Boeing: F / A-18E / F Block III fighter capable of taking off from a springboard

As part of a tender for the purchase of a carrier-based fighter, India’s Boeing Corporation stated that its F / A-18E / F Block III Super Hornet aircraft is “fully compatible with existing and promising Indian aircraft carriers,” reports bmpd with a link to the Indian resource Liveistdefense.

According to the company, the fighter "does not require modifications to operate with aircraft carriers Vikramaditya, Vikrant and following them." This statement added spice to the fight for the Indian Navy contract. The main competitor of "Boeing" in this tender is the fighter Dassault Rafale M.

"The emphasis on the possibility of take-off from the springboard, and the competitor Boeing company Dassault says about this possibility for its fighter Rafale, only increases the distance from the decision of the Indian Navy as to whether the next aircraft carrier planned for construction (IAC-2) is equipped with a catapult (steam or electromagnetic) or springboard ", - the author of the publication.

Data regarding the characteristics of the aircraft in terms of the mass of the combat load and the range of the flight remain unknown, “however, Boeing claims that its aircraft has the lowest cost per flight hour from all combat fighters,” the article notes.

Comments

[s1ma]

Well, everyone wants to grab a piece of Indian pie!

[oleg-gr]

Everything can and should be done to defeat competitors. Americans do not shun anything.

[oldseaman1957]

Quote: oleg-gr

... Americans do not shun anything.

- If you do not match, then fly over! And the Indians for their money will not take anything. Competition, however ...

[egeny patykov]

who amprikosy? and perhaps those who abducted in nothing? Do not shun. which will buy from them. Algeria has already bought and returned Abratna, and Kaneshno money too. are fools fools and who will deal with them?

[egeny patykov]

not Indians? want an american pie? What are you? against ? Have you already eaten WHOSE pie?

[san4es]

F / A-18E / F Block III fighter capable of taking off from a springboard

... from the springboard and the anvil will take off

[Nikolai Grek]

Quote: san4es

F / A-18E / F Block III fighter capable of taking off from a springboard

... from the springboard and the anvil will take off

[egeny patykov]

and even the MiG will take off

[VAZ2106]

F / A-18 is already yesterday, the US likes trash to sell

[Black Colonel]

Proponents of Western civilization on the site do not think so, otherwise there would have been a howl.

Quote: vazxnumx

F / A-18 is already yesterday, the US likes trash to sell

[Tusv]

Quote: Black Colonel

Proponents of Western civilization on the site do not think so, otherwise there would have been a howl.

That's when the West is imbued with the theories of Leo Gumilyov and Vernadsky, then there will be no war when, and while Cornet is the best deck of the probable enemy

[sabakina]

Quote: vazxnumx

F / A-18 is already yesterday, the US likes trash to sell

I’m embarrassed to ask what is today! Lada Vesta?

[Alexey RA]

Quote: vazxnumx

F / A-18 is already yesterday, the US likes trash to sell

Actually. we sell equipment of the same generation to those parts — another modernization of the Soviet T-72, another modernization of the Soviet 1135 and another modernization of the Soviet Su-27.

[VAZ2106]

old weapons are good only with the fact that they are time-tested and reliable enough, pay attention to the Jews ordered from the USA f-35. Hindus are better off working for the future and ordering a Su-57 from Russia, first for the Air Force, and then developing a decked version of the Su-57 with Russia

[egeny patykov]

trash? what for ? Is the speed low? so conceived. the wing has the shape needed for optimal speed on which the battle begins. everything for people. probably the service is convenient and so on. F - 35 is expensive to buy - by the way, over 7 years of operation, not a single aircraft is lost. This plane is just a platform. and nada think that F service is better than MiG.

