Bc the YF-23 was made by Northrop and McDonnell Douglas, the X-35 was made by Lockheed Martin,the same guys that created the YF-22 together with Boeing
Using the YF-23’s design for a next generation stealth aircraft meant that the YF-23 was the ultimate winner of the ATF program,and not the YF-22
Because they had different requirements and an additional decade of engineering and manufacturing development?
It also has a top speed of “Over 2” and “not many are over 2”. Over 2 what, he did not say.
It was probably Mach 2, Over 2km/h seems too crazy. :)
Apparently not many jets go over 2! Who knows! Besides this event, knowing that Boeing won NGAD that means NoGr is guaranteed to get F/A-XX))
The B-2 has been flying without a rudder since the 90’s x)
My personal guess is a mix of differential thrust and fluid dynamic magic.
Oh is Northrop Grumman on the F/A-XX ? I thought they bailed out and Lockheed Martin was on that?
No it was Lockheed who dropped out, rn it’s just NoGr and Boeing
Oh alright thanks for the clarification
Last time Grumman made a Navy Fighter it ended up being, totally objectively, no personal opinion involved at all, the best fighter jet ever made!
Truuue, I’m wicked excited to see Grumman Ironworks product hit the deck once more
Not sure how canards reduce rear aspect RCS. If anything, the inclusion of canards is because it offers better fuel efficiency and longer ranges.
Not necessarily. Their production capacity could be being tied up with B-21 and the Sentinel program to meet the demand. A navalized F-47 could very likely be the offering for F/A-XX from Boeing, and if they were able to win the NGAD contract they are clearly competitive.
well, they just left competition for F/A-XX, so, who knows
You have a link for this?
Ah, sorry.
Confused boieng and LM.
The navy will never accept an Air Force design haha. That’s the biggest reason a navalized F22 or YF23 never happened, the navy refused to entertain the idea of using an airforce design. They gotta have their own!!
Bottom one objectively worse
they are both concept at the moment with zero proof of abilities sit down and zip it yankee
Lol,
Vert stabilizer on bottom one (draggier and less stealthy)
So of the 2 airframe concept, bottom one is objectively worse (and not even 6th gen tbh)
