Mon, Sep 27, 2010
The Airplane Can Be Converted Into An Electronic Attack
Aircraft
Boeing has completed production of the first Royal Australian
Air Force (RAAF) F/A-18F Super Hornet that has the capability to be
converted into an electronic attack aircraft, the company said
Thursday. Boeing is pre-wiring the RAAF's second lot of 12 Super
Hornets for potential electronic attack capability conversion
during production at the company's facilities in St. Louis.
File Photo
"Incorporating the ability to introduce an electronic attack
capability on 12 RAAF Super Hornets as they are produced in St.
Louis provides maximum flexibility for our Air Force in the
future," said RAAF Group Capt. Steve Roberton, Officer Commanding
82 Wing, which includes Super Hornet and F-111 aircraft.
"Ultimately, if a decision to incorporate an electronic attack
option is pursued, it will further expand the broad capability of
an already formidable Super Hornet weapon system."
The Australian government announced in March 2007 that it would
acquire 24 of the advanced Block II versions of the Super Hornet,
all of which are equipped with the Raytheon-built APG-79 Active
Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. Eleven Super Hornets are
now operating at RAAF Base Amberley in Queensland. All 11 aircraft
were delivered ahead of schedule and on budget. Boeing will deliver
Australia's 24th Super Hornet in 2011.
"Besides giving the RAAF the potential of introducing electronic
attack capability in the future, producing these 12 aircraft with
this configuration from the outset also reduces cost when compared
with retrofitting at a later date," said Carolyn Nichols,
Australian Super Hornet program manager for Boeing.
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