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What capabilities make a 6th generation fighter?

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What capabilities make a 6th generation fighter?

Characteristics

  • Advanced digital capabilities including high-capacity networking, AI, data fusion, cyber warfare, D2D and battlefield command, control and communications (C3) capabilities.
  • Optionally manned, with the same airframe capable of conducting piloted, remote controlled or onboard-AI controlled missions.

Is F 35 6th generation?

USAF’s sixth generation fighter engine won’t work for F-35 because of vast differences in tech. The programme that is developing an engine for the US Air Force’s sixth generation fighter won’t be fit to the F-35 because of vast differences in technology.

Did Northrop Grumman just release a sixth generation fighter for the Navy?

“Northrop Grumman has released new design concepts for sixth-generation fighters for the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy.” Northrop Grumman has released new design concepts for sixth-generation fighters for the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy.

Will the Air Force’s NGAD fighter be a 6th generation warplane?

Indeed, Northrop’s concept for the Air Force NGAD fighter depicts a single-engine flying-wing aircraft armed with a directed energy weapon. According to Northrop, directed energy weapons and thermal management for those weapons—and advanced sensors—are going to be the fundamental challenges for a sixth-generation warplane.

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Are Northrop’s F/A-XX and ngad concepts similar?

As such, Northrop concepts for a naval F/A-XX and NGAD are markedly different but share common technologies and features. For example, the Navy design appears to have twin engines while the Air Force design appears to only have one. Both concepts appear to be supersonic flying wings designed for broadband all-aspect stealth.

Will Northrop Grumman’s adaptive cycle engines be used in airplanes?

While Northrop doesn’t say it—both aircraft designs are likely to use adaptive cycle engine technology—which optimize the power plant’s bypass ratio for its given airspeed and altitude. Both the Air Force and Navy are working on adaptive cycle engines.