The first carrier-capable stealth fighter was introduced to the United States Navy in 2019 when the Lockheed Martin F-35C entered service. The Lightning II brought the Navy into the fifth-generation ...

The service has yet to announce whether Boeing or Northrop Grumman will be awarded the contract to produce the fighter that ...

When the Royal Canadian Air Force announced it was opening a competition to replace its aging CF-18 fighters in 2017, the need was to purchase 88 fighter aircraft to fulfill its requirements for the ...

Boeing and the U.S. Navy celebrated a milestone delivery last week in St. Louis with 500 F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and derivative EA-18G Growlers joining the Navy's tactical aircraft fleet. The Super ...

The contract supports integration of advanced electronic warfare capabilities on Block III Super Hornet aircraft. Work includes engineering, design, fabrication, installation verification, and ...

F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III avionics include a 10x19-inch touchscreen display in place of multiple smaller screens for pilots to monitor. Boeing Defense was awarded $930.8 million in a new U.S. Navy ...

On Wednesday afternoon local time, a US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet successfully disabled an Iranian cargo ship attempting to run the American blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. “CENTCOM forces observed M ...

A U.S. Marine cleans the tail of an F/A-18D Hornet at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, on April 13, 2026. (Cpl. Michael Gavin/U.S. Marine Corps) The U.S. Marine Corps plans to phase out ...

The F-15 was designed first and foremost as an air superiority fighter. Speed, altitude, range, and payload were prioritized, without much attention paid to air-to-ground capabilities. The F/A-18, ...