Motley Fool: Is Northrop Grumman Building a Super-Jet?
Defense contractor kicks off the Super Bowl with an ad featuring a sixth-generation stealth fighter jet.
"There are those that see JSF as the last manned fighter. I'm one that's inclined to believe that."-- Adm. Mike Mullen, former chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
"[The F-35] almost certainly will be the last manned strike fighter aircraft the Department of the Navy will ever buy or fly."
-- Ray Mabus, current Secretary of the Navy
For years, U.S. military top brass has insisted that once Lockheed Martin finishes building its F-35 fighter jet, American air power will be all drones, all the time. But it seems somebody forgot to send Northrop Grumman that memo.-- Ray Mabus, current Secretary of the Navy
Heedless of the Pentagon's plans to put fighter pilots out to pasture, Northrop joined the crowd of companies anteing up an estimated $5 million each to run 30-second ads during Super Bowl 50. The ad, which began running online days before the main event aired, features a selection of some of Northrop Grumman's most cutting edge military aircraft -- the X-47B carrier-borne stealth drone for example, the B-2 stealth bomber, and finally, about 10 seconds in, flying in formation across the screen, a trio of CGI fighter jets...that haven't been invented yet.
These, according to those who've seen the ad, represent Northrop's latest project: a sixth-generation fighter jet.
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WNU Editor: If Northrop Grumman is building a sixth-generation stealth fighter jet that would put the F-35 to shame .... they better do far more than just pumping a 30 second CGI commercial.
1 comment:
Even if they built it who would buy it
The airforce has just fot its f35 export markets have ordered f35 so whos left
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