[MadCat]

Quote: vazxnumx

F / A-18 is already yesterday, the US likes trash to sell

F / A-18E / F block III is this old trash? Aircraft with AFAR and some of the best engines in general on the market? Well then, it’s urgent to write off both Su-30 and SU-35 as scrap, this trash of one generation, also without a modern radar

[anjey]

"However, Boeing claims that its aircraft has the lowest flight hour cost of all combat fighters," the report says.

vtyuhut junk and put on spare parts, is it possible that the Indians will take such suckers and decided to find an alternative to Russia? Uncle Sam will make a good gesheft with India ....

[egeny patykov]

and Indians are fools? buy from fools. Algeria won the MiG - 29 and then said - money back and take the pile back. have suffered the old for the new.

[A. Privalov]

Is MiG-35 also participating in the tender there?

[newcomer]

no information yet. although the 35th itself is almost completely consistent with the marine version of the reinforced glider and landing gear, with an anti-corrosion coating of parts.

[tomket]

Quote: A. Privalov

Is MiG-35 also participating in the tender there?

Do not believe it, but the MiG-35 aka the MiG-29KUB has long been registered on the deck of the "Vikra".

[newcomer]

I once said that the struggle will be serious between our MIG and f18. apparently cough up.

[RL]

The advantages of the F-18 include the fact that it is already in the series. The disadvantages of the MiG-35 include the fact that it is, so far, not present, And from the device that is shown in the air to the finished product, the distance is huge.

[newcomer]

where does our 35th? our 29K is participating in the competition. and pluses in his shaft. for starters: it is already being exploited by us and, most importantly by the Indians.

[RL]

Then why the tender?

[newcomer]

you ask the Indians. sort of like for subsequent aircraft carriers.

[Nikolai Grek]

Quote: RL

Then why the tender?

to make everyone's brains - Indians in this pro !!

[jonhr]

only super hornet is superior in combat load and fuel 29

[okko077]

For information: F18 is the first aircraft in the world, which was created at the design and testing stage, a program was developed to reduce the cost of ground handling and troubleshooting .....

[tomket]

Quote: RL

and. The disadvantages of the MiG-35 include the fact that it is, so far, not present, And from the device that is shown in the air to the finished product, the distance is huge.

Again 25. How already tired of these lamentations about the fact that the MiG-35 is not there, that they are not showing us that the MiG-35, the MiG-35 is not ready .... At least a little to get acquainted with the information on the MiG-35 program, then lament.

[egeny patykov]

there is no. doesn’t it matter. it would not be better since the payment for the neo will go to the children of the Khazians and a little to the directors - of which there are several at the same factory

[Wedmak]

Have they already tested? Then, as it were, it turned out that when taking off from a springboard, the resource of a glider / chassis / pilot is reduced by N percent ....

[voyaka uh]

Yes. They conducted a test. They wrote about this.

Take-off from a catapult is tougher than take-off from a springboard.
If the landing gear can withstand a catapult, then the springboard
and even more so.

[Tuzik]

and the combat load during takeoff is present? or how

[irazum]

The competition is in India and the competition!

[Berber]

Why not our MIG 35? Or did the Hindus go for another experiment? The United States has no permanent allies, but only interests. The time will come and they will be thrown to the altar.

[tomket]

Quote: BerBer

Why not our MIG 35? Or did the Hindus go for another experiment? The United States has no permanent allies, but only interests. The time will come and they will be thrown to the altar.

Hindus all hope that someone in the West will share technology with them, or maybe they will even build a plant!)))) That's the whole story.

[egeny patykov]

you . but it’s not yours but the Khazians. and if so it’s the thing to have nada with them and who? ani? deceivers and if so who? will hobble with them

[tomket]

Quote: voyaka uh

Yes. They conducted a test. They wrote about this.

Take-off from a catapult is tougher than take-off from a springboard.
If the landing gear can withstand a catapult, then the springboard
and even more so.

Excuse me, but at what stage of take-off using a catapult, do the chassis experience similar loads as when taking off from a springboard ??? Can you share the secret info from Israel?))))) By the way, the question is not only on the chassis, but also on the thrust-weight ratio, there is no catapult, and thrust comes first.