Posted on 04/07/2013 10:46:46 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Boeing unveils updated F/A-XX sixth-gen fighter concept
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The Boeing concept also features canards, which is somewhat of a surprise because the motion of those forward mounted control surfaces is generally assumed to compromise a stealth aircraft's frontal radar cross-section. But the lack of vertical tail surfaces suggests the aircraft would be optimized for all-aspect broadband stealth, which would be needed for operations in the most challenging anti-access/area denial environments.
Also of note in the manned version of the company's F/A-XX concept is the placement of the cockpit-rearward visibility appears to be restricted without the aid of a sensor apparatus similar to the F-35's distributed aperture system of six infrared cameras.
The Boeing F/A-XX concept is a response to a USN request for information (RFI) from April 2012 soliciting data for a replacement for the service's Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler fleets in the 2030s. The Super Hornet fleet is expected to start reaching the end of the jet's 9000h useful lifespan during that time period.
"The intent of this research is to solicit industry inputs on candidate solutions for CVN [nuclear-powered aircraft carrier] based aircraft to provide air supremacy with a multi-role strike capability in an anti-access/area denied (A2AD) operational environment," the navy RFI stated. "Primary missions include, but are not limited to, air warfare (AW), strike warfare (STW), surface warfare (SUW), and close air support (CAS)."
Navy leaders had said at the time that they expect any new F/A-XX design to have greatly increased range and offer far superior kinematic performance compared to existing tactical aircraft.
I hope they end up in the United States Navy and Air Force.
I hope they don’t try/aren’t forced to try to make it a one sized fits all air mediocrity fighter.
How long has the F-22 been deployed? When will the F-35 be deployed? Why is Boeing working on a new fighter? Is this a joke?
Good point.
I like this design. It is futuristic and looks to be well ahead of what our competitor nations are designing. It’s wise to have more than just a few type of fighter designs in our arsenal. More is better.
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This is, essentially, the F-22’s carrier-based counterpart. I suspect Boeing is just acknowledging the reality that the F-35 is a failure.
“Why is Boeing working on a new fighter?”
Didn’t read the article?
“The Boeing F/A-XX concept is a response to a USN request for information (RFI) from April 2012 soliciting data for a replacement for the service’s Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler fleets in the 2030s. The Super Hornet fleet is expected to start reaching the end of the jet’s 9000h useful lifespan during that time period.”
No joke. The procurement and development cycle for fighter aircraft is just longer than it would seem. It was over to 25 years from the time the F22 was first on the drawing board until it was operational. That's just how long these things take.
The question, of course, is: Should America be building an invincible muslim/communist-controlled military?
These look a damn sight better than their last proposal.
does it run on Boeings famous batteries?
The bad batteries are made in Japan.
Jimmi Carter killed the B-1A and decimated the military spending and R&D. Imagine what he could have done with 4 more years.
Instead, we got Ronald Reagan(!) who revived the B-1 and other programs, built the F-16 and F/A-18 in quantity and rebuilt our military that Carter and crew tore down.
Programs like the F-22 or the F-35 or anything else, such as SDI, don't do well, and rarely follow schedules with socialists and communists in charge. Those ideologies do NOT want us to be a strong nation and do all they can to make us weak.
New tech has teething problems, especially the most cutting edge, but those naturally occurring problems are then used against the program by those who want to kill it, be they in government or the one stream media.
Every aircraft in our inventory has been first hated and threatened with death by those who later praise them and brag about their capabilities.
But, make no mistake, they would have preferred each die on the drawing board or as prototypes and did all they could to make that happen.
The F-35's development is testament to their methods. Who is really hurt? You and I.
Why does Boeing need to acknowledge the reality that the F-35 is a failure?
It’s not Boeing’s airplane.
Both the F22 and the F35 are products of Lockheed Martin.
Meanwhile our military budgets keep shrinking and our economy keeps contracting because we are OUTSOURCING everything in our economy.
Bring back US manufacturing.
Now.
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