On Monday, March 20, 2017, in this photo, an F-18 fighter jet flew over the battleship George HW Bush towards the Strait of Hormuz. The arrival of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf marked the first such deployment by the new US President Donald Trump.
is increasing in number of F-35s, and when the service is preparing for stealth, highly networked, fifth-generation authorization, and long-range warfare, the F/A-18 Super Hornet is armed with hypersonic missiles. Will this enable the aircraft? Stay relevant in the next ten or two years? For decades, the F/A-18 has undergone a large number of upgrades, adjustments, enhancements, and life extension programs to maintain its operational capabilities in an increasingly threatening environment. The US Navy has spent several years strengthening the fuselage of the F/A-18 aircraft, upgrading weapons, adding new avionics, sensors and electronic equipment, and even integrating software that enhances aircraft carrier landings into the so-called "magic carpet." On the jet plane. The U.S. Navy also designed a conformal fuel tank for the F/A-18 to extend mission retention time and possibly reduce radar signals. All these goals of
are to ensure that the 4th generation fighters can still fight the new generation of enemy sensors, weapons and air defense systems. What is the effect of
hypersonic cruise missile on F/a-18? Z2z
may be more than anything else because of the scale, range and speed it will bring to the aircraft. A hypersonic air-launched cruise missile launched by the F/A-18 will completely change the aircraft's tactical influence and massively change its combat range. It is mentioned that the F/a-18 launching hypersonic weapons helps to offset its vulnerability, enabling it to have a faster and greater range, thereby reducing its contact with air defense and enemy 5th generation aircraft, which seems too obvious or not It goes without saying.
Perhaps all of this helps explain why the Pentagon is now specifically deploying a hypersonic cruise missile that can be launched from an F-18 launched by an aircraft carrier. According to the Pentagon’s records, Z2z
Joint Hypersonic Flight Transition Office Director Gillian Busy said: “We have signed a mature dual-nosed scramjet design contract with Boeing. They are working with jet aircraft and we are doing this. It is for the navy to have a choice compatible with their F-18."
F/A-18 hypersonic cruise missiles will also bring new strategies and tactics to the power projection of aircraft carriers and strikes on enemy coasts. Bring unprecedented attack methods within the scope. A mobile F-18 can quickly adapt to air and ground targets, and may enter the optimal attack position faster than ship-based weapons. Z2z
Busy explained that designing an F-18-launched hypersonic cruise missile that can achieve and maintain a speed of 5 times the speed of sound under appropriate guidance technology is not a simple task.
She enumerated six different technical fields, which now attract the attention of scientists, weapon developers and researchers. They include "materials and manufacturing, guidance, navigation and control, propulsion, mainly air-breathing propulsion, environment, and issues that we are studying related to warheads and explosive effects," Busy explained.
