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Boeing Nabs $931 Million Contract To Extend Life Of 60 More Super Hornets

Rich Abott — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:43:37 +0000

The Navy on Tuesday awarded Boeing [BA] a $931 million contract to provide service life modifications (SLM) for up to 60 more F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets. The SLM process is […]

Boeing Moves To Relocate Super Hornet Service Life Modification Work Away From St. Louis

Rich Abott — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 20:53:56 +0000

Boeing [BA] on Wednesday announced it is relocating its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Service Life Modification (SLM) work out of its St. Louis region facilities and it plans to wrap up […]

Navy Confirms L3Harris Is Next-Gen Jammer-Low Band Winner Again

Rich Abott — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 20:58:30 +0000

The Navy on Tuesday confirmed a recent contract to L3Harris Technologies [LHX] is for the engineering and manufacturing development of the Next Generation Jammer-Low Band (NGJ-LB), following several setbacks to […]

Boeing Finishes First Super Hornet Upgrades Early

Rich Abott — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:34:54 +0000

Boeing [BA] finished the upgrade and life extension of the first two F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets in a modification effort 1.5 months ahead of schedule, respectively, the company told reporters […]

Two Navy Trackers Disagree On Super Hornet Availability Rates

Rich Abott — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 21:16:43 +0000

A new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report found that while the Navy Department uses two separate databases to track aircraft availability the newer one is better at predicting actual flying […]

Navy Receives First Next Gen Jammer Mid-Band Test Pods

Rich Abott — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 14:22:49 +0000

Last month the Navy received the first Raytheon Technologies [RTX] Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) production-representative pods for use in Navy testing at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) […]

Navy IDs Potentially Defective Ejection Part, Grounds Planes

Rich Abott — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 21:49:22 +0000

The Navy and Marine Corps said they are replacing a potentially defective part used in pilot ejection in some planes like Super Hornets and training aircraft and grounding some planes […]

Super Hornets Conduct Operational Demo in India For Carrier Capability

Rich Abott — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:15:43 +0000

Two Navy Boeing [BA] F/A-18E Super Hornets recently conducted several operational demonstration tests in India to show they can operate off Indian aircraft carriers. The Super Hornets underwent several ski-jump, […]

Navy And Boeing Demoed Super Hornet Manned-Unmanned Teaming Last Year

Rich Abott — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 21:17:41 +0000

Boeing [BA] and the Navy successfully tested a Block III F/A-18E/F Super Hornet controlling three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) flight tests in 2021, the company announced […]

Defense Bills Would Require Navy To Keep EA-18G Growlers

Rich Abott — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 20:59:12 +0000

Both House and Senate versions of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 defense authorization bill would require the Navy to maintain a certain number of EA-18G Growler aircraft after the service […]

Canada Rejects Boeing Super Hornet For Fighter Replacement

Rich Abott — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 21:59:59 +0000

The government of Canada confirmed it has rejected Boeing [BA] as a finalist in the government’ project to replace its 76 aging CF-18 Hornet fighters. The government is seeking to […]

Navy Begins Program To Upgrade EA-18G Growlers

Rich Abott — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 21:25:13 +0000

The Navy started a five-year EA-18G Growler Capability Modification (GCM) program this month to upgrade capabilities on the Growler electronic warfare aircraft. The service’s F/A-18 and EA-18G program Office (PMA-265) […]

Boeing Announces Five Partners In Canadian Fighter Bid

Rich Abott — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 21:41:09 +0000

Boeing [BA] announced five partners in its F/A-18 E/F Block III Super Hornet bid for Canada’s fighter replacement project on Tuesday. Boeing is one of three current competitors looking to […]

State Department Approves F-35 and Super Hornet Sales For Finland Fighter Competition

Rich Abott — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 20:16:47 +0000

The State Department approved the potential Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35A as well as the Boeing [BA] F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler to Finland […]

State Department Approves Billions In Potential FMS To Switzerland For Super Hornet, F-35 And Patriot

Rich Abott — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 21:42:48 +0000

The State Department on Sept. 30 approved billions of dollars in possible Foreign Military Sales (FMSs) to Switzerland for F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets, F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, and Patriot defense […]

Boeing Says Block III Super Hornet Would Be Ready In Early 2020s

Cal Biesecker — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 17:34:11 +0000

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–An upgraded version of the Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter that prime contractor Boeing [BA] is pitching to the service would be ready for delivery in the early […]

Australia Requests $1.8 Billion In Follow-On Support For Destroyers And Aircraft

Rich Abott — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 21:23:17 +0000

The State Department approved two possible Foreign Military Sales (FMS) requests with a total value of nearly $1.8 billion to Australia for Hobart-class destroyer, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, and EA-18G Growler […]

Defense Watch

DDN — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The Latest Word On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense D-Day. Mark the calendar. Put the Air Force acquisition shop on speed-dial. The Defense Acquisition Board meets today to […]

Raytheon Awarded $55 Million To Upgrade Navy Super Hornets With AESA Radar

DDN — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The Navy last month awarded Raytheon [RTN] a contract worth nearly $55 million to retrofit 135 Boeing [BA] F/A-18 Super Hornets with APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. The […]