Boeing’s Sixth Generation Navy F/A-XX Concept Design

Boeing’s has shown a new rendering of the F/A-XX 6th generation navy stealth fighter. It conceals canards, tail surfaces, and wing tips, but shows a bubble-shaped cockpit canopy similar to the F-47. The radome appears narrower, and no vertical stabilizers show which should improve stealth. The wingtips and canard placements are concealed, making it difficult …

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New Grumman Rendering of the Navy F/A-XX Next Generation Carrier Based Fighter

Northrop Grumman has a new rendering of the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX next-generation carrier-based fighter. The F/A-XX was struggling for funding and development has been delayed. The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced a draft defense spending bill that would reverse the Pentagon’s plan to freeze the F/A-XX program. The large bubble canopy show it is single pilot …

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