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The F-15SE Silent Eagle is a proposed upgrade of the F-15E by Boeing using stealth features, such as internal weapons carriage and radar-absorbent material. This version features conformal weapons bays (CWB) to hold weapons internally instead of conformal fuel tanks and the twin vertical tails canted outward 15 degrees to reduce radar cross section. Weapons storage takes the place of most of each CWB with the remainder for fuel storage. However, unlike the Strike Eagle, the Silent Eagle is optimized for air-to-air missions, as it does not have all-aspect stealth features to conduct offensive strike missions into areas protected by ground-based anti-aircraft systems.

The first production F-15E, s/n 86-0183, was modified to the F-15E1 configuration to serve as a Silent Eagle demonstrator. It first flew on 8 July 2010 with a left-side conformal weapons bay, and on 20 July 2010 an AMRAAM was successfully launched from the CWB. Potential customers included Israel, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and South Korea.