3 Key Points on F/A-XX Fighter Crisis - The U.S. Navy's F/A-XX next-generation fighter program is facing severe delays and massive budget cuts, a crisis that the nominee for Chief of Naval Operations ...
The NGAD concept accelerated in the late 2010s, driven by concerns that the F-22 fleet was too small—with fewer than 200 airframes complete—and that the F-35, more of a digital node than a dogfighter, ...
The Pentagon must choose between waiting for the F-47 and hoping it is the right fighter to provide air superiority, or resurrecting the F-22 program. Earlier this year, after Lockheed Martin failed ...