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India may one day launch Hornets, ready to sting China It is Beijing’s worst nightmare. The Indian Navy, brandishing brand new, state-of-the-art F/A-18 fighter jets, on their Himalayan doorstep. You wanted a fight, China? Well, you got one. A Hornet that can sting. You might have some good...

F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighters For India? Here's Why It Could Happen It is increasingly looking like the Indian Navy could soon be flying the F/A-18 fighter jet as India-U.S. ties have reached an all-time high. During the recent U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, the United States signed a...

HAL delivers the 175th ‘F/A 18 Gun Bay Door’ to Boeing State owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has delivered the 175th gun bay door for the F/A-18 Super Hornet of Boeing Company. The delivery document was handed over to A K Sahoo, Boeing Supplier Quality by Ms Jayakrishnan S AGM (Assy &...

Boeing offers F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet fighter jet to Indian Navy Boeing has expressed interest in supplying the F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet fighter jet to the Indian Navy. Responding to queries from BusinessLine, the company said, “We have responded to the Indian Navy’s Request for...

In the graphics released by Boeing of F/A-18 offer to #IndianNavy you can see the platform is equipped with AIM-120 and AIM-9 AAM , AGM-88 and Harpoon (not shown in this graphics), and a modified drop tank with IRST. Will #IndianNavy be offered AGM-154, AGM-158 & Taurus ?

Boeing pushes hard for jet contracts; looks to Super Hornet for Navy, IAF US aerospace major, Boeing, which accounts for most of the $18-billion worth of weaponry that Washington has sold India since 2005, is pressing hard to win a $7-8 billion Indian Navy contract for 57 aircraft carrier-borne...

F/A-18 Super Hornet Is Now Undergoing Ski Jump Launch Trials For The Indian Navy Boeing has been flying an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet off a ground-based ski jump at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland. This is part of a demonstration effort for the Indian Navy to show that the aircraft can...

Germany Informs US Regarding Purchase of 45 Boeing Fighters German Defense Minister has Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer reportedly informed Mark Esper, US Secretary of Defense, regarding its plan to acquire 30 F/A-18 Super Hornets and 15 EA-18G Growlers for Luftwaffe. The German minister emailed her...

Germany to Order 45 Fighter Jets From Boeing, Report Says Germany will order 45 fighter aircraft from Boeing Co. to replace the Luftwaffe’s aging Tornado jets, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Sunday. Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer emailed her U.S. counterpart Mark Esper on...

Bye bye Eurofighter Typhoon.

F-18 Advanced Super Hornet will be selected by Indian navy.

F-18 Advanced Super Hornet will be good choice for Indian air force and navy. Rafale fighter is good fighter but too costly.

F-18 Advanced Super Hornet will win Indian navy fighter jet competition.

F-18 Advanced Super Hornet will win Indian navy fighter jet competition.

Make in India: HAL delivers gun bay door for the F/A-18 Super Hornet It was time to celebrate when the State owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on Monday delivered the 150th gun bay door for the F/A-18 Super Hornet of Boeing Company. These gun bay doors being manufactured at the HAL...

Coming to India's Aircraft Carriers: America's F/A-18 Super Hornet? Dan Gillian, Boeing’s program manager for the F/A-18 and EA-18G, told Economic Times that his company had done simulations of the Super Hornet taking off from a ski jump and the aircraft can be launched with a ‘significant’...

“A fighter simply going after a target with speed won't bring anything to the fight. Footprint & radar signature matter for emerging threats”. Boeing's @pratkumar & Dan Gilian discuss F/A-18 Super Hornet’s superior capabilities w/ @livefist. WATCH:

Why Stealth Is Boeing’s Big Buzzword In India’s Looming Fighter Race The esoteric subject of fighter aircraft contracting, usually restricted in the Indian context to the occasional headline, boomed within the walls of India’s Parliament a week ago. In the eye of the proverbial storm was — and...

The F/A-18 Block III can safely operate from Indian aircraft carriers with 'significant'' payload, says Boeing after conducting detailed capability studies and simulation analysis. The Super Hornets are required to operate from the under construction INS Vikrant that is expected to start its...

I see that's why IAF Rafale was so costly because of IAF extra modifications.