F/A-18 Hornet Archives - Defense Daily http://www.defensedaily.com/tag/f-a-18-hornet/ Tue, 19 Mar 2024 21:45:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.defensedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-dd-icon-150x150.png F/A-18 Hornet Archives - Defense Daily http://www.defensedaily.com/tag/f-a-18-hornet/ 32 32 Navy Awards Boeing $1.1 Billion Contract For 17 Super Hornets https://www.defensedaily.com/navy-awards-boeing-1-1-billion-contract-for-17-super-hornets/navy-usmc/ Tue, 19 Mar 2024 21:45:49 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1170153 The first operational Block III F/A-18E/F Super Hornet flying at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis, Mo. before arriving at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. in 2021 (Photo: Boeing).

]]> DOT&E Warns Super Hornet Sensor Pod Schedule Does Not Allow Time For Deficiency Resolution Before Testing https://www.defensedaily.com/dote-warns-super-hornet-sensor-pod-schedule-does-not-allow-time-for-deficiency-resolution-before-testing/navy-usmc/ Tue, 24 Jan 2023 19:34:09 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1130728 An F/A-18 Super Hornet equipped with a Block II Infrared Search and Track prepares for its first flight with the long-range sensor. The passive sensor, which provides aircrew with enhanced targeting, will be delivered with Super Hornet Block III aircraft. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

]]> Navy Recovers Super Hornet Blown Overboard https://www.defensedaily.com/navy-recovers-super-hornet-blown-overboard/navy-usmc/ Mon, 08 Aug 2022 21:34:46 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1116090 The R/V Atlantis, a U.S. Navy owned research vessel, deploys the cable-controlled Undersea Recovery Vehicle (CURV-21) off the coast of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina in 2017 to help the Argentine Navy search for its ARA San Juan (S-42) submarine. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Lt. Alex Cornell du Houx/Released).

]]> Super Hornet On CVN-75 Blown Overboard https://www.defensedaily.com/super-hornet-on-cvn-75-blown-overboard/navy-usmc/ Mon, 11 Jul 2022 21:03:45 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1113347 An EA-18G Growler, attached to the "Rooks" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 137, lands on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Adriatic Sea on Feb. 24., 2022 during a scheduled deployment. Russia invaded Ukraine the same day (U.S. Navy Photo)

]]> Navy: Reducing Super Hornet Life Extension Work Time To Improve Shortfall https://www.defensedaily.com/navy-reducing-super-hornet-life-extension-work-time-to-improve-shortfall/navy-usmc/ Fri, 20 May 2022 21:26:47 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1109038 SuperHornet_BlockII_BlockIII(2)

]]> CNO Opposes Lobbying For ‘Aircraft We Don’t Need,’ Navy Questions Utility Of New Super Hornets https://www.defensedaily.com/cno-opposes-lobbying-for-aircraft-we-dont-need-navy-questions-utility-of-new-super-hornets/navy-usmc/ Wed, 04 Aug 2021 21:16:12 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1077599 SuperHornet_BlockII_BlockIII(2)

]]> Super Hornet Demonstrates Ski-Jump Ramp Compatibility https://www.defensedaily.com/super-hornet-demonstrates-ski-jump-ramp-compatibility/navy-usmc/ Tue, 22 Dec 2020 20:30:06 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=1054520 An F/A-18E/F Super Hornet successfully demonstrating launching from a ski jump, the type used by Indian aircraft carriers. (Photo: Boeing)

]]> L3Harris Touts F/A-18 Avionics Experience After Contract Wins https://www.defensedaily.com/l3harris-touts-f-18-avionics-experience-contract-wins/navy-usmc/ Wed, 02 Oct 2019 20:16:37 +0000 https://www.defensedaily.com/?p=263169 superhornet_blockiii_lg

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