Jet Mishaps Show How Tricky Is to Keep Aircraft on Carriers
Since November 2021, three fighter jets — two of them advanced stealth aircraft — have gone overboard due to accidents aboard aircraft carriers.
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Since November 2021, three fighter jets — two of them advanced stealth aircraft — have gone overboard due to accidents aboard aircraft carriers.
The F/A-18E Super Hornet was ‘successfully recovered’ from a depth of around 2,900 metres, months after a separate operation to retrieve a US F-35C that crashed on deck and slid into the South China Sea.
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 warfight...
Boeing to Support Kuwaiti Super Hornets Our Bureau 2016 Super Hornets The U.S. Department of Defense has announced a $21 million contract to Boeing to support Kuwait’s fleet of Super Hornet jets. This modification adds new scope for integrated logistics support for 22 F/A-18E and six F/A-18F Super Hornets in support of the government of Kuwait, a DoD release today said. Kuwait ordered 28 Super Hornets in 2018 (22 single-seat F/A-18E and 6 two-seats F/A-18F) for $1.5 billion. Boeing has said that the jets will have many features in common with the U.S. Navy Block 3 jets, including the new...