Posted on 03/17/2009 1:43:19 PM PDT by Freeport
Boeing today unveiled a new F-15 prototype aimed at the international market with such "fifth-generation" add-ons as radar absorbent coatings, internal weapons carriage and integrated digital avionics, plus featuring a distinctive V-tail.
Improving the fourth generation fighter’s profile on air-to-air radar is Boeing’s key goal for the F-15SE, which the company plans to offer to five foreign countries with an estimated market for 190 orders.
Radar absorbent materials added to leading edges are designed to soften the F-15SE’s head-on radar signature. Canting both horizontal stabilizers by 15 degrees is intended to reduce radar returns to the side.
(Excerpt) Read more at flightglobal.com ...
*shrug*
Same difference....:)
IDF deal for F-35 sours over soaring costs of fighter jets
Haaretz | April 16, 2009 | Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent
Posted on 04/17/2009 6:37:26 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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| After designing and building the world’s first operational AESA fighter radar—the APG-63(V)2 for the F-15C, first fielded in 2000, Raytheon has continuously developed and refined its AESA technology. The culmination of this journey is the new F-15 and F/A-18 radars—the world’s only and most advanced air-to-air, air-to-surface multimode AESA radars in production. |
I know, I was comparing it to the F-15 as a thing of beauty.
they are purty..ain’t they? I get goose bumps whenever I see one at an air show..
Is that a modified B-52? Interesting looking plane there.
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