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The US Navy flies the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet, and has just taken delivery of its first operational EA-18G Growler electronic warfare & strike aircraft. These buys are actually managed out of a common multi-year procurement (MYP) contract, which also manages many of the EA-18G’s support costs since it’s derived from the Super Hornet and many of the required maintenance items are common to both planes. The contract covers 42 aircraft per year, split between Super Hornets and EA-18Gs, with a variation quantity clause permitting up to 6 additional aircraft per year under the same terms. FY 2008 marks year 4 of the 5-year MYP-II contract.

DID already has an EA-18G FOCUS Article; we will be using this entry to cover the Super Hornet MYP program’s budgets, and this article has been updated to include all announced contracts since MYP-II began. The latest entries include almost $40 million for engine spares…

• Hornet MYP: Aircraft Types & Budgets
• Contracts & Key Events [updated]
• Additional Readings

Click here and continue reading at DII. Subscribers to our extended articles collection can read more about the Super Hornet family, including:

• Capabilities and comparison of the previous generation F/A-18A-D Hornets, the differences between the F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornets, and the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft.
• Detailed chronology of contracts awards and developments back to 2003, with news about GE, Boeing, Raytheon and more
• Breakdown of the multi-year program's budgets over its lifetime, in a full table
• Review of weapons and technology the MYP fighter program supports including the F414-GE-400, IRST, and the AN/APG-79 AESA radar
• Multiple photos and engine diagrams, and links to an extensive outside articles collection

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