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

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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.
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  1. s1ma
    s1ma 29 August 2017 15: 00
    0
    Well, everyone wants to grab a piece of Indian pie!
    1. oleg-gr
      oleg-gr 29 August 2017 15: 03
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      Everything can and should be done to defeat competitors. Americans do not shun anything.
      1. oldseaman1957
        oldseaman1957 29 August 2017 15: 34
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        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 ...
        1. egeny patykov
          egeny patykov 11 February 2018 09: 11
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          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?
    2. egeny patykov
      egeny patykov 7 February 2018 08: 53
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      not Indians? want an american pie? What are you? against ? Have you already eaten WHOSE pie?
  2. san4es
    san4es 29 August 2017 15: 12
    +8
    F / A-18E / F Block III fighter capable of taking off from a springboard

    ... from the springboard and the anvil will take off
    1. Nikolai Grek
      Nikolai Grek 29 August 2017 20: 21
      +5
      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

      lol lol lol lol lol lol good
      1. egeny patykov
        egeny patykov 11 February 2018 09: 09
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        and even the MiG will take off
  3. VAZ2106
    VAZ2106 29 August 2017 15: 13
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    F / A-18 is already yesterday, the US likes trash to sell
    1. Black Colonel
      Black Colonel 29 August 2017 15: 16
      +1
      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
      1. Tusv
        Tusv 29 August 2017 15: 32
        +1
        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
    2. sabakina
      sabakina 29 August 2017 15: 27
      +6
      Quote: vazxnumx
      F / A-18 is already yesterday, the US likes trash to sell

      I’m embarrassed to ask what is today! Lada Vesta?
    3. Alexey RA
      Alexey RA 29 August 2017 15: 34
      +5
      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. feel
      1. VAZ2106
        VAZ2106 29 August 2017 15: 39
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        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
      2. egeny patykov
        egeny patykov 11 February 2018 09: 08
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        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.
    4. MadCat
      MadCat 29 August 2017 16: 24
      +6
      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 laughing
  4. anjey
    anjey 29 August 2017 15: 22
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    "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 ....
    1. egeny patykov
      egeny patykov 7 February 2018 08: 55
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      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.
  5. A. Privalov
    A. Privalov 29 August 2017 15: 23
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    Is MiG-35 also participating in the tender there?
    1. newcomer
      newcomer 29 August 2017 15: 28
      +6
      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.
    2. tomket
      tomket 31 August 2017 10: 58
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      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".
  6. newcomer
    newcomer 29 August 2017 15: 30
    +5
    I once said that the struggle will be serious between our MIG and f18. apparently cough up.
    1. RL
      RL 29 August 2017 15: 52
      +4
      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.
      1. newcomer
        newcomer 29 August 2017 16: 11
        +6
        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.
        1. RL
          RL 29 August 2017 16: 35
          +1
          Then why the tender?
          1. newcomer
            newcomer 29 August 2017 17: 19
            +5
            you ask the Indians. sort of like for subsequent aircraft carriers.
          2. Nikolai Grek
            Nikolai Grek 29 August 2017 20: 24
            +5
            Quote: RL
            Then why the tender?

            to make everyone's brains - Indians in this pro !! laughing laughing laughing
        2. jonhr
          jonhr 30 August 2017 00: 05
          +1
          only super hornet is superior in combat load and fuel 29
      2. okko077
        okko077 29 August 2017 21: 11
        +2
        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 .....
      3. tomket
        tomket 31 August 2017 10: 59
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        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.
        1. egeny patykov
          egeny patykov 11 February 2018 09: 04
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          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
  7. Wedmak
    Wedmak 29 August 2017 15: 34
    +2
    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 ....
    1. voyaka uh
      voyaka uh 29 August 2017 16: 22
      +1
      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.
  8. Tuzik
    Tuzik 29 August 2017 15: 39
    +1
    and the combat load during takeoff is present? or how
  9. irazum
    irazum 29 August 2017 15: 58
    0
    The competition is in India and the competition!
  10. Berber
    Berber 30 August 2017 08: 45
    +1
    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.
    1. tomket
      tomket 31 August 2017 11: 04
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      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.
      1. egeny patykov
        egeny patykov 11 February 2018 09: 02
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        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
  11. tomket
    tomket 31 August 2017 11: 03
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    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.