Will India buy US Super Hornets for Indian Navy – Burning Issues – Free PDF Download

• Another Deal for India after Rafale?
•  Boeing is offering the Super Hornet

• Boeing has expressed interest in supplying the F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet fighter jet to the Indian Navy.

India requested…

• “We have responded to the Indian Navy’s Request for Information (RFI) for the Multi-role Carrier Borne Fighters programme. The F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet, the frontline fighter of the US Navy, is on offer to the Indian Navy. It will offer the most contemporary war-fighting capabilities to the Indian Navy while enhancing cooperation between the Indian Navy and US Navy.”
• “It can perform virtually every mission in the tactical spectrum including air superiority, day/night strike with precision guided weapons, fighter escort, close air support, suppression of enemy air defence, maritime strike, reconnaissance, forward air control and buddy refuelling,” the company said.

US Navy uses the same Hornets

• The Block III version of the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet is currently being manufactured for the US Navy.

US Navy has 600 Super Hornets

• Despite the entry of the F-35C into Navy service in February 2019, the Super Hornet will remain backbone of the Navy’s carrier air wings. More than 600 Super Hornets and Growlers (the electronic warfare version of the Super Hornet) are in the fleet with no planned date for retirement according to the Navy

• India currently fields the Russia- built MiG-29K for its STOBAR fighter needs. These aircraft has been plagued with serviceability and carrier environment suitability issues since they entered service less than a decade ago.

India has old relations with Boeing

• “Today, India has 11 C-17 Globemaster IIIs, eight P-8Is (with four more on order), 22 AH-64E Apaches (with six more on order) and 15 CH-47F(I) Chinooks, all Boeing platforms.

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