Airframe Components:
Boeing Defense, Space & Security:
Role: Primary contractor responsible for the overall design, assembly, and integration of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.Location: St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Role: Principal subcontractor producing the aft/center fuselage sections and vertical tails, and integrating associated subsystems.
Location: El Segundo, California, USA.
Northrop Grumman
Role: Manufactures components such as doors, trailing edge flaps, inter-spar skin panels, and tail skins.
Location: Spain.
Airframer
Landing Gear:
Role: Supplies high-performance nose landing gear, incorporating advanced materials for increased strength and durability.
Location: Various facilities in the United States.
Safran Group
Role: Provides main landing gear systems, including manufacturing and assembly of main landing gears and side braces.
Location: Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.
Propulsion System:
Role: Supplies the F414-GE-400 turbofan engines powering the Super Hornet.
Location: Lynn, Massachusetts, USA.
Avionics and Electronics:
Role: Provides advanced avionics systems and products for the F/A-18 platform.
Location: Various facilities across the USA.
L3Harris Technologies
Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO):
Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW):
Role: Performs Service Life Modification (SLM) to extend the aircraft’s service life from 6,000 to 7,500 flight hours, with plans to reach 10,000 flight hours.
Location: Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California, USA.
Naval Air Systems Command
Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE):
Role: Conducts maintenance and overhauls of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet airframes and components.
Location: Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Role: Provides aftermarket parts, spares, repairs, and engineered products for F/A-18 operators worldwide.
Location: Various locations globally.
Frontier Electronic Systems:
Role: Supplies cockpit avionics, including engine fuel displays, since 1995.
Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.
Fes Corp
Role: Developing the Advanced Electronic Warfare (ADVEW) system to replace existing electronic warfare components, enhancing survivability and sustainability.
Location: McKinney, Texas, USA.
RTX
Role: Upgrading fly-by-wire flight control computers for enhanced performance and reliability.
Location: Endicott, New York, USA.
BAE Systems
Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO):
Fleet Readiness Center Southwest (FRCSW):
Role: Performs Service Life Modification (SLM) to extend the aircraft’s service life from 6,000 to 7,500 flight hours, with plans to reach 10,000 flight hours.
Location: Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California, USA.
Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE):
Role: Conducts maintenance and overhauls of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet airframes and components.
Location: Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
AllClear:
Role: Provides aftermarket parts, spares, repairs, and engineered products for F/A-18 operators worldwide.
Location: Various locations globally.
