Navy's sixth-gen fighter AOA delayed about a year

By Jason Sherman / April 12, 2018 at 3:43 PM
The Navy has delayed by about a year plans to complete an analysis of alternatives for a sixth-generation fighter, setting a fiscal year 2019 target completion date for the effort that began in May 2016 and was originally slated to be done last November. Senior service officials, in written testimony for an April 12 House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee hearing, reported the Navy is still working to identify options for the FA-XX, also called the Next...

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