They should just give it to Northrop unless they want these things to fall out of the sky.
US F/A-XX and F-X & NGAD - 6th Gen Aircraft News Thread
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Potentially a section piece of NG's F/A-XX
Very revealing intake duct position.
Set up looks like serial production set up for prototype. Honestly set up looks more like an assembly for a demonstrator. Red tool tray for scale. FAxx looks to be a small-ish fighter akin to F-35/ F-18 size if this is full scale prototype being constructed.
Set up looks like serial production set up for prototype. Honestly set up looks more like an assembly for a demonstrator. Red tool tray for scale. FAxx looks to be a small-ish fighter akin to F-35/ F-18 size if this is full scale prototype being constructed.
Guess they are not doing the back inlets?Potentially a section piece of NG's F/A-XX
We all know that Boeing projects timelines are always following schedules...
Bloomberg was leaked a recent letter sent to Congress by Pete Hegseth. He reiterated his opposition to moving forward with the carrier-borne F/A-XX program, due to fears that the U.S. DIB cannot successfully proceed with two concurrent 6th gen programs.
If Hegseth's assessment is correct, things look pretty bad for the U.S. China is on track to field a 6th gen fighter first, will be able to scale numbers at both Chengdu and Shenyang facilities, and may well face a U.S. force even more dependent on its WESTPAC MOBs than it is today.
Here's (paywalled, sadly).
If Hegseth's assessment is correct, things look pretty bad for the U.S. China is on track to field a 6th gen fighter first, will be able to scale numbers at both Chengdu and Shenyang facilities, and may well face a U.S. force even more dependent on its WESTPAC MOBs than it is today.
Here's (paywalled, sadly).