Boeing F-15EX/QA and related variants

Ozair said:
I'm not really sure what you are implying by quoting the twitter links. The only source I have for APG-85 being US only is Steve Trimble of AvWeek who is not a particularly reliable source but has been towing the APG-85 US only line for over a year now. He said the same thing on an AvWeek podcast in June.
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Not sure what Steve's source is but he most definitely would have one if he's claiming this.

That said, we have this from the US Air Force:

The budget request includes two years/two phases of advance procurement to procure the APG-85 radar which replaces the existing APG-81 radar in United States versions of F-35 aircraft
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Can F-15EX carry AIM-120 or GBU-39 on its upper CFTs rows? On normal F-15E, I only ever seen that row carry basic MK-82. However, it was said that basic F-15E lack smart wiring for these station while F-15SK and F-15EX both have smart wiring there
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bring_it_on said:
Not sure what Steve's source is but he most definitely would have one if he's claiming this.

That said, we have this from the US Air Force:
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The US DOD budget only buys things for US aircraft.

The US has decided to do this upgrade for its aircraft - if the other F-35 operators want the same upgrade that would go through FMS, not the same process as US aircraft upgrades do.
 
BlackBat242 said:
The US has decided to do this upgrade for its aircraft -
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This is not a budget to upgrade, but funding for new aircraft. The only AP or other capital investment that explicitly calls out for “US F-35s” is the radar. At this point I’m leaning towards production lots splitting APG-85 and APG-81 roughly 60/40 ratio.
 
Ronny said:
Can F-15EX carry AIM-120 or GBU-39 on its upper CFTs rows? On normal F-15E, I only ever seen that row carry basic MK-82. However, it was said that basic F-15E lack smart wiring for these station while F-15SK and F-15EX both have smart wiring there
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No to both. The LAU-106 ejector launchers for AAMs only go on the lower CFT row. 4 SDBs on a BRU-61 rack are probably too heavy for the BRU-46 racks used on the upper CFT rows. I think they are limited to 1000 lbs.
On newer F-15s, all the CFT stations are wired for MIL-STD-1760 stores, that's true.
 
eagle said:
No to both. The LAU-106 ejector launchers for AAMs only go on the lower CFT row. 4 SDBs on a BRU-61 rack are probably too heavy for the BRU-46 racks used on the upper CFT rows. I think they are limited to 1000 lbs.
On newer F-15s, all the CFT stations are wired for MIL-STD-1760 stores, that's true.
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So maybe 3 GBU-39 is doable? or if F-15 operator somehow bought mbda Spear
 
I wonder if F-15EX could carry a dozen mk 82 JDAM? Fewer munitions than SDB but more bang. I think F-15E was alway capable of carrying dumb mk82s or CBU-87 on all these stations.
 
Ronny said:
To be honest, the amount of weapon stations on F-15 is pretty insane, even higher than bigger aircraft like Flanker series
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No argument there, I was just thinking "well, if the pylon can hold 1000lbs let's get as much as we can out of it!"
 

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