This thread is for a discussion of the various 6th Generation fighters that are being researched and developed today. What are your thoughts on the various programs and which do you have concerns about?
I will start if off. The NGAD program I have mixed feelings on. The FAXX program is pretty straight forward. It will be a 6th Gen Carrier capable fighter. What is says on the tin. But the Air Force NGAD program??? I am trying really hard to figure out why they are calling it a fighter. What they are describing sounds more like a small stealth bomber than a fighter. And if it is just a small bomber. Could a modified version of the B 21 Raider not do they same thing. Since they think Dogfigthing is a thing of the past.
I will start if off. The NGAD program I have mixed feelings on. The FAXX program is pretty straight forward. It will be a 6th Gen Carrier capable fighter. What is says on the tin. But the Air Force NGAD program??? I am trying really hard to figure out why they are calling it a fighter. What they are describing sounds more like a small stealth bomber than a fighter. And if it is just a small bomber. Could a modified version of the B 21 Raider not do they same thing. Since they think Dogfigthing is a thing of the past.