Menurut berita dari laman web Boeing ,mereka telah menerima kontrak penaiktarafan lapan unit F/A-18D Hornet milik RMAF dibawah program Foreign Military Sales.Program penaiktarafan termasuk:
1)penaiktarafan GPS
2)moving-map cockpit display
3)keupayaan Identification Friend or Foe Interrogation
4)penambahan Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System
5)latihan penyelenggaraan kepada krew untuk sistem yang ditambah baik
Semua spesifikasi calon MRCA(Multi Role Combat Aircraft) seperti dibawah,tapi kat internet pun bersepah maklumat ni.Saje aku nak letak dalam blog aku.
BAE Systems : Eurofighter Typhoon
Tech Spec Weaponry
Max Speed : Mach 2 Hardpoint : 13
Supercruise :Mach 1.1-1.5 Air-to-air : AIM Sidewinder,AIM 120
Engine : Eurojet EJ200 (x2) + afterburn turbofan AMRAAM,IRIS-T,*MBDA Meteor
Weight : 11,000kg(empty Air-to-surface : *AGM-65 Maverick
23,500kg(take-off) *AGM-88 HARM
Length : 15.96m *AGM Arminger
G-limit : +9/-3 G Bombs : 6x Paveway IV 500lb
Range :2900km *JDAM
Service Ceiling :64,990ft Paveway II,III,Enhanced LGBs
*in future Guns : 27mm Mauser BK27 Revolver Cannon
Boeing : F/A 18 Super Hornet
Tech Spec Weaponry
Max Speed : Mach 1.8 Hardpoint : 11
Supercruise : - Air-to-air : AIM-9 Sidewinder,AIM 120
Engine : General Electric F414 GE400-Turbofan (x2) AMRAAM,AIM-7 Sparrow
Weight : 14,552kg (empty) Air-to-surface : AGM-65 Maverick,SLAM-ER,
29,937kg (take-off) AGM-88 HARM,AGM-154
Length : 18.31m JSOW,AGM-84 Harpoon
G Limit : 7.6 G Bombs : JDAM PGMs,Paveway Series,Mk 80,
Range : 2346km CBU-87 Cluster,CBU-78 Gator,
Service Ceiling : 50,000ft Mk 20 Rockeye II
Guns : 20mm M61 Vulcan Gatling Gun
Dassault : Rafale
Tech Spec Weaponry
Max Speed : Mach 1.8 Hardpoint : 14
Supercruise : - Air-to-air : MICA IR/EM,*Magic II,MBDA Meteor
Engine : Snecma M88-2 Turbofan (x2) Air-to-ground : MBDA Apache,SCALP EG,AASM,
Weight : 9500kg-10,196kg (empty) GBU-12 Paveway II,AM 39 Exocet,
22,200-24,500kg (take-off) ASMP-A nuclear missile
Length : 15.27m Guns : 30mm GIAT 30/719B cannon
G Limit : 9G
Range : 3,700km
Service Ceiling : 55,000ft
Saab : JAS 39 Gripen
Tech Spec Weaponry
Max Speed : Mach 2 Hardpoint : 8
Supercruise : Mach 1.1 Air-to-air : AIM 9L Sidewinder,AIM-120,MICA
Engine : Volvo Aero RM12 afterburning turbofan (1x) Meteor,Rb 15F anti-ship Missile
Weight : 6,800kg (empty) Bombs : GBU-12 Paveway II,Bk.90Cluster bomb,
14,000kg (take-off) Mark 82 bombs
Length : 14.1m Guns : 27mm Mauser BK27 Revolver Cannon
G-Limit : 9/-3 G
Range : 1,600km
Service Ceiling : 15,240ft