The F/A-18E/F program began in May 1992 when the aircraft was approved as a major modification to existing F/A-18C/D aircraft. The F/A-18E/F was intended to provide improvements in range, the number of weapons the aircraft could carry, the amount of unused weapons and fuel the aircraft could return to the carrier with, survivability over existing F/A-18 aircraft, and space for future avionics systems. According to the most current Selected Acquisition Report dated December 31, 1999, the total cost of the F/A-18E/F program will be about $47 billion in then-year dollars to procure 548 aircraft.
Defense Acquisitions F/A-18E/F Aircraft Does Not Meet All Criteria for Multiyear Procurement
2000
30 pages
Report
No indication
English