The Air Force passed on the YF-17 prototype, preferring the more agile F-16. But Navy planners liked it—ultimately transforming it into the venerable F/A-18.

The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler are both central to the US Navy's operational strategy, each filling distinct and complementary roles. Both the Super Hornet and Growler have ...

The U.S. Navy is expected to announce this week who will build its next-generation carrier-based stealth fighter - a program ...

As noted, the final F/A-18E/F Super Hornet will roll off the assembly ... the company had in “meeting the Navy’s radar and carrier landing requirements.” A final decision on the F/A-XX ...

The Navy's planned sixth-generation F/A-XX fighter will be the successor to its F/A-18 Super Hornet, shown here on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt in the Middle East on ...

The LRASM 1.0 variant, which was fielded with early operational capability in 2019, has already been integrated on the B-1B Lancer and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The newer LRASM 1.1 variant was ...

Designed to replace the aging F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fleet ... particularly regarding radar systems and carrier landing performance. A Reuters report from March 4 indicated that Lockheed may ...

The F/A-XX program, designed to replace the aging F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fleet ... reportedly out after struggling to meet radar and carrier landing benchmarks. Boeing, despite recent turbulence ...