The F-15X jet fighter: a legacy airframe with the latest avionics, radar, and glass cockpit

Feb. 5, 2019
WASHINGTON – The F-15X jet fighter includes a flat-panel glass cockpit; JHMCS II helmet mounted display (HMD);, revised internal wing structure; fly-by-wire controls; APG-82 AESA radar; advanced mission computer; and low-profile heads-up display. The Drive reports.

WASHINGTON – The F-15X jet fighter includes a flat-panel glass cockpit; JHMCS II helmet mounted display (HMD);, revised internal wing structure; fly-by-wire controls; APG-82 AESA radar; advanced mission computer; and low-profile heads-up display. The Drive reports. Continue reading original article

The Military & Aerospace Electronics take:

5 Feb. 2019 -- The F-15X, which takes a 1970s airframe design and packs it with 21st century electronics technologies, also features avionics like updated radio and satellite communications; the Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS) electronic warfare and electronic surveillance suite; and Legion Pod-mounted infrared search and track system (IRST).

With the help of the company's new AMBER missile carrying racks, the F-15X will be able to carry a whopping 22 air-to-air missiles during a single sortie. Alternatively, it could fly with eight air-to-air missiles and 28 Small Diameter Bombs (SDBs), or up to seven 2,000-pound bombs and eight air-to-air missiles.

What the F-15X doesn't include is a high price. Boeing intends to deliver the F-15X at a flyaway cost well below that of an F-35A -- which runs about $95 million per copy -- under a fixed-price contract. In other words, whatever the jets actually end up costing, the Pentagon will pay a fixed price -- Boeing would have to eat any overages.

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John Keller, chief editor
Military & Aerospace Electronics

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