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Navy/USMC

Navy: Reducing Super Hornet Life Extension Work Time To Improve Shortfall

Friday, May 20th, 2022

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Navy: Reducing Super Hornet Life Extension Work Time To Improve Shortfall

Artist's impression of an F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet Block III with conformal fuel tanks (top) alongside a Block II (bottom). (Image: Boeing.)

The Navy is looking to reduce the time it takes to conduct the Service Life Modernization (SLM) effort for each F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to 12 months by 2024 to help reduce the service’s strike fighter shortfall. In the SLM program, aircraft builder Boeing [BA] takes Block II Super Hornets nearing the end of their 6,000-hour service lives and upgrades them to the newest Block III configuration, particularly raising the lifespan to 10,000 hours for each airframe. Chief of Naval Operations…

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