Delaying the Navy’s F/A-XX Fighter Would Be a Big Mistake
Ambassador Robert C. O Brien
ByAmbassador Robert C. O BrienPublished3 days ago
Key Points and Summary – Delaying the US Navy’s F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter program to prioritize the Air Force’s F-47 would be a strategic mistake, ceding ground to China and undermining American sea power.
-The US aerospace industrial base is robust enough to produce both next-generation fighters simultaneously, a move that would strengthen domestic manufacturing and mirror the successful parallel programs of the 1970s (F-14, F-15, F-16).
-The Navy urgently needs the F/A-XX to replace its aging F/A-18s and maintain air superiority in the Indo-Pacific.
-Accelerating, not delaying, the program is critical to President Trump’s peace-through-strength agenda.
https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/delaying-the-navys-f-a-xx-fighter-would-be-a-big-mistake/
