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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Boeing F47 Next Generation Fighter is Funded and Will Fly Before 2029

Boeing won a contract March 21 to develop a next-generation combat aircraft (6th generation fighter) for the U.S. Air Force. Boeing and Lockheed Martin were competing for the Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) family of systems. The US Air Force says the F-47 will be the world’s first crewed sixth-generation fighter. It is …

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