Boeing To Perform Service-Life Extension Modifications On US Navy F/A-18 Jets

[Zarvan]

Boeing FA-18 Super Hornets

Boeing will perform inspections, modifications and repair work on United States Navy 18E/F Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers under a $204 million contract which is intended to extend the service life of the aircraft.

About 28 aircraft are expected to be inducted for maintenance and modifications during the first year of the contract.

Boeing will continue its nearly 20-year legacy of F/A-18 modification work under a new $204 million contract award from the US Naval Air Systems Command, a Boeing release said Friday.

The sole-source contract, which covers inspections, modifications and repair work on U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers, has a base option of $62 million.

“Our team, many of whom are Navy and Marine Corps veterans, understand the critical need for aircraft readiness and mission availability,” said retired Adm. Pat Walsh, vice president of U.S. Navy & Marine Corps Services for Boeing Global Services. “We look forward to partnering with the Navy, as we have since 1999, on extending the service life of F/A-18s for continued reliable operation.”

Boeing will perform the work at the company’s Cecil Field facility in Jacksonville, Fla. In addition to periodic maintenance inspections and repairs, Boeing performs structural and electrical modifications.

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/23...fications_on_US_Navy_F_A_18_Jets#.W9aQmdIzYdU

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Boeing is getting left behind. LM has F-22 and F-35. Boeing after buying McDonnell Douglas and Northrop never develop anything beyond F-15 and F-18 which are 1970s and 1980s designs.

 

[Ultima Thule]

Boeing is getting left behind. LM has F-22 and F-35. Boeing after buying McDonnell Douglas and Northrop never develop anything beyond F-15 and F-18 which are 1970s and 1980s designs.

Northorp was partner of LM for F-35 development not Boeing @undertakerwwefan and currently its a separate company @undertakerwwefan

 

[Oldman1]

Boeing is getting left behind. LM has F-22 and F-35. Boeing after buying McDonnell Douglas and Northrop never develop anything beyond F-15 and F-18 which are 1970s and 1980s designs.

Boeing is not getting left behind. They are building P-8 Poseidon, KC-46 tankers. Besidss upgrading Hornets to Block 3. Northrop is building the B-21 bomber.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Boeing is not getting left behind. They are building P-8 Poseidon, KC-46 tankers. Besidss upgrading Hornets to Block 3. Northrop is building the B-21 bomber.

But their fighter jets suck. Big time.

 

[Oldman1]

But their fighter jets suck. Big time.

Whatever you say.