Boeing revela "stealth" F-15 Silent Eagle (!!!)

[Penguin]

DATE:18/03/09
SOURCE:Flight International
USAF prepares upgrade strategy for F-15E fleet
By Stephen Trimble


Boeing confirms that its single-largest customer for the F-15E, the US Air Force, is finalising a new, long-term upgrade "roadmap" for the multirole fighter.
The ongoing initiative by the Air Combat Command, which is scheduled to be complete in July, is aimed at improving the F-15E's avionics and "supportability", says Mark Bass, Boeing's vice-president for F-15 programmes. That timing will allow the USAF to propose the roadmap for budget approval starting in fiscal year 2012.
The USAF has meanwhile been briefed about the F-15 "Silent Eagle", Boeing's newly unveiled F-15E development featuring a reduced head-on radar cross section, BAE Systems digital electronic warfare suite (DEWS) and vertical stabilisers canted by 15°.
However, Boeing offered the briefing only as a courtesy, as the aircraft is focused primarily on the international market. The USAF "thinks it's a very good fit for the international market", says Bass.

Separately, Boeing has also presented additional details about BAE's DEWS equipment to the USAF, Bass says, with the design - which includes an integrated radar jammer and radar warning receiver (RWR) - is among the F-15E upgrades under review by the service.
BAE confirms that the DEWS package is derived from the EW suite designed for the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, using a modular software architecture system called Barracuda. A key feature of the system is an interleaving mode that allows the pilot to continue jamming while simultaneously operating the radar and RWR.
The USAF plans to continue operating at least 200 F-15Es until 2035. But upgrade proposals, including digital avionics and towed decoys, have faced budget pressure from the USAF's strategy to buy a full complement of fifth-generation fighters.
Last year, the USAF awarded Boeing a contract to launch a radar modernisation programme for the F-15E, which upgrades the type's radar with Raytheon's APG-63(V)3 active electronically scanned array.

[Alcantara]

Hummm... se obtiver aprovação do Air Combat Commando, bem, aí sim esse "Silent Eagle" sai do papel. Aliás, eu creio que a Boeing já planejou essa modernização com base nisso. Dificilmente ela gastaria o seu dinheiro numa modernização de um produto tão restrito ao mercado externo.

[Immortal Horgh]

Hummm... se obtiver aprovação do Air Combat Commando, bem, aí sim esse "Silent Eagle" sai do papel. Aliás, eu creio que a Boeing já planejou essa modernização com base nisso. Dificilmente ela gastaria o seu dinheiro numa modernização de um produto tão restrito ao mercado externo.

Tem que sair o quanto antes, senão a força de F-15 A/B/C/D desmancha logo, logo. Fico imaginando se eles ainda sonham com o mágico número de 750 F-22 previstos inicialmente...




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[Bolovo]

[tykuna]

Eu fico imaginando uma configuração High-Low com F-15 SE e Gripen, seria uma baita dupla.

[GDA_Fear]

Eu fico imaginando um desses por aqui

[Jin Jones]

Por mais que esse passáro seja sthealt, o fato de só poder levar 4 misseis ar-ar, não deixa ele como favorito num combate contra uma esquadrilha de SU-35.

[Vitor]

O F-15 que me pareceu mais impressionante foi o protótipo F-15 S/MTD (Short Takeoff and Landing/Maneuver Technology Demonstrator).

Segundo nosso amigo Wiki, ele era capaz de algumas proezas que deixaria muito caça russo super agilidoso impressionado:

* demonstrated vectored takeoffs with rotation at speeds as low as 42 mph (68 km/h)
* a 25-percent reduction in takeoff roll
* landing on just 1,650 ft (500 m) of runway compared to 7,500 ft (2,300 m) for the standard F-15
* thrust reversal in flight to produce rapid decelerations
* controlled flight at angles of attack up to about 85 deg without vertical-tail surfaces

Quem quiser saber mais, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-15_S/MTD

[Alcantara]

Por mais que esse passáro seja sthealt, o fato de só poder levar 4 misseis ar-ar, não deixa ele como favorito num combate contra uma esquadrilha de SU-35.

Mas aí você está deixando de fora a principal arma dos caças norte-americanos: a ELETRÔNICA!

Furtividade e eletrônica moderna.