6th Generation Fighter Meta Thread

a reply to: anzha
And it never improved since then....Company needs a total restructure.

German AI for FCAS!

www.janes.com...

And...Tempest news!

No official timeline to decide if the Saudis get to join! (don't do it, UK! it aint worth it...)

breakingdefense.com...

The current partners agree to plan for the agreement:

www.janes.com...
theaviationist.com...
www.flightglobal.com...

a reply to: anzha
If you want to see money dissapear give it to the Saudis..

Boeing makin' a fugly again?



theaviationist.com...

Lockheed released a video too.

GCAP sensor selection coming together:

www.flightglobal.com...

A little more on the Tempestuous GCAP:

breakingdefense.com...

(less than FCAS)

aviationweek.com...

The GCAP team is negotiating work shares. Will they keep it together better than the FCAS/SCAF team?

www.flightglobal.com...

Sweden has walked away from Tempest, and launched a national study for their next generation fighter.

F/A-XX is most likely dead. The Navy FY25 budget request cuts LINK PLUMERIA from $2.1B this year, to $346M next. They're either slowing the program by years, or they're killing it in favor of ship building.

The Navy budget has a new line item for "NEXT GENERATION FIGHTER" but it's still a huge hit to funding. It asks for $453M, so if you include the LINK PLUMERIA funding it's still less than a billion dollars, down from $2.1B this year.