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Boeing unveils upgraded F-15 Silent Eagle with fifth-generation features
www.flightglobal.com ^
| 17/03/09
| Stephen Trimble
Posted on 03/17/2009 1:43:19 PM PDT by Freeport
Boeing today unveiled a new F-15 prototype aimed at the international market with such "fifth-generation" add-ons as radar absorbent coatings, internal weapons carriage and integrated digital avionics, plus featuring a distinctive V-tail.
Improving the fourth generation fighter’s profile on air-to-air radar is Boeing’s key goal for the F-15SE, which the company plans to offer to five foreign countries with an estimated market for 190 orders.
Radar absorbent materials added to leading edges are designed to soften the F-15SE’s head-on radar signature. Canting both horizontal stabilizers by 15 degrees is intended to reduce radar returns to the side.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: aerospace; eagle; f15; f15se; iran; israel
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To: buccaneer81
Sorry,
E.L.T.
Dyslexic, drink too much, AND hemorroides. I’m a mess/
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posted on
03/18/2009 11:47:51 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(An enemy of Islam)
To: Joe Boucher
Dyslexic, drink too much, AND hemorroides. I’m a mess/I reached that point some time ago as well ;-)
62
posted on
03/18/2009 11:52:58 AM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: Salamander
Or at today’s WH press conference by our current CIC.
63
posted on
04/18/2009 4:21:54 AM PDT
by
1010RD
(First Do No Harm)
To: Mad Dawgg
64
posted on
04/18/2009 4:23:36 AM PDT
by
1010RD
(First Do No Harm)
To: Freeport
General Moseley should have started looking at the F-15SE option a few years ago when it became apparent the F-22 was just too expensive. But, he had myopia for one weapons system only (the F-22) and proposed cutting 40,000 Air Force Airmen to "pay" for it.
It really was a stupid decision, and when the nuke report came out, it was all over except for the headlines.
65
posted on
04/18/2009 4:25:42 AM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: DK1102
It is also the cheapest way to contain China’s ambitions.
66
posted on
04/18/2009 4:29:29 AM PDT
by
1010RD
(First Do No Harm)
To: SkyPilot
67
posted on
04/18/2009 4:33:23 AM PDT
by
Eye of Unk
("If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
To: PetroniusMaximus
I want mine with mud flaps, six-way powered ejection seats, and the fabric protection option.
68
posted on
04/18/2009 5:00:42 AM PDT
by
Reeses
(Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
To: Joe 6-pack
A la Hitler and his Me-262 bomber version, no doubt.
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posted on
04/18/2009 5:23:11 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("The Road to Serfdom" by F.A.Hayek - Read it...today.)
To: Joe Boucher; buccaneer81
A lot of that going around.
70
posted on
04/18/2009 5:24:04 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Freeport
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posted on
04/18/2009 6:29:51 AM PDT
by
genetic homophobe
("I readily concede I chucked aside my free-market principles..." defend that)
To: genetic homophobe
The F-15 has always been, and will always be a heavy, inefficient, expensive, swing-wing POS.
Errrrr The F-15's wings don't move at all. That would be the F-14 that had swing wings.
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posted on
04/18/2009 6:34:38 AM PDT
by
usmcobra
(Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
To: usmcobra
73
posted on
04/18/2009 6:38:33 AM PDT
by
genetic homophobe
("I readily concede I chucked aside my free-market principles..." defend that)
To: buccaneer81
His name wouldn’t be Hank Canterbury would it?
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posted on
04/18/2009 6:46:24 AM PDT
by
DaveArk
To: DaveArk
His name wouldn’t be Hank Canterbury would it?Nope. Sorry.
75
posted on
04/18/2009 7:12:19 AM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: Reeses
Go with the leather option upgrade.
76
posted on
04/18/2009 8:42:19 AM PDT
by
1010RD
(First Do No Harm)
To: Mad Dawgg
The excuse is that Air Force generals said they have enough F-22s, and we can make money selling the F-35.
77
posted on
04/18/2009 10:20:42 AM PDT
by
Terpfen
(Ain't over yet, folks. Those 2004 Senate gains are up for grabs in 2 years.)
To: Freeport
F-15 is still a freeping beast and a beauty.
78
posted on
04/18/2009 11:01:58 AM PDT
by
Frantzie
(Boycott GE - they own NBC, MSNBC, CNBC & Universal. Boycott Disney - they own ABC)
To: Tallguy
"It's also aimed at the export market...."
Israel is talking about backing out of the F-35 program, due to soaring costs.
They have already expressed interest in this version, they already operate F-15's.
They are so cost-conscious they have experimented, successfully, with a F-15 with only one wing.
Thrift in gov't spending is admirable, but damn.
To: Abathar
thats an F22 in the photo
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posted on
04/18/2009 3:57:11 PM PDT
by
Armedanddangerous
(I think you're so full of inconsolable rage, you don't care who you hurt.)
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