Message posted by Vahe Demirjian (Member since 04/28/2022) on June 23, 2024 at 14:54:56 PST:
The Super Hornet is indeed non-stealthy, and when the Naval Advanced Tactical Fighter and follow-on A-X (aka A/F-X) programs were canceled for budgetary reasons, the Navy chose the Super Hornet as a cheap alternative to the A/F-X to do the air-to-air role that the NATF might have carried out. If a winning design for the F/A-XX program is built, no matter if funding for the F/A-XX program has been delayed, then it will provide the Navy with the kind of naval stealth fighter which the still-born NATF program aimed to create.
In Reply to: Re: Is the NGAD program in danger? posted by Dark side on June 22, 2024 at 2:28:49 PST:
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