Breaking: Boeing wins US Navy next-gen fighter F/A-XX competition

[AZ_HighCountry]

Canards, that is sooo 5th gen,..

We don't know for sure. It's been 13 years and who knows how many thousands of hours of computer simulations, advances in composites, etc. there has been since that drawing was first released.

 

[Oscar]

Canards, that is sooo 5th gen,..

Canards arent some definition of 5th gen or 4th gen for that matter.
RCS management along with power generation are.

Knowing exactly what your RCS is at any time against ANY emitter allows you to have canards or otherwise especially if you skip the vertical tail entirely.

 

[F-22Raptor]

Canards arent some definition of 5th gen or 4th gen for that matter.
RCS management along with power generation are.

Knowing exactly what your RCS is at any time against ANY emitter allows you to have canards or otherwise especially if you skip the vertical tail entirely.

If Boeings designs do feature canards I’ll be shocked if they’re not aeroelastic. I can’t imagine they’ll be barn door style canards with heavy hydraulics.

 

[Ali_Baba]

Canards arent some definition of 5th gen or 4th gen for that matter.
RCS management along with power generation are.

Knowing exactly what your RCS is at any time against ANY emitter allows you to have canards or otherwise especially if you skip the vertical tail entirely.

Well all the Americans here said that the j20 was not a true 5th gen because it had canards… what goes around comes around I guess..