Academic Journal
Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler Aircraft: Background and Issues for Congress
| العنوان: | Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler Aircraft: Background and Issues for Congress |
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| المؤلفون: | Bolkcom, Christopher |
| المساهمون: | LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE |
| المصدر: | DTIC |
| سنة النشر: | 2006 |
| المجموعة: | Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Aircraft, Attack and Fighter Aircraft, FIGHTER AIRCRAFT, ELECTRONIC AIRCRAFT, AGING(MATERIALS), CAPACITY(QUANTITY), MILITARY MODERNIZATION, F/A-18E AIRCRAFT, F/A-18F AIRCRAFT, EA-18G AIRCRAFT |
| الوصف: | The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is the Navy's highest priority aviation modernization program. It is replacing Navy F/A-18C/D Hornet combat aircraft. The decision to undertake F/A-18E/F Super Hornet program was made during a period of great turbulence in Navy aviation modernization. During this time frame the Navy struggled to identify and implement the best way to modernize its aging fleet of F-14 fighters and A-6E attack aircraft. The A-12 program (a stealthy replacement to the A-6E) was terminated in January 1991. The AFX program, another proposed replacement for the A-6E, began in 1991, but was also terminated. The principal alternative to the F/A-18E/F was a modest upgrade of the F-14-a large, two-seat fighter designed in the 1960s, with potential air-to-surface attack capabilities. Some observers describe the F/A-18E/F as an upgraded and larger version of the F/A-18C/D, with increased range and payload capacity and more space and weight for future improvements. Others assert that the differences between the baseline Hornet aircraft and the E/F model are so great that they would describe the Super Hornet as an entirely new aircraft. ; CRS Report for Congress |
| نوع الوثيقة: | text |
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| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA454454 |
| الاتاحة: | http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA454454 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA454454 |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.49AD71E2 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| الوصف غير متاح. |