6th Generation Fighter Meta Thread

a reply to: darksidius

And it totally lacks the space for the fuel for long range ops. It also completely lacks the magazine depth needed.

Upgrading the F-22 only makes sense if they don’t see a future in manned platforms.
Maybe they’ll start with upgraded F-22’s & Loyalty Wingman then get out of the manned fighter business?
I have my doubts but this is the only logical conclusion I can draw at this point as to why they’d even consider that option.

Maybe not related at all, but since the article mention it..it can be interesting for this thread

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Interesting .

theaviationist.com...

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All Zaph's fault I took a break to look.

RCS model of a top or bottom skin off something curvy...

a reply to: Blackfinger

It could be a pole cap too. I'm leaning towards it being a top or bottom skin as well, but the possibility of it being a pole cap can't be thrown out either.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Y'know. It almost looks like a baby B-21 beak.

a reply to: Blackfinger

I just hope this was a deliberate leak or "about to be public anyway soon, not worth the bother any more to hide it", rather than an "Oopsy! Forgot the tarp..." moment...

a reply to: Borys

If it's part of an aircraft, it's only a partial skin. I'm thinking upper skin personally. That means that they're trying to get very specific information on RCS on something specific. Even having seen it, there's no possible way to tell what it's from. We can make a few educated guesses based on renderings, but there's no way to know for sure what we're looking at. Like I said earlier, it's also possible it's just a pole cap.

Could it not simply be a generic object for equipment calibration.

a reply to: E92M3

Yep, that's one possibility.

twitter.com...
Strange attitude...

USAF will start testing the adaptive engines from GE and P&W next fiscal year:

www.flightglobal.com...

a reply to: darksidius
Probably the exact same reaction from all of us..We recognize it but not 100% sure what it is..

a reply to: Blackfinger

The guy must realy be in trouble if it is something related to NGAD.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Makes sense: despite the huge advances in simulation software and sheer number crunching hardware, nothing beats testing in the real world for ultimate accuracy.

P&W started testing their new engine:

aviationweek.com...

Skunk works head on the funny shape: NO COMMENT.

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a reply to: anzha
For you what that mean ? For sure not polecap