Posted on 12/14/2023 7:27:08 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man
The United States Navy's F/A-XX fighter is expected to receive almost full funding, NavalNews.com reported on Monday. It comes as a compromise in the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to fund a special access program (SAP) believed to be for the next-generation stealth fighter.
Earlier this year, the House Armed Service Committee had cut $1.1 billion from the Link Plumeria line, citing "unjustified requirements." The U.S. Navy had requested $2.1 billion for Link Plumeria in its budget request for FY2024. However, the current version of the bill cut just $50 million from Project 2937, which is reported to be for the F/A-XX program inside Link Plumeria.
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What We Know About the F/A-XX
The F/A-XX is a development and acquisition program for a future sixth-generation air superiority fighter to replace the United States Navy's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and complement the F-35C beginning in the 2030s. A requirement to fund the program was first identified in June 2008.
The F/A-XX is further reported to be the manned fighter aircraft for the U.S. Navy's Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program – not to be confused with a similar NGAD program underway with the United States Air Force to replace the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
However, the two efforts are seeking to develop a system of systems that will include manned fighters, unmanned drones that can act as "loyal wingmen" and other technologies, including a combat cloud.
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And he had the F-22 production cut down to 181, severely limiting its full capability.
I am not an aeronautical engineer, just Electrical.
But my father was a pilot, my uncle and instructor, and I was flying a plane (no, not taking off or landing) before I could drive a car.
No way a plane with no vertical stabilzer could jig & jag with modern fighters without one (or two). Even with thrust-vectoring. As most modern fighters have that as well.
IMHO.
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XB9Gh7vYMTk?feature=share
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