France To US: You’re Really Important To Our New Fighter
France's commitment to a cutting-edge sixth-generation fighter -- working in tandem with drones and long-range sensors -- is a sign of its commitment to deterring Putin's Russia.
France's commitment to a cutting-edge sixth-generation fighter -- working in tandem with drones and long-range sensors -- is a sign of its commitment to deterring Putin's Russia.
CAPITOL HILL: The United States will begin serious development of prototypes for so-called sixth generation fighters — successors to the F-35 and F-22 — for the Navy and the Air Force in the 2016 budget, says the head of Pentagon acquisition, Frank Kendall. The Aviation Innovation Initiative is a new effort, not an agglomeration of existing DARPA […]
PENTAGON: The Navy’s F/A-XX initiative has been depicted as an ultra-advanced “sixth generation” aircraft that the Navy would prefer to buy instead of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. But Breaking Defense interviews with Navy and industry sources strongly suggest that the service has little appetite for another expensive development program and that the most […]