Is Northrop Grumman Building A Sixth-Generation Stealth Fighter Jet?

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.

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.