Engineering, Modification and Maintenance

F/A-18

BUILT FOR SUPERIORITY
The F/A-18 Super Hornet is a twin-engine, supersonic, all-weather, multirole fighter jet that is capable of landing and taking off from an aircraft carrier. Every Super Hornet has been delivered on cost and on schedule.

ENDURING SUPPORT
Boeing provides on-site maintenance and support, ensuring F/A-18 fleets (both classic Hornets and Super Hornets) are mission ready.

THE POWER INSIDE
Two F414-GE-400 engines power the Super Hornet, producing a combined 44,000 pounds of thrust and a Mach 1.8 top speed.

WEAPONS ALL OVER
The Super Hornet has 11 weapons stations, which allows the aircraft to carry more than 400 configurations of air-to-air and air-to-ground ordnance.

F-15

CONTINUALLY UPDATED
The F-15 has evolved into arguably the most advanced multirole, air-superiority fighter currently in service.

GONE BEFORE YOU HEAR IT
The F-15’s two 29,000 pound-thrust engines push it to two and a half times the speed of sound, making it the eighth fastest aircraft ever built.

FLEXIBLE PAYLOAD

The F-15 can carry up to 29,500 pounds of payload, including air-to-ground weapons and air-to-air weapons.

LOW-ALTITUDE TARGETING
Boeing equipped the F-15 with an advanced infrared targeting and navigation system, which allows high-speed target strikes at night and in bad weather.

EA-18G

SELF-PROTECT AND TIME-CRITICAL STRIKE SUPPORT
With its Advanced Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, digital data links and air-to-air missiles, the EA-18G Growler has self-protection capability and is effective for target identification and prosecution.

FIRST-DAY READY
The Growler’s unique airborne electronic attack capabilities make it one of the first aircraft into the fight, as it suppresses ground defenses for other strikes.

AIRBORNE ELECTRONIC ATTACK
The Growler provides selective, reactive and preemptive jamming capabilities, some of which are housed in the gun bay and in two wingtip pods.

QF-16

A FAMILIAR AIRCRAFT
The QF-16 is based on the F-16A and F-16C, the single-seat versions of the U.S. Air Force’s single-engine, supersonic, multirole tactical aircraft.

MANNED-TO-UNMANNED FLIGHT
Boeing receives the F-16 as it was delivered to the U.S. Air Force and installs a number of systems on the aircraft to make it unmanned.

FLY-BY-ITSELF
The QF-16 mission profile included auto takeoff, a series of simulated maneuvers, supersonic flight and an auto land, all without a pilot in the cockpit.

LIVE-FIRE TESTS
During “Combat Archer,” the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron uses the unmanned QF-16 as a target for live-fire tests over the Gulf of Mexico.

F-16

PILOT READINESS TRAINING
The Boeing F-16 Weapons Tactics Trainer (WTT), Desktop Tactics Trainer (DTT) and Full Mission Trainer (FMT) provide affordable, realistic, high-fidelity training to maximize F-16 pilot readiness.

HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATORS
Boeing provides high-fidelity F-16 simulators with 360-degree visual systems, instructor/operator stations and brief/debrief stations as individual device solutions or through the Mission Training Centers, which are linked to the Distributed Mission Operation Network.

SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
Boeing provides Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing Systems for the F-16, increasing the pilot’s situational awareness and battle effectiveness.

T-38

AVIONICS UPGRADE PROGRAM (AUP)
To make training more relevant to modern-day fighters, Boeing upgraded 466 of the advanced-jet training aircraft with a modernized cockpit, featuring a head-up display, up-front control panels, multifunctional displays, hands-on throttle and stick, and integrated global positioning system.

TRAINING SUPPORT
Boeing provides flight simulators called Aircrew Training Devices (ATDs), courseware revisions, field service representatives and Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) to repair the avionics equipment.

AVIONICS COMPONENT INTEGRATION (AvCI)
Boeing continues its modernization of the avionics systems in providing a new Mission Display Processor (MDP), new electronics for the head-up display, new VHF radios, a new surveillance capability called ADS-B Out and further capability block upgrades.

F-22

TEAM RAPTOR
Boeing teamed with Lockheed Martin to develop and build the F-22, an extremely advanced tactical fighter that combined stealth, integrated avionics and maneuverability. Boeing built the wings and aft fuselage, including the structures necessary for engine and nozzle installations and development of the auxiliary power units.

SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR
On the F-22, Boeing was responsible for the avionics integration, 70% of the mission software, as well as the life support and fire protection systems. Also, Boeing has prime responsibility for radar system and power supplies development, production and testing.

IMMERSIVE VISUAL SYSTEMS
Training on the F-22 simulator now includes Boeing’s Constant Resolution Visual System, or CRVS — a high resolution, immersive training environment. The standard CRVS provides constant 20/40 visual acuity over the entire 360-degree field of view.