US F/A-XX and F-X & NGAD - 6th Gen Aircraft News Thread

Nevermore

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Is this ultra long protruding nozzle designed to mask infrared signals and prevent them from being detected by future satellites?
However, this is also very strange, as this shape should seriously damage the omnidirectional stealth capability.
 
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The engines are also way to big for the aircraft in the render, if the render has any real information on the platform, it's that 1. they're serious about canards, and 2. other than wanting canards they don't know what it'll look like yet.
 
Tomboy

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Nevermore said:
Is this ultra long protruding nozzle designed to mask infrared signals and prevent them from being detected by future satellites?
However, this is also very strange, as this shape should seriously damage the omnidirectional stealth capability.
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This nozzle would in theory be better and more technologically advanced, I hope J-36 actually uses this type of nozzles instead. S duct hides most of the turbine blades while also possibly cooling the exhaust more efficiently for better overall signature. If J-36 just uses plain old YF-23 nozzle then the turbine blade would be fully exposed for worse radar signature while also having worse IR signature(hot turbines are one of the biggest offenders of IR signature). B-2, B-21 and other ELO/VLO drones all use this method, I guess the technology is refined enough now to be used in fighter jets without significantly degrading performance. ezgif-5f6eade1aedb3a.jpgmaxresdefault.jpg
iewgnem said:
The engines are also way to big for the aircraft in the render, if the render has any real information on the platform, it's that 1. they're serious about canards, and 2. other than wanting canards they don't know what it'll look like yet.
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Also, RTX basically borrowed the aircraft model from Rodrigo Avella. This model means nothing and is basically just a placeholder to show off the engines.
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mack8

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To me it's pretty obvious the nozzles won't be sticking out the back like that. That's imo just a weird rendering showing the engine assembly sort of outside the airframe to emphasize it's details, or at any rate not bothering to match it with the airframe shown. Apparently that NGAD concept has been circulating on the internet anyway for a while, so looks like it's just a placeholder.
 
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Tomboy said:
This nozzle would in theory be better and more technologically advanced, I hope J-36 actually uses this type of nozzles instead. S duct hides most of the turbine blades while also possibly cooling the exhaust more efficiently for better overall signature. If J-36 just uses plain old YF-23 nozzle then the turbine blade would be fully exposed for worse radar signature while also having worse IR signature(hot turbines are one of the biggest offenders of IR signature). B-2, B-21 and other ELO/VLO drones all use this method, I guess the technology is refined enough now to be used in fighter jets without significantly degrading performance. View attachment 155121View attachment 155122

Also, RTX basically borrowed the aircraft model from Rodrigo Avella. This model means nothing and is basically just a placeholder to show off the engines.
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Honestly, for all we know the J-36 nozzles are that too, plus a movable lower flap.

Tell you what though, that nozzle render curves beautifully.
 
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