a modernized cockpit with a large touchscreen display, and the advantage of proven technology, ensuring reliability and effectiveness in diverse combat scenarios. The F/A-18 Super Hornet is the U ...

The IRST Block II enhances ‘situational awareness by supplementing air-to-air detection and track capabilities, and autonomously or in combination with ...

A powerful congressional committee is probing a secret Navy program studying potential traumatic brain injuries suffered by ...

The commanding officer of the USS Gettysburg -- the Navy ship whose crew shot down one of its own fighter jets in the Red Sea ...

The USN has announced Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet IRST Block II system, providing the fleet with an enhanced capability to search, detect and track ...

The Boeing Company BA recently clinched a deal for the procurement of 175 SUU-79 pylons to aid the F/A-18 E/F aircraft. The ...

Most of these aircraft have been introduced to service within the last 20 years. While some legacy models still might prevail, like the F/A-18 Super Hornet, there is continuing innovation within ...

The U.S. Navy’s podded Infrared Search And Track System, or IRST, planned for its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters, has ...

The air-defense loadout, the name for which was made official in Navy documentation, consists of four AIM-9X and five AIM-120 air-to-air missiles.

An F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft was shot down in an apparent case of friendly fire, CENTCOM said. The incident occurred after the missile cruiser USS Gettysburg mistakenly fired on the craft.