SilentSparrow

I was talking about the "convert radar signature to heat signature" thing, not the "dumbed down" part for export. We're talking about a DCS Super Hornet, not the F-15EX IRL. For real, wouldn't the "convert radar signature to heat signature" thing make it easier for the Super Hornet to be tracked on IRST?

Well, India is distancing itself from Russia, at the very least. AFAIK India-Russia weapons deals are nonexistent other than the boneyard MiG-29 deal. Saying India is a Chinese ally makes no sense whatsoever. All of India's main enemies (Pakistan, Myanmar, China) are either China or an ally of China. China claims the entire India-China border. Indians are burning pictures of Xi. China is most definitely NOT an Indian ally. Is the secret sauce (converting radar to heat energy) classified information? Please don't give out classified tech on the DCS Forums. Just don't. If it isn't classified, then wouldn't that make export Super Hornets better at avoiding Infrared signatures? If you are actually working at Boeing on the Super Hornet, I respect you.

Oh, thanks for the correction. Anyways, how stealthy is the export Super Hornet anyway? Maybe the RCS difference is negligible enough for ED to not care.

I was watching the AH-64D trailer again, and I saw a UH-60 Black Hawk in there. However, the UH-60 is a free mod for DCS, not a paid module by ED or a third party. I also don't think that ED has ever made any other trailer where a free third-party module is in there. So, are we seeing an official UH-60 module?

Wait, do Australian (And soon Kuwaiti and maybe even Indian) Rhinos not have the reduced RCS? I don't think so. Correct me if i'm wrong, but if I remember correctly the RCS is based on the airframe, not the inside, so there's no change in RCS. At the same time, it's not like we have to worry about the RCS, it isn't really stealth and the F-16C Block 50+ (I will not stop mentioning there is no Block 52+ until ED adds it, it's not too hard) has pretty much the exact same RCS as a Lot 26 Rhino that ED will model if they're modeling anything.

There's also the "You just never know" from NineLine. It could very well be a yes. This is more than a nothing burger. The A-10C was once the most popular module of DCS. The F/A-18C Lot 20 toppled it. Now, the F/A-18E/F Lot 26 could very well be the new most popular module of DCS (Until DCS: F-35 comes out, and let's be honest, that's not going to happen for a long time). With Top Gun: Maverick there is probably increased popularity of a possible Super Hornet, and given what happened with the Legacy Hornet (With no movie/PR to piggyback off of, it became the most popular module in DCS), it'll probably happen again with the Super Hornet. If you notice, I said earlier that the F/A-18E/F would be the Lot 26. Why? Because DCS has a history of putting out the latest variant possible of an aircraft. The F-16C Block 50+ is the latest model available (Why they never made a Block 52+ I have no idea). The F/A-18C Lot 20 is the final legacy hornet model. And the Lot 26 incorporates a lot (no pun intended) of improvements from the previous lots. It has an ATFLIR, Datalink, JHMCS, and the same countermeasure system as the legacy hornet. None of those are classified. As stated above, the AN/APG-79 is classified, so we can't go further than that. I can see it happening: The rectangular intake of a Super Hornet, the 12 AIM-120+2 AIM-9X, shooting down Fulcrums and Flankers, sending bad guys to oblivion, serving faithfully alongside the F/A-18C Lot 20 and F-14A/B. It will change the game of DCS as we know it. It will give ED tons of money and make us happy. Why not?

Actually, IIRC the Block II had the AN/APG-73 until 2005 when it was upgraded to the AN/APG-79, so we probably are getting Block II early.