Image: A possible sixth-generation U.S. fighter / Northrop GrummanVroom! Boom! -- Time Magazine
No sooner does Defense Secretary Robert Gates succeed in ending production of the Air Force's F-22 fifth-generation jet fighter than the service is off into the wild blue yonder developing its sixth. The so-called Next Generation Tactical Aircraft -- they always begin with boring names before the marketeers get involved and dub them Raptor, the F-22's official nickname, or something equally cool -- should begin flying about 2030. The Air Force's wish-list for its next warplane is included in a new solicitation for the purchase:
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My Comment: I do not see the funds there to even contemplate developing a sixth generation aircraft .... but fund it they probably will. Manufacturing it (and paying for it) .... now that is another story.