Breaking: First F-47 Sixth-Gen Fighter Already Being Built, Expected to Fly in 2028
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AZ_HighCountry
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OP, start doing better research.
Posted yesterday on TWZ:
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What's shown in the Twitter film looks quite similar to this:
Posted yesterday on TWZ:
Is This A Glimpse Of The Aircraft That Gave Birth To The F-47?
A purported sighting over Area 51 has features that would fit with what we think we know about the F-47, but many questions remain. A purported nighttime sighting near Groom Lake has fueled debate, but the aircraft’s identity remains unconfirmed for now.
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What's shown in the Twitter film looks quite similar to this:
AZ_HighCountry
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Filming of an alleged F-47 NGAD flying over Area 51 merged with an existing thread.
F-22Raptor
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To further support the theory that F-47 will utilize AAW technology, Boeing Phantom Works has been working on AAW going back 25+ years to the X-53 aircraft. Clearly, computational and materials design has significantly advanced since then
So I postulate that if F-47 does have canards, it’s highly likely it will utilize AAW technology.
That_Guy
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A 6th gen can have anything it wants, because 6th gen (much like 5th gen) is just a marketing term, with no real set of agreed upon perimeters.
If the US thinks its okay, chances are they're okay, because much like China, they have smartass engineers designing these jets.
Oscar
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AI is fine but it doesn’t address the problem everyone has with understanding how far ahead US manufacturing is.
The math for the ideal solution was figured out 30-40 years ago - we’re just building it in the most advanced fashion possible.
Oscar
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6th gen has zero definition of canards or no canards.
If anything the definition is more tied to avionics and energy weapons along with deep networking.
F-22Raptor
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How Northrop managed to bury those engines on the B-21 with that inlet design is absurd.
That_Guy
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I'd wager a bet saying that US technology is ahead, but manufacturing is far behind.
Its not a secret that the US has been struggling to meet its defense manufacturing goals, and the Iran war has exposed just how bad things are.
They're trying to throw money at the problem, but in the long run they have to weigh the costs vs the benefits and decide if having a large number of advanced systems in modern wars is more beneficial than having a large number of cheaper and easily manufactured systems they can mass produce.
Honestly, I'm just rambling now. Sorry if im not making sense, kinda sick right now.
Oscar
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Nope
Manufacturing is fine but the issue is bean counters screwing up the scale and certain rubber stamped standards
Oscar
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Also probably solved mathematically/design some 20-30 years ago - just needed materials or rather cost to be able to implement the design come down enough.
A lot on our end is dictated by cost and keep in mind it is a government contract so lowest bidder goes all the way through the chain even if Northrop wants otherwise.
SolarWarden
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My canard knock was in jest Phantom Works and Skunkworks knows what they are doing it doesn't matter canards or not what we do know is it's going to be the most advanced weapon system when it enters service. For now the tittle for most advanced weapons system belongs to the F-35.
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