"Navy Tests Stealth-Like Features for Super Hornet" Topic
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| Tango01 | 16 Jul 2014 3:19 p.m. PST |
"The Navy recently conducted several ground and airborne tests of stealth-enhancing upgrades to the F/A-18 Super Hornet in an effort to improve the fighter aircraft's ability to elude radar detection, service leaders said. "The point of putting on a conformal fuel tank and the point of the external weapons pod would be to carry fuel and weapons in a way so as not to increase the signature of the airplane," said Capt. Frank Morley, F/A-18 and EA-18G program manager. Working in tandem with F-18-maker Boeing, the Navy conducted a series of ground assessments and flight test to see how these modifications improved the stealth-like characteristics of the aircraft. The tests occurred as the F-35 continues to face problems with the recent grounding and Boeing officials lobby the Navy to buy more F/A-18s as a backstop for F-35 problems…" Full article and video here.
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| Lion in the Stars | 16 Jul 2014 6:43 p.m. PST |
I'm not entirely impressed with the conformal weapons pods, but conformal fuel tanks aren't exactly new tech… |
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