Northrop Grumman's sixth-generation fighter concept
As key Air Force and Navy fighter jets — such as the F-22 Raptor and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet — face the end of their service lives in the 2030s, work is being done in earnest by the two services to field a new fighter.
The sixth-generation fighter, as it has been called, is still largely conceptual. While the services have ideas about some requirements and industry has already begun distributing artist renditions of potential aircraft, a formal program is still years away.
Sterling Anderson, deputy chief of Air Combat Command’s air superiority core function team, told National Defense that the Air Force already has a few capabilities in mind.
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WNU Editor: I am willing to bet that I will be dead and buried by the time they have this fighter operational (I am 55 years old).
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WNU,
"I am willing to bet that I will be dead and buried by the time they have this fighter operational (I am 55 years old)." You might be quite wrong about that WNU. There are those (many of them) who would keep you alive whether you like it or not. Enabling you of course to see this to fruition, whether you like it or not.
Just like other 'next generation' planes, many don't work out or their technology is rudimentary when finally mounted on airframe. Therefore, it would not at all be surprising that a sixth generation plane could hatch rather quickly, given the problems and limitation with F35, and significant gains in hyper speed capabilities. I would take that bet, WNU.
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