Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy's latest F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet, the jet featured in the new Top Gun film, has a top speed of Mach 1.6. -This is powered by new General Electric F414 ...

Key Points and Summary - Russia’s Su-57 “Felon” brings fifth-gen stealth, supercruise, and thrust-vectoring to the fight, giving it clear advantages in signature and close-in agility over the U.S.

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The F/A-18 Hornet is admittedly nowhere near as popular or glamorous as the F-14 Tomcat that preceded her in both real-world aircraft carrier combat operations and cinematic immortality. Nonetheless, ...

Summary and Key Points: Boeing has completed upgrades to the first U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet ahead of schedule, delivering two Service Life Modifications (SLM) Block III fighters. -These enhanced ...

In March 2024, the Navy secured a deal that would acquire 17 Block III F/A-18 Super Hornets from Boeing for a grand total $1.1 billion. This purchase will give the Navy 12 F/A-18F and five F/A-18E on ...

An F/A-18E Super Hornet is estimated to cost about $60 million.US Navy photo An F/A-18 Super Hornet fell off the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman on Monday. A defense official said a ...

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) released a sources sought notice on Nov. 10, 2025, in support of PMA209 Air Combat Electronics Program Office. According to the notice, as part ...

For the second time in just over a week, a U.S. Navy fighter jet from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier has been lost in the Red Sea, according to USA TODAY. A defense official confirmed an F/A ...

US fighter manufacturer Boeing has delivered the first aircraft under a programme to upgrade the US Navy’s (USN’s) existing F/A-18 Super Hornet jets to the latest Block III standard. Boeing, which ...

The configuration speaks volume about the type of mission flown by the F/A-18E Super Hornets in the Red Sea, where the U.S. Navy aircraft are often called in to intercept Houthi drones. USS Dwight D.