Boeing E/A-18G Growler
| GENERAL DATA | |||
| Type |
Carrier-borne Electronic warfare aircraft
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| Manufacturer(s) | Boeing |
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| Prototype first flight | 15 August 2006 |
Introduction | 22 September 2009 |
| Produced | 2004–present |
Number built | 150 as of December 2017 |
| Status | In service |
Crew | 2 |
| Variants | |||
| NEA-18G | two F/A-18Fs modified as prototypes of the EA-18G Growler. | ||
| EA-18G Growler | Electronic warfare variant of the F/A-18F to replace the U.S. Navy's Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler. | ||
| DIMENSIONS | |||
| Length | 18.31 m |
Empty Weight | 15011 kg |
| Wingspan | 13.62 m |
Loaded Weight | 21722 kg (recovery weight) |
| Height | 4.88 m |
Max takeoff weight | 29964 kg |
| Wing area | 46.5 m² |
Wing loading | 459 kg/m² |
| ARMAMENT | |||
| Guns | none |
Ammunition Carried |
- |
| Hardpoints | 9 total: 6× under-wing, and
3× under-fuselage with a capacity of 8050 kg external fuel
and ordnance |
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| Missiles | Missiles AGM 154 JSOW,
AIM-120 AMRAAM, AGM-88 HARM, AIM-9 Sidewinder |
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| Other | The two wingtip missile launcher rails for AIM-9 Sidewinder, found on the E/F Super Hornet, have been replaced with AN/ALQ-218 detection pods, six removable under wing mounted hard points (inboard pylons will carry 1300 L fuel tanks, mid-board pylons will carry AN/ALQ-99 High Band Jamming Pods, and outboard pylon reserved for AGM-88 HARM missiles), two multi-mode conformal fuselage stations (AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles), 1 centerline fuselage removable hardpoint, for AN/ALQ-99 Low Band Jamming Pod. | ||
| POWERPLANT | ||||
| Engine | 2 ×
General Electric F414-GE-400 turbofan engines
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| Dry thrust | 6350 kgp (
62.3 kN) each |
Thrust with afterburner | 9979 kgp (97.9 kN) each |
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| Thrust/weight | 0.93
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Fuel Capacity | Internal | 6323 kg |
| External | up to 3 drop tanks, totaling 4420
kg |
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(*) 6% less for the B-Model
| PERFORMANCES | |||
| Maximum Speed | 1915 km/h
(Mach 1.8) at 12190 m |
Cruise Speed | 1060 km/h |
| Rate of Climb | 228 m/s |
Service ceiling | 15240 m |
| Range | 2346 km clean plus two AIM-9s |
Ferry Range | 3300 km |
| Combat Radius | 722 km for interdiction mission |
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