Most of the advanced sensors and RCS-reduction capabilities the Super Hornet employs can be employed in other contemporary aircraft (Teens/Euro-canards and even some SU-27 variants). All this is dependent on government funds; we’ve seen it with the Silent Eagle prototypes, the SU-35BM and there is even talk of a more discrete Rafale.
No doubt the F-35 and Super Hornet have been been at the forefront of a transformation but the question of whether sensors and a degree of stealth can match everything remains unanswered. And it will remain so till the next big war-not aerial shooting demos seen in Iraq or the Balkans.
good insight.