“Multi-role, Combat Tested and Built for the Future”
One look at the decks of our Navy’s aircraft carriers and the Royal Australian Air Force’s fleet and you’ll see advanced, combat-proven strike capability. The Super Hornet is the multirole solution for the Navy and international air force customers. The Royal Australian Air Force operates 24 Super Hornets and 12 Growlers. Seven air forces around the world use the Hornets.
With combat proven multi- role capabilities, advanced survivability, with room to grow and having the lowest sustainment costs among US tactical combat fighters, the Super Hornet would be a good option for India to evaluate for its Navy and Air Force’s fighter requirements.
The Super Hornet brings the latest generation of technologies to the warfighter. With designed- in stealth and a robust capability growth plan, the Super Hornet offers a path to India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft ( AMCA) programme generating scale to close the business case of common components such as the common core engine.
Boeing is also committed to expanding its partnership by producing Super Hornets in India, further developing the country’s aerospace ecosystem. Boeing will work closely with Indian industry to ensure they have the very latest technologies, applying lessons learned from the current Super Hornet production line.
Having a procurement roadmap that achieves the dual goal of capabilities for the warfighters and industrial capability to build India’s aerospace industry will be good for India. India should also look at the strong interplay between the commonality of parts such as radars and engines and have the scale to build in India. We want to follow the MoD’s lead on their process and will be responsive to their needs if we are asked to provide any information. Boeing’s Super Hornet is combat proven and defined to stay aligned with the US Navy’s flight plan so that it continues to evolve to outpace future threats. The Super Hornet will be the work horse on the Navy’s carrier decks for decades to come – being three-fourths of the Navy’s strike fighter capacity into the 2030’s and no less than half the carriers striking force into the 2040’s.
The President of the United States in his fiscal year (FY) 2019 budget included a requirement for 110 Super Hornets over the next five years to address its strike fighter shortfall. The FY18 budget included a requirement for 24 Super Hornets, and funding for Block III capabilities, which ensure the US Navy has the capabilities needed to outpace the future threat environment.
The next-generation Block III Super Hornet comes into the US Navy and potentially international customers to fulfill its role in a complementary way to work alongside the EA- 18G Growler, E- 2D Hawkeye and F-35. The Super Hornet and F-35 are going to work together on the carrier decks for the US Navy, well into the 2040s.
That gives us a great opportunity to continue the programme which is evolutionary capability development from a risk perspective of low risk change that delivers revolutionary performance. We are excited to be building airplanes at a current production rate based on the US Navy demand and some other international. The President’s budget requests will have the Super Hornet production line delivering aircraft into the mid 2020s.Our current