Aircraft
Boeing Flies ‘Advanced Super Hornet’ Demonstrator
Boeing flew the Advanced Super Hornet demonstrator on August 27 for reporters and delegations from Brazil and Denmark. (Photo: Bill Carey)
Boeing flew the Advanced Super Hornet demonstrator on August 27 for reporters and delegations from Brazil and Denmark. (Photo: Bill Carey)

Boeing is flight-testing an F/A-18F Super Hornet with conformal fuel tanks (CFTs), an enclosed weapons pod (EWP) and “signature enhancements” designed to substantially increase the range and reduce the radar signature, compared with the U.S. Navy’s Block II Super Hornet. The modifications are part of an “Advanced Super Hornet” suite of upgrades the company hopes to sell to the Navy for both the F/A-18 and the EA-18G Growler electronic-warfare variant.