United State's NGAD & F/A-XX Fighter Programs : Updates and Discussions

[randomradio]

I predict Boeing. They had decades to prepare for this and it paid off with NGAD.

Yeah, especially if the combined effort can reduce cost. But that could leave some companies high and dry, with Boeing sole-sourcing parts from just a few companies. Plus the Pentagon's mistake of committing 2 primary projects to just one company.

Anyway, it's a competition between the makers of the Super Hornet and Tomcat, so I think it's the Tomcat's turn now. You can bet NG has been working on this for a long time too.

Plus it's unclear if NG withdrew from NGAD 'cause they were too advanced or not advanced enough. Or if a single engine design was chosen and they did not have one. That's gonna factor in here as well.

 

[randomradio]

Interesting video; it appears to be closely related to the F47 slide, and since it's expected to be more affordable, it seems a single engine will be used.

The SE will have to be developed alongside NGAS. If NGAS is canceled, it would mean F-47 is TE. And NGAS is in limbo right now.

 

[Hydra]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1904479062506037573

Boeing or NG, that's the next big question in aviation this week.

Moi monee's on NG.

IN just blown up this opportunity by going with an inferior system Rafale. I am not saying its inferior to FA18-BLK3, but as system its an inferior to US ecosystem.

 

[randomradio]

IN just blown up this opportunity by going with an inferior system Rafale. I am not saying its inferior to FA18-BLK3, but as system its an inferior to US ecosystem.

F/A-XX won't give us what we want. It will be more suitable for a CATOBAR carrier.

 

[Bhartiya Naagrik Sainik]

Interesting video; it appears to be closely related to the F47 slide, and since it's expected to be more affordable, it seems a single engine will be used.
Note: The owner recently changed the video's title. It's a year old video.

Another element added to suspense. So the F-47 is child of X-36, YF-23 or Bird of prey?
Bcoz Trump said "nothing comes close from speed to maneuverability to payload", I think they will make both 1 engine exportable & 2 engine domestic versions. The F-35 shows that with most powerful production F135 engine also its payload is limited & the dry & wet T/STOW are poor, needing ECU. So the XA-10X engine needs to be much more powerful.

 

[Bhartiya Naagrik Sainik]

Some 3D artist imagined & made 3D model & animation of F-47, whose fuselage looks like F/A-XX concept, upward tilted wings remind of Bird-of-Prey, engine bay hump reminds of YF-23.
So F-47 NGAD = F/A-XX + BoP + YF-23.
I'm putting a smaller collage as the images are huge, bigger than the collage.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1904269703222083633

Some selected screenshots from animation showing specific angles to show airframe shape, parts: