Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet
FA18 Super Hornet
Jinkirin da aka samu a shirin gina jirgin na F-35 na Amurka, musamman nau'insa na jirgin sama - F-35C - yana nufin cewa mayakan F/A-18 Super Hornet za su ci gaba da kasancewa manyan kayan aiki a cikin shekaru masu zuwa. don jirgin saman yakin sojojin ruwa na Amurka. Ga masana'anta - damuwar Boeing - wannan yana nufin umarnin gwamnati na ƙarin jiragen sama irin wannan da kuma kula da layin samar da ya kamata a rufe shekaru da yawa da suka gabata. Bugu da ƙari, Boeing yana ƙarfafa Pentagon sosai don saka hannun jari a cikin sabon fakitin haɓaka F/A-18 Super Hornet, wanda aka keɓance Block III.
A cikin 1999, mayakan F / A-18E / F Super Hornet sun fara shiga sabis tare da sojojin ruwa na Amurka (Navy), kuma bayan shekaru biyu sun sami karfin aiki na farko (IOC). Na farko, sun fara maye gurbin F-14 Tomcat da Hornets na ƙarni na farko - tare da F / A-18A / B. Sa'an nan F / A-18E / F ya fara maye gurbin na biyu-ƙarni Hornets - F / A-18C / D, wanda samar ya ƙare a 2000. Tsare-tsare a lokacin sun yi kira ga sabbin F/A-18C/Ds da kuma F/A-18E/F da suka tsufa da sabbin mayaka na F-5C na ƙarni na 35 su maye gurbinsu. Dole ne a kawar da samar da "Super Hornets", musamman tun lokacin da sojojin ruwa na Amurka suka fara ware kudade masu yawa don shirin F-35 (JSF - Joint Strike Fighter). Dole ne a samar da kula da layin samar da Super Hornet ta umarni don jirgin saman yaƙin lantarki na EA-18G Growler (wanda aka gina akan dandalin F/A-18F) da kuma yuwuwar odar ƙasashen waje.
Komawa cikin 2014, manazarta da yawa sun annabta cewa jirgin ruwa na Amurka na ƙarshe F/A-18E/F zai bar Boeing a watan Disamba 2016. A wannan lokacin, Boeing ya ci gaba da samarwa a raka'a uku a kowane wata godiya ga shigar da sojojin ruwa a shekarun baya na Amurka, abin da ake kira. kwangilar shekaru masu yawa (MYP-III, siyayyar shekaru masu yawa) da oda na ƙarshe daga FY2014. Koyaya, a cikin kasafin kuɗi na 2015 sojojin ruwan Amurka sun sayi 12 EA-18G Growlers kuma a cikin 2016 EA-18Gs bakwai da Super Hornets biyar. Waɗannan umarni, da raguwar samarwa zuwa biyu a kowane wata, yakamata su ba Boeing damar kiyaye layin samar da F/A-18 har zuwa ƙarshen 2017. Daga karshe, barazanar kawo karshen samar da Super Hornet ta daina wanzuwa saboda jinkirin da aka samu a shirin F-35 da kuma bukatar cike gibin da ake samu a cikin jiragen yakin Amurka.
Rasa mahaɗin
Rundunar sojin ruwan Amurka ba ta taba yin sirrin shakkunta game da mayaƙin Lockheed Martin F-35C ba. F-35C ya tabbatar da zama mafi tsada a cikin F-35 guda uku. A cikin kashi na 9 na samar da ƙarancin ƙima (LRIP-9, Ƙirƙirar Farko Mai Raɗaɗi), farashin F-35C guda ɗaya (tare da injin) ya kasance dalar Amurka miliyan 132,2 a kowace raka'a. Sai kawai na kashi na ƙarshe - LRIP-10 - an saita farashin akan miliyan 121,8, wanda ya ɗan yi ƙasa da na ɗan gajeren lokaci da nau'ikan saukowa a tsaye na F-35B. Don kwatanta, dangane da girman oda, sabon F / A-18 yana kashe tsakanin dala miliyan 80-90, kuma aikinsa ya kusan sau biyu mai rahusa.
An riga an jinkirta dukkan shirin F-35 da akalla shekaru hudu. Jiragen yakin F-35 har yanzu suna kan ci gaba da nunawa (SDD - Ci gaban Tsarin da Nunawa), wanda yakamata a kammala a watan Mayu 2018. Yana ɗaukar ƙarin kuɗi, yana haɓaka farashin rikodin rikodin tsadar shirin. Haka kuma, da iska version na F-35C yana da daban-daban fasaha matsaloli. Lokacin da aka warware matsalar ƙugiya mai saukowa, wadda ba koyaushe take kan layin birki a cikin jirgin dakon kaya ba, sai ya zamana cewa ƴan ƙugiya masu naɗewa sun yi yawa suna buƙatar sake yin aiki. An kuma gano cewa lokacin tashi daga katafat, na'urorin sauka na gaba suna haifar da manyan jijjiga a tsaye sannan kuma suna isar da su ga dukkan jirgin. Dole ne a warware waɗannan batutuwan kafin F-35C ta shiga sabis.
