bies Posted August 5, 2021 Posted August 5, 2021 US Navy wants this year to be the last to buy the Super Hornet. They want to invest the savings into naval variant of the NGAD project. US Navy predicts new Super Hornets Block III will not be a suitable platform by the end of their 30-year service life. https://insidedefense.com/insider/loiselle-navy-opposes-congress-adding-unrequested-super-hornets 1
Dudikoff Posted August 6, 2021 Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) They announced it last year already. https://news.usni.org/2020/02/10/navy-cuts-super-hornet-production-to-develop-next-generation-fighter It's about time though (as that platform was the wrong choice IMHO), but good luck pushing that through the Congress. Edited August 6, 2021 by Dudikoff i386DX40@42 MHz w/i387 CP, 4 MB RAM (8*512 kB), Trident 8900C 1 MB w/16-bit RAMDAC ISA, Quantum 340 MB UDMA33, SB 16, DOS 6.22 w/QEMM + Win3.11CE, Quickshot 1btn 2axis, Numpad as hat. 2 FPH on a good day, 1 FPH avg. DISCLAIMER: My posts are still absolutely useless. Just finding excuses not to learn the F-14 (HB's Swansong?). Annoyed by my posts? Please consider donating. Once the target sum is reached, I'll be off to somewhere nice I promise not to post from. I'd buy that for a dollar!
SUBS17 Posted August 6, 2021 Posted August 6, 2021 The Superhornet is getting an upgrade, it will last well beyond 30 years because of it. [sIGPIC] [/sIGPIC]
bies Posted August 7, 2021 Author Posted August 7, 2021 According to US Navy 4th generation airframes, regardless of upgrades, will not be survivable in 30 years. Too short legs, no weapons bay, big RCS, big heat signature, low electric output to support the new electric devices, too slow, no supercruise... Super bug has been developed, instead of the new high performance navy fighter, because Soviet Union collapsed and nobody needed the new and expensive advanced high performance "Tomcat of the XXI century". Raptor for the USAF has been nearly cancelled as well.
Rick50 Posted September 23, 2021 Posted September 23, 2021 On 8/6/2021 at 4:14 PM, SUBS17 said: The Superhornet is getting an upgrade, it will last well beyond 30 years because of it. Sure, but that doesn't mean that buying brand new Bug airframes NOW makes much sense anymore. Existing Superbugs will soldier on for decades with some upgrades, but the tip of the spear may need to be something else. I hope it will be something more than an F-35.... at a more reasonable pricetag for what you get.
QuiGon Posted September 23, 2021 Posted September 23, 2021 Well, maybe Germany steps in and buys some Super Hornets before the production lines have to shut down... Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing!
Rick50 Posted September 25, 2021 Posted September 25, 2021 True, but Germany may be wanting to get something more stealthy itself... then again, cost is ALWAYS a factor for any aircraft purchase, and stealth is... pricey!
jagheterjan Posted September 25, 2021 Posted September 25, 2021 Current plan of Germany's DoD is to order in FY23 a number of dual-seat Superbugs for nuclear and Tranche 4 Typhoons for conventional striking tasks (Ability to deliver B61 was a hard requirement) plus either Growlers or yet more Typhoons for EWR tasks. This needs to pass the yet-to-get-elected Parliament though, so anything can happen. Ministers gave the F35 a hard pass repeatedly tho, so that's very unlikely to happen.
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