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    Navy Sees Stealthy, AI-Enabled 6th-Gen Fighter to Come After F/A -18

    Navy Sees Stealthy, AI-Enabled 6th-Gen Fighter to Come After F/A -18

    The Next Generation Air Dominance program has started. It will replace the F/A-18 and fly along side the F-35.

    [COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]The Navy is currently analyzing air frames, targeting systems, AI-enabled sensors, new weapons and engine technologies to engineer a new 6th-Generation fighter to fly alongside the F-35 and ultimately replace the F/A-18.

    [/COLOR][COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)][/COLOR][COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]The Navy program, called Next-Generation Air Dominance, has moved beyond a purely conceptual phase and begun exploration of prototype systems and airframes as it pursues a new, carrier-launched 6th-Gen fighter to emerge in 2030 and beyond, service officials explained.

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    [COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)][/COLOR][COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]“Some important areas of consideration include derivative and developmental air vehicle designs, advanced engines, propulsion, weapons, mission systems, electronic warfare and other emerging technologies,” Navy spokeswoman Lt. Lauren Chatmas told Warrior.

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    [COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)][/COLOR][COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]A formal Analysis of Alternatives, expected to complete this year, is weighing the advantages of leveraging nearer-term existing technologies such as new variants or upgrades to cutting edge weapons, sensors and stealth configurations - or allowing more time for leap-ahead developmental systems to emerge.

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    [COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)][/COLOR][COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]The current analysis follows a now-completed Initial Capabilities Document detailing some of the sought-after requirements for the new aircraft, or “family of aircraft,” Chatmas explained.[/COLOR]
    [COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)][/COLOR][COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]Anticipated decisions about a 6th-Gen fighter balance themselves upon the as-of-yet unknown maturity of various promising new weapons and technologies nearing a threshold of operational possibility.

    [/COLOR][COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]For instance, some now-in-development next-gen stealth technologies, including new radar-evading configurations, coating materials and advanced thermal-signature reduction are fast-approaching levels of combat readiness. Yet, absent a clear timeframe when, for example, new stealth or AI enabled sensors can ensure overmatch for decades to come, Navy developers are thinking it may make sense to push the current “art-of-the-possible” to the maximum extent. [/COLOR](To Read Warrior Maven's Report on Air Force 6th-Gen Prototyping -[COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)][/COLOR]CLICK HERE)
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    Looks pretty cool. But really, before these are even done with testing and finalizing, the chinese will already have copies made, and the russians will already have detection capabilities for them. I bet the nerf versions would sell like hotcakes at the toys-r-us, though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RadioGod View Post
    Looks pretty cool. But really, before these are even done with testing and finalizing, the chinese will already have copies made, and the russians will already have detection capabilities for them. I bet the nerf versions would sell like hotcakes at the toys-r-us, though.
    The Chinese didn't do so well copying the F-35. Neither did the Russians.
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