Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet
FA18 Super Hornet
ʻO ka lohi ʻana i ka papahana hana o ka mea kaua F-35 ʻAmelika, a ʻoi aku hoʻi kona mana ea - ka F-35C - ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻomau ʻia nā mea kaua F/A-18 Super Hornet i nā mea hana nui i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. no ka mokulele lele o ka US Navy. No ka mea hana, ka Boeing hopohopo, ʻo ia ke ʻano o nā kauoha a ke aupuni no nā mokulele hou o kēia ʻano a me ka mālama ʻana i kahi laina hana i manaʻo ʻia e pani i kekahi mau makahiki i hala. Eia kekahi, hoʻoikaika ikaika ʻo Boeing i ka Pentagon e hoʻokomo i kahi pūʻulu hoʻonui F/A-18 Super Hornet hou, i koho ʻia ʻo Block III.
Ma 1999, ua hoʻomaka ka F / A-18E / F Super Hornet e komo i ka lawelawe me ka US Navy (US Navy), a ʻelua makahiki ma hope mai ua loaʻa iā lākou ka Initial Operational Capability (IOC). ʻO ka mea mua, hoʻomaka lākou e pani i ka F-14 Tomcat a me Hornets o ka hanauna mua - me F / A-18A / B. A laila hoʻomaka ka F / A-18E / F e pani i ka lua o ka hanauna Hornets - F / A-18C / D, nona ka hana i pau i ka makahiki 2000. Ua kāhea ʻia nā hoʻolālā i ka manawa no nā F/A-18C/D hou loa a me nā F/A-18E/Fs kahiko loa e pani ʻia e nā mea kaua 5th hanauna hou F-35C. Pono e hoʻopau ʻia ka hana ʻana o "Super Hornets", ʻoiai ʻo ka US Navy i hoʻomaka e hoʻokaʻawale i nā kālā hou aʻe no ka papahana F-35 (JSF - Joint Strike Fighter). ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka laina hana Super Hornet e hāʻawi ʻia e nā kauoha no ka mokulele EA-18G Growler EW (i kūkulu ʻia ma ke kahua F / A-18F) a me nā kauoha haole.
Ma hope o ka makahiki 2014, ua wānana ka poʻe loiloi he nui nā mea kaua F/A-18E/F hope loa no ka US Navy e haʻalele i nā hale o Boeing i Dekemaba 2016. I loko o kēia manawa, mālama ʻo Boeing i ʻekolu mau ʻāpana i kēlā me kēia mahina ma muli o ka hoʻokomo ʻana mai ka Navy i nā makahiki i hala o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ka mea i kapa ʻia. ʻaelike makahiki he nui (MYP-III, kūʻai i nā makahiki he nui) a me ke kauoha hope mai FY2014. Eia naʻe, i ka makahiki fiscal 2015, ua kūʻai aku ka US Navy i 12 EA-18G Growlers, a ma 2016, ʻehiku EA-18G a me ʻelima Super Hornets. ʻO kēia mau kauoha, a me ka emi ʻana o ka hana i ʻelua i kēlā me kēia mahina, pono e ʻae iā Boeing e mālama i ka laina hana F/A-18 a hiki i ka hopena o 2017. ʻO ka hope loa, ua pau ka hoʻoweliweli o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka hana ʻo Super Hornet ma muli o ka lohi ʻana o ka papahana F-35 a me ka pono e hoʻopiha i kahi ākea e ulu ana i nā ʻauwaʻa mokulele US.
Nalo ka loulou
ʻAʻole i hūnā ka US Navy i kona kānalua no ka Lockheed Martin F-35C fighter. ʻO ka F-35C ka mea kūʻai nui loa o nā F-35 ʻekolu. Ma ka ʻāpana 9 o ka hana haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa (LRIP-9, Low-Rate Initial Production), ʻo ke kumu kūʻai o hoʻokahi mea kaua F-35C (me ka ʻenekini) he 132,2 miliona mau kālā US no kēlā me kēia. No ka tranche hope loa - LRIP-10 - ua hoʻonoho ʻia ke kumukūʻai ma 121,8 miliona, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ke ʻano o ka hoʻokuʻu pōkole a me nā ʻano pae ʻana o ka F-35B. No ka hoʻohālikelike, ma muli o ka nui o ke kauoha, ʻo ka F / A-18 hou ke kumukūʻai ma waena o 80-90 miliona kālā, a ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku o kāna hana.
Ua hoʻopaneʻe ʻia ka papahana F-35 a pau ma kahi o ʻehā makahiki. Ke kūkulu ʻia nei nā mokulele F-35 a me ka hōʻikeʻike (SDD - System Development and Demonstration), pono e hoʻopau ʻia i Mei 2018. Hoʻopili ia i nā kālā hou aʻe, e hoʻonui ana i ke kumukūʻai o kahi papahana pipiʻi hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo. Eia kekahi, he mau pilikia ʻenehana like ʻole ka mana ea o ka F-35C. I ka wā i hoʻoholo ʻia ai ka pilikia o ka makau hoʻopaʻa ʻana, ʻaʻole i paʻa mau i ka laina kaʻa ma luna o kahi mokulele mokulele, ua ʻike ʻia he liʻiliʻi loa nā ʻēheu ʻēheu paʻa pono e hana hou. Ua ʻike pū ʻia i ka wā e haʻalele ai i kahi catapult, hana ka mea pae mua i nā haʻalulu kū pololei a laila hoʻouna iā lākou i ka mokulele holoʻokoʻa. Pono e hoʻoholo ʻia kēia mau pilikia ma mua o ke komo ʻana o ka F-35C i ka lawelawe.
