The United States’ 6th-Generation Fighter is Here

https://nationalinterest.org ^ | November 1, 2021 | by Caleb Larson

[RomanSoldier19]

The United States Navy just dropped a big hint about its newest F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter in a recently-released U.S. Navy document.

U.S. Navy document, titled Navy Aviation Vision 2030-2035, sheds some light on the Navy’s newest fighter, the 6th-generation Boeing F/A-XX.

Although there is only a single, small, grainy image of the F/A-XX in the document, we can nevertheless glean a few details about the airframe.

The design is unlike any previous U.S. Navy aircraft design. The fighter features canards just to the rear of the cockpit and a novel hybrid delta-lambda wing shape. In contrast to previous F/A-XX concept art that indicated a tailless airframe design, this single image shows a tailed airframe, possibly with ruddervators. However, the image is a bit too low-resolution to be sure.

Though it could potentially fly unmanned, the F/A-XX nonetheless retains a traditional cockpit. It also features a two-engine design, somewhat reminiscent of the F-22 Raptor fighter jet’s extremely stealthy, thrust vectoring rectangular exhaust nozzles.

[RomanSoldier19]

[The Antiyuppie]

It must have been a legit image, because it’s been censored :)

[blueunicorn6]

And next week, Iran will display their new fighter which will look a lot like a bass boat.

[WMarshal]

The US Navy, which no longer names weapons systems after Native American tribes, has christened the new 6th generation warbird the "Angry Tranny" to the cheers of the Alphabet people.

[Bayard]

Boeing, so it ain’t going.

[gundog]

[HYPOCRACY]

I hope it was designed and built by non-white males, because um diversity.

[combat_boots]

Cool

[RomanSoldier19]

[Who is John Galt?]

Can it protect a carrier battle group from hypersonic missiles?

Didn't think so...

[Vendome]

Looks like an American knockoff of a Chinese plane.../S

[martin_fierro]

What difference does it all make, with boobs like this running the show

[piasa]

Big blind spot...

[Da Coyote]

If there are truly no vertical stabs, double engine failure will make that puppy’s yaw an interesting variable to control. Powered, the vectored trust can be made to work, but without? Sounds like a nylon letdown is in the future.

[PAR35]

lambda wing shape

Lambda? Thats.....queer.

[RomanSoldier19]

[The Antiyuppie]

“The US Navy, which no longer names weapons systems after Native American tribes, has christened the new 6th generation warbird the “Angry Tranny” to the cheers of the Alphabet people. “

That could actually be a formidable weapon system. Enemies in the Middle East might just kill themselves first because of the fear of capture.

[LegendHasIt]

And 0biden has already sold the blueprints to Xi.

[steve86]

Who cares about stability after double engine failure. You’ve already bailed. And in single engine failure or normal flying AI maintains stability anyway, not aerodynamic factors or the pilot (when piloted).

[noiseman]

Can it protect a carrier battle group from hypersonic missiles?

Forward-deployed VTOL F-35B’s, launched from makeshift sites inside China’s land-based missile range, might be able to, while the carriers and support ships remain beyond their reach (at least beyond the reach of non-orbital missiles).