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F/A-XX: The Ghost Fighter of the US Navy
The U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter program, envisioned as a crucial replacement for the aging F/A-18 Super ...
As a next-generation fighter program, the US Navy’s new fighter is being designed to operate in anti-access/area denial ...
Unfunded Priorities List seeks $2.2 billion in funding to strengthen the munitions industrial base and resupply key ...
U.S. defense strategy evolves with 6th-generation aircraft, including the B-21 Raider and F-47, promising advances in stealth ...
According to Donnelly, the F/A-XX program is on track for the Milestone B decision to move the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase by the end of fiscal year 2025.
Summary and Key Points: Congress is cutting 90% of the funding for the Navy’s F/A-XX program, a proposed sixth-generation fighter jet. The program is seen as wasteful given the Navy’s current ...
The Navy’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposal seeks $74 million to complete the design of F/A-XX should the administration choose to continue with the program, according to a senior defense official.
The F/A-XX program’s formal RoI (Request of Information) was issued in Apr. 2012, and requested an air superiority fighter with multi role capabilities.
Administration officials seek to delay F/A-XX program by up to three years, sources say; Pentagon plans to use $453 million provided by Congress for F/A-XX elsewhere, sources say ...
The F/A-XX program is one of several advanced capabilities the U.S. military is developing to counter China's growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region.
Northrop Grumman could be selected as the prime contractor for the F/A-XX program. However, this would have a limited impact on its cash flows. Click to read an analysis of NOC stock.
At the heart of the conflict is the F/A-XX program, intended to replace the Navy's aging Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet fleet with a new carrier-based stealth fighter to be fielded in the 2030s.