I recently spoke with Northrop Grumman's aeronautics boss regarding the Pentagon's concerns regarding industry and F/A-XX:
Not only can they handle it, the 6th gen program is needed to maintain the health of the stealth industrial base, he argues
aviationweek.com/defense/aircra…
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Rant du jour: F/A-XX
The Air Farce (as I call it) does one thing well: politicking.
They cleverly named their 6th generation fighter the F-47 to kiss our president's butt and get approval for the system. But they did it at the expense of the Navy's 6th generation fighter, the…
If the F/A-XX goes, the Ford-class goes with it—not to the scrapyard, but to irrelevance. A carrier with no deep-strike, stealthy fighter that can integrate autonomous aircraft is no longer a force multiplier in the 2030s. It is a relic, not a weapon.
nationalsecurityjournal.org/the-pentagons-…
Really good read this morning published by Ajay Patel.
Good discussion with a lot of current and historical references in the dynamic playing out with F/A-XX and F-47.
linkedin.com/posts/ajay-pat…
The Navy has needs for the future that fundamentally cannot be met by modifying the F-35. This is why F/A-XX needs to exist. It will be cheaper for the military and provide necessary modern capabilities that the F-35 cannot.
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F/A-XX Will Have Just 25% More Range Over Existing Navy Fighters
FA-XX will have much less range than some may have hoped for, even though extending the carrier strike group's reach is a top Navy priority.
Story: twz.com/air/f-a-xx-wil…
F/A-XX Program
The F/A-XX program is the U.S. Navy's initiative to develop a sixth-generation, carrier-based fighter aircraft intended to replace the aging F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler fleets by the 2030s. This advanced aircraft aims to complement the F-35C…
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