = 12 & list = RDYk_fkni_PNM
After all, everyone has their own ...

[yehat]

I quote. The aircraft carrier “Wings of the Proletariat” was accepted into the RKKF in June 1935.
and say, there are no aircraft carriers ...
Russia even had river super-ships, which the United States never had.
ps Nimitz cries with burning tears

[Incvizitor]

Do not want a suitcase without a handle?

[Operator]

The cost of F-35 Penguin rolls over for 206 million dollars, so that their Israeli fans would not prove with foam on the lips

The total price of F-35 from the 9-th lot of delivery of Lot-9 is 206 million dollars or 7% less than Lot-5 five years ago. The total price differs from the nominal price by the amount of additional contracts for the supply of engines and the completion of the aircraft