Yes, but I expected it to take longer to "reconsider" in which way to proceed ... hopefully we get now some more information and maybe even about the demonstrator(s)
US F/A-XX and F-X & NGAD - 6th Gen Aircraft News Thread
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Yes, but I expected it to take longer to "reconsider" in which way to proceed ... hopefully we get now some more information and maybe even about the demonstrator(s)
Seems relevant considering the estimated $20 billion R&D+ $300 million per aircraft .
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The announcement is expected to be at 11am, btw.
YES! 6TH-GENS WITH CANARDS! /sarc
At the same time, that also means Lockheed Martin gets neither NGAD nor F/A-XX. Perhaps both the USAF and USN got tired with LockMart's monopoly on 5th-gen fighters?
From what ive read they're doing NGAD in such a way that the contract winner will not be able to exercise as much monopoly power as Lockheed has done with the F-35. Lockheed owned the IP and most of the aircraft systems making them the sole contractor for a lot of things especially the software.
With NGAD they want govt to own the IP so they can compete out virtually any part of the aircraft including software, not surprising after seeing how many issues Lockheed had with F-35 software.
Hope they give us some renders in the press conference! Or some real pictures even!
(paraphrasing from the live press release) Trump just called the new jet the F-47 lmao! (also called it the first and only 6th gen haha), claimed that its been flying for 5 years.
Edit, i think Hesgeth is drunkenly confusing air-craft generation with human generations. Amazing stuff.
Edit, i think Hesgeth is drunkenly confusing air-craft generation with human generations. Amazing stuff.