Boeing cia siab tias yuav ua kom tiav cov khoom tsim tshiab ntawm F/A-18 Super Hornet thaum kawg ntawm 2025, tom qab xa cov tub rog zaum kawg rau US Navy. Yog tias Super Hornet raug xaiv los ntawm cov neeg siv khoom thoob ntiaj teb, kev tsim khoom tuaj yeem txuas ntxiv mus rau 2027.
Tsim los ntawm McDonnell Douglas (tam sim no Boeing) nyob rau xyoo 1970 thiab 1980s, F/A-18 tsev neeg ntawm cov dav hlau dav hlau tau coj los ntawm kev hloov pauv ntawm kev siv cov pa roj carbon fiber ntau hauv cov tub rog dav hlau. Xyoo 1976, tus thawj McDonell Douglas Corporation tau ua tus thawj coj hauv kev tsim cov tis sib xyaw ntawm F/A-18, thiab cov pa roj carbon fiber ntau tshaj 10 feem pua rau thawj zaug. Tom qab ntawd, lub tshuab tsis siv neeg hlau tso tshuab tau siv ntxiv los tsim 12 daim tawv nqaij fuselage, 10 daim ntawm cov yeeb nkab ntawm daim tawv nqaij thiab 4 daim kab rov tav daim tawv nqaij rau FA-18E / F, thiab cov khoom siv carbon fiber ntau. kuj tau tshaj 20 feem pua.
Nws yog tsim nyog hais tias lub dav hlau fighter siab tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no, lub US thib tsib-tiam fighter F/A-22, yog ua los ntawm carbon fiber ntau cov ntaub ntawv nyob rau hauv lub tseem ceeb tshaj plaws qhov chaw xws li lub fuselage, tis thiab tus Tsov tus tw, suav txog 34 feem pua ntawm tag nrho. (Ntau ntxiv ntawm kev siv cov pa roj carbon fiber ntau hauv cov dav hlau sib ntaus sib tua nyob rau hnub Monday tom ntej tsab xov xwm "Tshwj xeeb". Nyob twj ywm.)
Txhawm rau ua kom tau raws li qhov xav tau ntawm cov khoom siv tiv thaiv thiab kev pabcuam, Boeing npaj yuav mus txuas ntxiv ntiav ntawm nws qhov chaw St. Louis nyob rau tsib xyoos tom ntej. Xyoo tas los, thaj chaw ua haujlwm ntau dua 900 tus neeg.
Steve Nordlund, tus lwm thawj ntawm Air Superiority thiab tus thawj coj ntawm Boeing's St. Louis qhov chaw, tau hais tias: "Peb tab tom npaj rau peb lub neej yav tom ntej, kev tsim cov dav hlau dav hlau nyob hauv peb DNA, thiab thaum peb nqis peev hauv thiab tsim cov peev txheej tshiab, peb tab tom thov. tib qhov kev tsim kho tshiab thiab kev txawj ntse uas tau ua rau F/A-18 ua haujlwm ntawm US Navy thiab Air Force thoob plaws ntiaj teb tau ze li 40 xyoo. "
F/A -18 kev txiav txim siab ntau lawm redirects Boeing cov peev txheej rau yav tom ntej cov tub rog aircraft program. Txhawm rau txhawb nqa cov tiam tom ntej ntawm cov neeg tsav dav hlau thiab tsis muaj neeg tsav dav hlau, Boeing npaj yuav tsim peb qhov chaw tshiab hauv St. Cov chaw no, nrog rau lub chaw tsim khoom lag luam tshiab hauv Arizona thiab MQ tshiab-25 chaw tsim khoom ntawm Central American St. Louis Airport, sawv cev rau kev nqis peev ntau dua $ 1 nphom.
Xyoo kaum xyoo dhau los, Boeing tau nqis peev $ 700 lab hauv kev txhim kho kev tsim kho vaj tse hauv St. Louis uas tau qhia txog kev tsim qauv tshiab thiab kev tsim kho, txhim kho cov txheej txheem thiab txhim kho kev tsim ua ntej.
Boeing St. Louis yuav nce kev tsim khoom ntawm T-7A Red Hawk, lub ntiaj teb thawj qhov kev cob qhia digital tag nrho, thiab MQ-25 Stingray, lub ntiaj teb thawj lub nkoj tsis siv neeg lub nkoj hauv nkoj, thaum txuas ntxiv tsim cov tshiab F-15EX Eagle II thiab 777X tis sib dhos.
Boeing yuav txuas ntxiv txhim kho cov peev txheej thiab kev hloov kho tshiab rau lub ntiaj teb F/A-18 Super Hornet thiab EA-18G Growler fleets. Tshaj li kaum xyoo tom ntej no, txhua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb Block II Super Hornets yuav tau txais Block III Cov Khoom Siv Muaj Peev Xwm. Boeing tseem yuav txuas ntxiv ntxiv qhov muaj peev xwm tua hluav taws xob siab tshaj plaws uas yog ib feem ntawm Growler refit tsis tu ncua.
Txij li thaum F/A-18 tau nthuav tawm xyoo 1983, Boeing tau xa ntau dua 2,000 Hornets, Super Hornets, thiab EA-18Growlers rau cov neeg siv khoom thoob ntiaj teb, suav nrog US Navy , Australia, Canada, Finland, Kuwait, Malaysia, Spain, thiab Switzerland.
