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US Navy’s 6th-gen fighter pursues unique design, independent of Air Force NGAD
The Navy emphasizes affordability and practicality with “derivative-type engine solutions” to avoid the Air Force’s acquisition delays and budget overruns.

Updated: Nov 19, 2024 02:13 PM EST
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US Navy’s 6th-gen fighter pursues unique design, independent of Air Force NGAD
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The US Navy is moving forward with plans for the F/A-XX, a new fighter jet designed to replace the aging F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.

This aircraft aims to be cost-effective, versatile, and independent of Air Force technologies, particularly those used in the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) platform, which relies on advanced adaptive engines.

While the Navy and Air Force are developing new fighter jets, their approaches differ significantly.

https://interestingengineering.com/military/us-navy-6th-gen-fighter-2
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Is there some real reason for the design or is it for show? :shrug:
The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address