With various improvements over the Block II, the Block III delivery ensures that the F-18 will remain the US Navy’s workhorse – capable of every mission in the tactical spectrum – for the foreseeable future. Here are the Block III’s improvements.
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F/A-18 E Super Hornet is the premier naval fighter of the US Navy, and it will be getting Block III upgrades. The jet is a 4th generation fighter with upgrades improving its performance over the Block II type.
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Block III, dubbed the Advanced Super Hornet, was test flown successfully in August 2013. To allow it to be competitive with newer planes, several equipment changes were devised by engineers are Boeing to bring them up to specifications to lower Block IIs, reported Airforce Technology.
Significant changes in the Block III aircraft will be an enclosed weapons pod, conformal fuel tanks, and signature enhancements. The plane s maximum speed is Mach 1.8 with a total of 44,000 pounds of thrust from its dual turbofan engines, and it has increase fuel for a greater range.
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