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The continued delivery of Block III Super Hornet to the U.S. Navy comes amid Boeing’s ongoing efforts to expand the fighter’s presence in foreign markets. Switzerland chose the F-35 over the Super Hornet in July as part of a $6.5 billion procurement search, but Super Hornet remains an import contender for Canada, Finland, and Germany.
Boeing to Implement Anti-Surface Warfare Capability for Australian, U.S. Navy s F/A-18, EA-18G aircraft Our Bureau 34
F/A-18E Super Hornet
The U.S. Navy awarded Boeing a contract for DTP-N kits to implement anti-surface warfare capability in the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft for the Navy and government of Australia.
The deal valued $33 million covers 53 distributed targeting processor-networked (DTP-N) B-kits; 44 DTP-N A1-kits; and 19 DTP-N A2 kits in support of DTP-N full-rate production.
DTP-N reduces pilot workload by providing actionable information, and not just data, to the warfighter on the large-area display. It has the power to compute algorithms quickly to deal with the complex battlespace of the future.
Twin-seat Boeing Naval Super Hornet Can Link Up with Indian Drones, Helicopters Defenseworld.net Exclusive 2777
Ankur Kanaglekar, Vice President, India Fighter Sales, Boeing.
The twin seater Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet helicopter being offered to the Indian Navy can receive information from drones, MH-60R Maritime Helicopter besides the P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft to increase the lethality of the carrier based fighter jet.
Ankur Kanaglekar, Vice President, India fighter sales told
Defenseworld.net at the Aero India 2021 show that the F/A-18 Super Hornet being offered to India is the Block III version, which brings various improvements over the Block II, making it a formidable carrier-based fighter jet.