Except 4th gen aircrafts and 5th gen will be able to do that, Rafale and F-35. So that doesn’t work. Avionics and tech can always be jammed into older platforms. What should matter for generation is airframe design.
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Is the BAE Tempest 6th Gen for you?
That is probably a part of the wing or LERX maybe
It’s truly joever for Chinese weather Balloons
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Unfortunately no, it does not get rid of vertical* stabilizers. Doesn’t mean it won’t be as good as a 6th gen, just doesn’t offer a radical change.
Yeah that’s what I was thinking too. Probably just a very advanced 5th Gen.
You don’t need to trade the addition of canards in order to achieve a tailless design though.
That suggests an engineering compromise in order to achieve a specified performance goal instead of absolute peak stealth performance.
The ESSM?lmao the Navy is laughing rn with their AIM-174Bs
well, LREW also exists
but not sure that it would be better
The actual Air Force announcement:
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.
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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.
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Oh is Northrop Grumman on the F/A-XX ? I thought they bailed out and Lockheed Martin was on that?
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No it was Lockheed who dropped out, rn it’s just NoGr and Boeing
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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!
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Truuue, I’m wicked excited to see Grumman Ironworks product hit the deck once more
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