The Navy's 6th Generation Fighter Could Put the F-35 in a Museum

[rangerrebew]

July 19, 2019

The Navy's 6th Generation Fighter Could Put the F-35 in a Museum

Here's what the navy has planned.
by Kris Osborn

New much-longer range sensors and weapons, incorporating emerging iterations of AI, are expected to make warfare more disaggregated, and much less of a linear force on force type of engagement. Such a phenomenon, driven by new technology, underscores warfare reliance upon sensors and information networks. All of this, naturally, requires the expansive "embedded ISR" discussed by the paper. Network reliant warfare is of course potentially much more effective in improving targeting and reducing sensor-to-shooter time over long distances, yet it brings a significant need to organize and optimize the vast, yet crucial, flow of information.
 

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.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/navys-6th-generation-fighter-could-put-f-35-museum-67782

[thackney]

Put the F-35 in a Museum

fly alongside the F-35 and ultimately replace the F/A-18

Titles are just getting stupid these days and don't even pretend to be anything beyond click bait.

[PeteS in CA]

Did the F-14 and F-15 put F-4s in a museum?

Did F-22s put F-15s in a museum?

Are F-18s heading for museums as F-35s arrive? And can anyone say, "Wart Hog"?

No doubt, sooner or later the F-35 will be retired, but since 6th generation fighters are still on the drawing board being conceptualized, that retirement is probably a decade or two in the future.