NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- The Navy and Boeing as early as this summer will conduct flight tests of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet in order to demonstrate several upgrades including a conformal fuel tank, enclosed weapons pod and other modifications. "We're actually doing a demo project this year in concert with Boeing to look at the conformal fuel tanks and the weapons pod there and some further signature enhancement efforts," Capt. Francis Morley, F/A-18 program manager at Naval Air Systems Command,...
