Boeing F/A XX Sixth Gen Fighter Concept

INTRODUCTION
A sixth-generation jet fighter is a conceptualized class of fighter aircraft
design more advanced than the fifth-generation jet fighters which are
currently in service in the United States and in development in other
countries.
The United States Air Force and United States Navy are anticipated to
field their first sixth-generation fighters in the 202530 time frame.
The USAF is pursuing development and acquisition of a sixth-generation
fighter through the F-X program to replace the F-22 Raptor, and the U.S.
Navy is pursuing a similar program called the Next Generation Air
Dominance to replace the F/A-18 Super Hornet.
Sixth generation fighters, dubbed Next Generation TACAIR, are not
scheduled to enter service until 2025-2030.

DESIGN CONCEPTS
Dubbed the "Next Generation Tactical Aircraft"/"Next Gen TACAIR", the USAF seeks a fighter with
"enhanced capabilities in areas such as reach, persistence, survivability, net-centricity,
situational awareness, human-system integration and weapons effects," a November 4, 2010
presolicitation notice states.
The future system will have to counter adversaries equipped with next generation advanced
electronic attack, sophisticated integrated air defense systems, passive detection, integrated
self-protection, directed energy weapons, and cyber attack capabilities.
It must be able to operate in the anti-access/area-denial environment that will exist in the 2030
50 timeframe.
The sixth-generation fighters are expected to use advanced engines such as Adaptive Versatile
Engine Technology to allow longer ranges and higher performance. Risk reduction began in 2012
so that engine development can start around 2020.
An engine is to be ready when fighters are introduced by the Navy in 2028 and the Air Force in
2032.
USAF General Mike Hostage has said that they have yet to decide on which features will define
the sixth-generation fighters.

FUTURE STRATEGY (BOEING)

The company to enthuse about the project the most, however, remains Boeing. Having
witnessed its X-32 multipurpose jet fighter being overlooked in the Joint Strike Fighter
contest, with the US military opting for Lockheed Martin's X-35 competitor, Boeing are
vying to produce the F-35's successor.
The regular hornet aircraft will be replaced by the incoming F-35s, however they do not
possess the capabilities to adequately replace the larger Super Hornet aircraft and, as
such, the US Navy and Air Force has been examining its options.
Boeing's proposals appear to have been well received, with the US issuing a Request for
Information in April 2012 regarding the company's F/A-XX concept aircraft.
Boeing have also gone one further, proposing a replacement for Lockheed Martin's F22A Raptor aircraft that only entered into service in 2005.
The project is currently limited to concept images and the US Air Force remains noncommittal to any such pandering, however, Boeing envisages the F/A-XX, F-X and a
possible unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) comprising an all-encompassing future
strategy for the USAF.

DEVELOPMENT
Sixth generation fighters, dubbed Next Generation TACAIR, are not
scheduled to enter service until 2025-2030.
Presolicitation revealed in November 2010 highlighted the need for any
such aircraft to demonstrate "enhanced capabilities in areas such as
reach, persistence, survivability, net-centricity, sustained awareness,
human-system integration and weapon effects."
The presolicitation triggered a number of manufacturers to announce their
intentions, with Boeing's Phantom Works and Lockheed Martin's Skunk
Works beginning to release information relating to systems they could
feasibly develop.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth-generation_jet_fighter
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