Boeing EA 18 Growler

Premier vol en aout 2006, le Boeing ( IDS ) EA 18 (base F 18 Hornet ) Growler est déclaré opérationnel par l'US DoD après sa dernière campagne de qualification sur l'USS Dwight D Eisenhower.
Son atout principal : le radar de brouillage ALQ99.

Sur Jane's

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has cleared the Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic warfare (EW) aircraft for carrier operations, the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced on 31 July.

The findings of the EA-18G initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E), which were released by the DoD on 29 July, gave the aircraft an "operationally effective [and] operationally suitable" rating and recommended the type's introduction into the fleet.

The US Navy (USN) conducted Growler carrier trials aboard USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) involving one EA-18G (G-1) and one F/A-18F aircraft aerodynamically configured to replicate an EA-18G between 31 July and 5 August 2008.

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Peut-être déjà vu par ailleurs.

Boeing espère de nouvelles commandes de Growler du Pentagone ( US Navy )

Version US avec l'ALQ99 de brouillage, non autorisé à l'export

Sur Flight :

[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] is increasingly confident that the US Navy will award a follow-on order for more EA-18G Growlers, even as the programme begins the first two years of full-rate production.

"There is likely to be an additional Growler requirement to support expeditionary [airborne electronic attack] beyond the current programme of record," Boeing told Flight International.

Boeing officials previously estimated that the USN could buy as many as 26 to 30 EA-18Gs in addition to 88 aircraft already scheduled.

So far, Boeing has delivered 16 EA-18Gs to the USN, with 18 more to be delivered by the end of 2010.

On 30 November, the USN awarded Boeing the first of two full-rate production contracts for 22 aircraft each.
Boeing received a $386 million contract to deliver 22 electronic attack kits in fiscal year 2011, plus 22 more in FY2012.

Each kit includes the Northrop Grumman improved capability-III (ICAP-III) electronic warfare system, which includes receivers and jammers for radar and communications emitters.

The USN also plans to place an order for 10 more EA-18Gs in FY2012, which would complete the Growler production line unless more aircraft are ordered.

The potential follow-on order, if approved by the USN, could extend production to the end of FY2013 or FY2014.

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