<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishProgramu ya F-18E iliondoa zaidi ya asilimia 40 ya sehemu zilizotumiwa kujenga ndege za awali ili kufanya muundo kuwa imara zaidi kwa utengenezaji na kutambua michakato muhimu ya utengenezaji, ikiwaleta chini ya udhibiti kabla ya kuanza uzalishaji.  <response>: The FA-18-EF program eliminated over 40 percent of the parts used to build predecessor aircraft to make the design more robust for manufacturing and identified critical manufacturing processes, bringing them under control before the start of production. 