![]() ![]() In 2013, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, began a program to pull the two together. ![]() The Air Force followed with its own F-X research program. The Navy first put out a requirement for the 6th Generation plane nearly seven years ago, in June 2008. It also goes by F/A-XX or, more colloquially, the X Plane. Yesterday, in broad but revealing terms, top Navy leaders described some of the capabilities that they want in tomorrow’s fighter.įirst, a bit of background: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is often called the 5th Generation fighter. For the Pentagon featured more than $5 million dollars for an item tagged “Next Generation Fighter.” If you haven’t heard of it, it’s the plane of the future meant to replace the F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18 Growler aircraft by 2030. Much like the future itself, it’s been a source of much speculation but exists only as an idea.
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