The Navy wants a new fighter with at least 750-nm combat radius despite operating from the tight parameters of an aircraft carrier.
Credit: Northrop Grumman
Thanks to a congressional rescue and an 11th-hour change of heart by the Pentagon’s civilian leadership, the contract to develop the U.S. Navy’s next carrier-based fighter is now on track to be awarded by year-end. Even after the F/A-XX program’s already circuitous 14-year journey, however, the...
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