The enhanced weapons pod serves to lower the radar signature ... “We switched the name to Advanced Super Hornet because it fits the domestic market better now,“ Mike Gibbons, vice president ...

The Navy is evaluating a series of upgrades to the F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft designed to increase the range, performance and “stealthy-ness” of the aircraft. The technological innovations ...

Boeing and Northrop Grumman began flying a prototype of an Advanced Super Hornet in August. Outfitted with conformal fuel tanks, an enclosed weapons pod and signature enhancements, the now ...

Boeing put forward and tested an Advanced Super Hornet (ASH) concept in 2013. With conformal fuel tanks and an enclosed weapons pod, this improved Super Hornet is 50 percent stealthier than the ...

Boeing has unveiled an F/A-18F Super Hornet demonstrator aircraft fitted ... of prototype conformal fuel tanks (CFT), an enclosed weapons pod and new radar cross-section treatments.

In 2013, Boeing flew a prototype of a new version called the Advanced Super Hornet, designed to be less visible to radar with additions such as an enclosed weapons pod. The Chicago aerospace giant ...

Boeing Co. on Wednesday showcased its Block III Super Hornet, which comes with a larger variety of weapons, extended range, advanced targeting and sensor systems, and better fuel efficiency ...

The US Navy says it is pleased with results of recent flight tests of a Boeing F/A-18E/F Super ... an external weapons pod -- a configuration Boeing calls the "Advanced Super Hornet." ...

The Litening ATP (advanced targeting pod) has completed its first test flights on the U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet, Northrop Grumman announced on Sept. 7, 2022. The pod is an electro-optical ...

Once developed to its full potential, the Advanced Super Hornet could perform most of ... fuel and an enclosed low-observable (LO) weapons pod that can carry 2500lbs of ordnance onboard the ...

An enclosed weapons pod would make the plane more aerodynamic while also cutting down on the plane's radar cross section. Combined with the form-fitting fuel tanks, the Advanced Super Hornet could ...

The F/A-18 Super Hornet, unlike pretty ... of upgrading the airborne weapons platform, and one of the main focuses for the changes is the legacy targeting pod. Back in May of last year, Northrop ...