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The Navy’s F/A-XX Fighter Might Have Survived a ‘Near-Death Experience’
National Security Journal ^ | 8/28/2025 | Reuben F. Johnson

Posted on 08/28/2025 8:28:44 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111

The U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter program, once nearly dead and starved of funds in favor of the Air Force’s F-47, has been potentially resurrected. A surprise move by the Senate Appropriations Committee restored over $1.4 billion to the program. Although it is far from being passed, it prompted top Navy officials to signal that they are now ready to select a prime contractor. This sudden reversal has breathed new life into the critical effort to replace the aging F/A-18 fleet.

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TOPICS: Government; History; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: china; faxx; military; usnavy; whyiloveblogpimps111
I wonder what the per-unit price will be?
1 posted on 08/28/2025 8:28:44 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
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To: whyilovetexas111

I wonder what the potential cost in American lives would be if we don’t have them when the chicoms get serious...


2 posted on 08/28/2025 9:02:06 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: whyilovetexas111

In the next conflict it will probably RAIN DRONES ,LOL


3 posted on 08/28/2025 9:13:26 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: whyilovetexas111
This is an unwise mis allocation of funds and diversion of assets that will negatively impact a number of critical programs and detract from national defense , not add to it.

The Navy needs a massive re vamp of it's entire fleet structure to make carrier aviation relevant as a viable day one option against an adversary like the Chinese and against anyone else except maybe the Russians, the Navy does not need the F/A-xx .

But doing the right thing means the Navy acts a vital force multiplier for combined air operations rather than a primary player running their own show in the early stages of a conflict and that is the last thing the Navy wants.

The reality is it's going to take a very long time for the Navy to field a viable 6th gen aircraft and 1.4 billion does not go a very long way in this type of program

4 posted on 08/28/2025 9:17:01 AM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead.)
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To: butlerweave

I agree. Drones seem to be the future for sure. We make very little, by the way.


5 posted on 08/28/2025 9:22:46 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
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To: whyilovetexas111

Foolish...drones are the future of warfare.


6 posted on 08/28/2025 9:53:50 AM PDT by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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To: whyilovetexas111

They better check with the Chicoms bc they probably already have the design and working on the 1st prototype.


7 posted on 08/28/2025 10:31:04 AM PDT by Rappini ("In hoc Signo Vinces" In this sign, you shall conquer.)
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It seems now a days by the time the next generation fighter is starting to be deployed it is already obsolete by the next generation designs.


8 posted on 08/28/2025 10:54:17 AM PDT by bravo whiskey (Annie Savoy : The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self awareness. )
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Re: "Next Problem"

How do we preserve our air craft carriers for more than 24 hours?

9 posted on 08/28/2025 11:02:44 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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By having anti-drone defenses, which we are developing.


10 posted on 08/28/2025 3:05:04 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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