BAE Tapped For F-15, F/A-18 Flight Control Upgrades

An F/A-18E (foreground) flies alongside an F-15EX.

Credit: Courtesy of BAE Systems
A flight control computer upgrade is coming to the fly-by-wire Boeing F-15EX and F/A-18E/F fighters. The upgrade by incumbent supplier BAE Systems will allow both fighters to integrate undisclosed new functions, BAE said. Boeing fielded the F/A-18E/F as a fly-by-wire aircraft in the mid-1990s. Saudi...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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