The Navy’s Super Hornet and Growler are evolving under new directives - see what the 2024 Annual Report reveals about their ...

The IRST Block II enhances ‘situational awareness by supplementing air-to-air detection and track capabilities, and ...

The U.S. Navy’s podded Infrared Search And Track System, or IRST, planned for its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters, has ...

Neither Boeing nor BAE Systems announced a timeframe for when the work would be conducted, or if it will only apply to F-15EX Eagle IIs and F/A-18E/F Super Hornets in the U.S. military's fleet.

The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet has been a cornerstone of U.S. naval aviation since 1984. Its successor, the F/A-18E/F ...

Learn how the US Navy is upgrading its Super Hornet fleet's sensor to improve aircrew tracking and targeting capabilities.

The USN has announced Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet IRST Block II system, ...

The Navy said that the "Murder Hornet" configuration on its F/A-18 fighter jet is comprised of nine air-to-air missiles.

An upgraded, passive missile targeting sensor for the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fleet is now eligible for deployment, the U.S. Navy said on Feb. 4. The Block II infrared search and track (IRST ...

The air-defense loadout, the name for which was made official in Navy documentation, consists of four AIM-9X and five AIM-120 air-to-air missiles.

A Navy training exercise went awry on Wednesday when an F-18 dropped a live bomb outside of the Pinecastle Bomb Range, ...

The entire incident played out in just under 20 seconds, demanding quick thinking. At the time of that near-miss, the naval aviator was flying a Boeing-made F/A-18E Super Hornet carrier-based fighter ...