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Monday, August 1, 2011

"Hornet Buffs Up"



Check out Bill Sweetman's article on Aviation Week about new F/A-18E Super Hornet upgrades. These new upgrades include:
-enhanced Electric F414 engines with 20% more thrust
-infrared search-and-track system
-spherical-coverage missile-approach warning system
-further reduced radar cross section (before upgrade 1m^2 est)

LINK: http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/dti/2011/07/01/DT_07_01_2011_p28-337526.xml

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