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US Navy remotely lands F/A-18 Super Hornet on carrier deck


  • 30 MARCH, 2018
  • SOURCE: FLIGHTGLOBAL.COM
  • BY: GARRETT REIM
  • LOS ANGELES


Naval officers aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln demonstrated for the first time the ability to remotely take control of an aircraft and land it on an aircraft carrier’s deck.

Using the ATARI system, or aircraft terminal approach remote inceptor, landing signal officers demonstrated remote piloting of the F/A-18E Super Hornet while conducting carrier qualifications and flight testing aboard the Abraham Lincoln in March. The officers also demonstrated touch-and-go manoeuvres with the system.

The ATARI technology was developed at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland by Naval Air Systems Command. It was initially tested on a Learjet in 2016, performing shore-based low approaches. An undisclosed number of F/A-18s were fitted with the technology in 2017. The system was deemed ready for trials at sea by the "Salty Dogs" of Air test and Evaluation Squadron 23.

"There was some nervousness because the sea state was so bad," said Lt John Marino, a carrier suitability pilot from the "Salty Dogs" and the first pilot to land on a flight deck using ATARI. "Back on the airfield, testing was benign."

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The system demonstrated a potential method for recovering an unmanned aerial vehicle by using the landing signal officer’s ability to observe and fix glideslope and lineup errors, said the US Navy. It is not intended to be a primary method for recovering manned aircraft, but provides a relatively inexpensive backup system.

During testing, the ATARI system operators controlled an F/A-18 aircraft using a joystick, while a safety pilot sat in the cockpit as backup. The technology is capable of taking over an aircraft from up to five miles away.

Testing was conducted over the course of two days in conjunction with carrier qualifications. ATARI is not scheduled for fleet-wide implementation as the system’s engineers plan to analyze the data collected aboard Abraham Lincoln and make adjustments for further at-sea testing.
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On 27 June 2018, the Boeing Co., St. Louis (MO) is awarded a USD 1,5 billion fixed-price-incentive-firm contract that provides for the production and delivery of 22 F/A-18E and six F/A-18F Super Hornets in support of the government of Kuwait.

The future Kuwaiti Air Force (KAF) aircraft are expected to be completed in January 2021.

Late March 2018, the KAF Super Hornet contract was finalized after the Kuwaiti Government approved the purchase in November 2016. At that time, Kuwait was considering a purchase of up to fourty jets to replace its current fleet of F/A-18C/Ds in a deal worth up to USD 10 billion. But eventually, the deal was split between Super Hornets and Typhoons.

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U.S Navy’s New Electronic Warfare Jammer to be Ready by 2022 . . .

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FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW The U.S. Navy hopes to start flying its
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some time next year, though the system won’t reach operational capability until 2022, said Navy Capt. Michael Orr, program manager for the service’s electronic attack systems.

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"The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is being awarded $17,002,107 for firm-fixed-price delivery order N0001918F2654 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-16-G-0001). This order is for the retrofit documentation and kits to convert nine F/A-18E and two F/A-18F aircraft into a Blue Angel configuration in accordance with engineering change proposal 6480. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Missouri, and is expected to be completed in December 2021. Fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $17,002,107 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity."
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The Super Hornet strike fighters would replace Indian Navy MiG-29Ks that are facing problems with engines and electronic control systems...

I wonder what a significant payload is? Curious. This is all news to me.

Present payload of Super Hornet;

Empty weight: 32,081 lb (14,552 kg)
Loaded weight: 47,000 lb (21,320 kg) (in fighter configuration))
Max. takeoff weight: 66,000 lb (29,937 kg)

Humm?? is "significant" half? 3/4 or what? I did not read the links. I guess I'll do that now.
 

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General Electric awarded USD 630 million contract for F414 engines....

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General Electric is awarded a $630.5 million firm-fixed-priced, performance-based logistics requirements type contract for repair, replacement and program support of 773 F414 engine components used on the F/A-18 E/F and EA-18G aircraft.

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I wonder what a significant payload is? Curious. This is all news to me.

Present payload of Super Hornet;

Empty weight: 32,081 lb (14,552 kg)
Loaded weight: 47,000 lb (21,320 kg) (in fighter configuration))
Max. takeoff weight: 66,000 lb (29,937 kg)

Humm?? is "significant" half? 3/4 or what? I did not read the links. I guess I'll do that now.

Significant means it won't fly off at gross weight, neither will the J-15, Su-33, or Mig29k for that matter?? so somewhere between half and three quarters gross weight, and you can mix and match fuel and weapons, and top up over the boat with the buddy tanker system at altitude.
 
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