F-15SE Silent Eagle – Boeing's "4.5 generation" wild card

$100 million LO (i.e. reduced RCS like F/A-18E/F, Eurofighter Typhoon & Rafale BUT with a additional twist of INTERNAL WEAPONS BAYS for 4 weapons) F-15E derivative.

Its all over the net today but here are just a few links.

http://www.air-attack.com/news/article/3606/Boeing-unveils-F-15-Silent-Eagle-with-fifth-generation-features.html
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/Silent031709.xml&headline=Boeing%20Unveils%20New%20Stealthy%20F-15
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a5c975040-1a8c-4138-ba68-f360585163ad
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a9cddc9f3-edf2-4ea5-a678-a49977a917f5

includes video of internal weapons bay operation…
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2009/03/boeing-unveils-the-stealthy-f-.html

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“Stealthy” CFTs with internal weapons bays carry 500 gal (3,350 lbs) of fuel rather than the 1500 gal (10,050 lbs) of the “traditional” CFTs. Internal weapons can include AtA (AIM-9 Sidewinder &/or AMRAAM) &/or AtG (JDAM &/or SDB).