Boeing Unveils New International F-15 Configuration -- the F-15SE

ST. LOUIS, March 17, 2009 -- The Boeing Company in St. Louis unveiled the F-15 Silent Eagle (F-15SE), a new F-15 configuration designed to meet the future needs of international customers.

"The F-15 Silent Eagle is designed to meet our international customers' anticipated need for cost-effective stealth technologies, as well as for large and diverse weapons payloads," said Mark Bass, F-15 Program vice president for Boeing. "The innovative Silent Eagle is a balanced, affordable approach designed to meet future survivability needs."

Improvements in stealth include coatings and treatments on the aircraft. With the added advantage of redesigned conformal fuel tanks (CFTs) that allow for internal weapons carriage, the Silent Eagle becomes a very attractive fighter for Boeing's international customers.

Depending on the specific mission, the customer can use the CFTs that are designed for internal carriage or change back to the traditional CFTs for optimum fuel capacity and external weapons carriage. The Silent Eagle will be able to internally carry air-to-air missiles such as the AIM-9 and AIM-120 and air-to-ground weapons such as the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and Small Diameter Bomb (SDB). The standard weapons load used on current versions of the F-15 is available with the traditional CFTs installed.

The aircraft's canted vertical tails improve aerodynamic efficiency, provide lift, and reduce airframe weight. Another aerodynamic improvement is the Digital Flight Control System, which improves the aircraft's reliability and reduces airframe weight.

Survivability improvements include a BAES Digital Electronic Warfare System (DEWS) working in concert with the Raytheon Advanced Electronic Scanning Array (AESA) radar.

Boeing has completed a conceptual prototype of the CFT internal-carriage concept, and plans to flight-test a prototype by the first quarter of 2010, including a live missile launch.

The design, development, and test of this internal carriage system are available as a collaborative project with an international aerospace partner.

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[hotrod4you2]

it's going to take the usaf 3 years to Initial get 12 aesa radars in operational and is expected to have them ready in 2014 with only 12 operational f-15e refit with aesa aircraft DOES THAT SEEM SLOW TO ANYONE? WHAT R THEY WAITING FOR?

[strizhi]

This has to be an attempt to counter latest Russian Sukhoi variants of the Su-27 on the market today. Interesting add to the market but doubt its gona take off on a buying spree. People want cheap, reliable and effective - well this one only has two of the three versus the Russian like Su-30MKI nevermind others have all three in the package. Great plane though, love this configuration - though nothing new bout it.

[RAVENSTAR1973]

es enfermizo ver un avion asi , pues te hace pensar que de nada sirvio el F-22 pero la realidad es que el F22 es muy pero muy superior al Silent Eagle, y es una opcion de exportacion para paises aliados que no pueden acceder hoy por hoy al programa del F35

[legacyfinancial]

Amen! You could build 3 SE's for the price of 1 F-22! This 4-th gen - with 5-gen features, would OWN anyother foreign fighter in the world!

[380800]

Damn!! I would prefer it then to the F-22.