Northrop Grumman has released a rare conceptual image of its proposal for F/A-XX, the future hunting of the sixth generation of the United States Navy.
The illustration, published on its website, shows a stealth design with higher air inlets, wide fuselage and single-time cockpit, reminiscent of the company’s former YF-23. However, project details remain obscure, and experts question whether art reflects the final model or just a preliminary representation. The F/A-XX program, surrounded by confidentiality, facing uncertainties, with divergences between the Pentagon and the Navy about their financing and priority.
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While the Northrop Grumman and Boeing They dispute the contract, the future of fighter is at stake. Recently, the US Senate proposed to allocate $ 1.4 billion to the bill, reversing a possible freezing of funds. The Navy insists that the F/A-XX is essential to combat future threats, but the Pentagon fears that the program competes for Air Force’s Ngad fighter. Admiral Daryl Caudle, the future Navy Commander, defended the urgency of the project, highlighting its importance for air superiority in the coming decades.
Despite optimism, F/A-XX can still undergo radical changes before it comes true. Northrop Grumman has already abandoned the NGAD program to focus on F/A-XX and bomber B-21, but industrial and budgetary challenges persist.
Meanwhile, the image released offers an intriguing, albeit non -definitive glimpse of what may be the next big US naval fighter.
Source: The War Zone | Photo: Northrop grumman / x @fighterman_ffrc | This content was created with the help of AI and revised by the editorial team
