Foo Fighter said:
flateric said:
Foo Fighter said:
and the F-35 suggested as the last manned fighter in the USA?
by whom?
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,3536.0.html
The statement was made by someone I took to be a company rep in a program about the competition for this aircraft. Not sure but I think it was linked from this site.
A lot of people made statements like that in the early stages of F-35 development, when there was a lot of excitement about UCAVs replacing manned aircraft for all roles. But I think that's faded quite a bit recently. Strike may end up going more to UAVs, but no one is making much progress on UAVs for air combat, yet. Witness the fact that both the USAF and USN have (early) programs for next-generation manned air-superiority fighters.