Upgrades for the F/A-18E/F – Farnborough

Boeing is talking up an upgraded F/A-18E/F for international customers. Some of the improvements:

Conformal fuel tanks
Enhanced engine performance (from the Grippen program?)
Spherical missile/laser warning (360deg?)
Enclosed weapons pod (less drag/more stealthy?)
Next generation cockpit (advanced crew station or more F-35 like?)
Internal IRST

Link to DEW blog: http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2010/07/farn10-boeing-does-strike-figh.html