Senate Bill Drastically Cuts Already Reduced F/A-XX Spending

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The Navy plans to replace its F/A-18E/F fleet with the future F/A-XX.

Credit: U.S. Navy
Senate authorizers want to take almost all of the remaining funding away from the U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2025 budget request for its next-generation F/A-XX fighter, further pushing back the program to prioritize shipbuilding. The Navy’s fiscal 2025 budget request calls for $453.8 million for its Next...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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