Boeing, in a statement dated February 23, 2023, officially confirmed that it will close production starting in 2025.
What is known
Boeing calls its decision "a turning point."The American manufacturer will send the released personnel to other projects. Free production capacity of the enterprise in St. Louis will increase the production of training T-7A Red Hawk, updated F-15EX Eagle II fighters and unmanned aerial tankers MQ-25 Stingray, which are in service with the US Navy.
The WMF wanted to withdraw from the acquisitionF/A-18E-F Super Hornet fighters in fiscal year 2014. Ultimately, the service began planning aircraft purchases and awarded a contract for the 2019-2021 financial years, which was necessary in order to cope with the shortage of fighters.
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After fulfilling the agreement, he intervened againCongress. Boeing received $977 million to produce 12 Super Hornets in fiscal year 2022 and an additional $600 million to produce 8 aircraft in the current fiscal year.
It is these 8 aircraft that will be the lastF / A-18E-F fighters that will come off the production line. This will happen in 2025. Thus, over the entire 30-year history of the US Navy ordered 698 Super Hornet aircraft.
Although it is likely that the production of F / A-18E-Flast two years longer. This will happen if India chooses Super Hornet for its naval forces. In this case, production will end in 2027.
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Aircraft modification program not affectedwill. It increases the resource by about 4000 flight hours. The company will continue to upgrade the A-18E-F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler at the St. Louis facility.