6th-Gen Takes to the Air: The Fastest, Stealthiest, Most Lethal Aircraft Ever?
Sep 18, 2020
by Kris Osborn - Warrior Maven
(Washington D.C.) Now that the Air Force has officially announced that it has built and flown a new sixth-generation fighter jet, many might wonder the following question: Could it be the stealthiest, fastest and most lethal aircraft ever to exist? What if it were built to be as stealthy as a B-21 bomber?
Granted, very little is known about what the actual design may look like, or which vendor built it, yet Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed have all been working on early sixth generation fighters to some extent. While no vendors have announced any details about an actual plane, some have each released images, or renderings of what their offerings might look like. All the images look stealthier than anything that has ever been seen. Despite some these available image renderings, and Air Force comments that some subsystem component prototyping has been underway, virtually nothing is known about the industry offerings, or which vendor has produce the prototype that flew. (Roper first broke the news to Defense News before repeating it at the 2020 Air Force Association Conference)
https://defensemaven.io/warriormaven/air/6th-gen-takes-to-the-air-the-fastest-stealthiest-most-lethal-aircraft-ever-pdtB5qFJVEmFVntjStcwNg
