USAF/US NAVY 6G Fighter Programs - F/A-XX, F-X, NGAD, PCA, ASFS news

[Bounce]

Holy click bait Batman!

"Frank Kendall reassured in an interview with Defense News that the service was working on creating an advanced next-generation fighter, but a redesign was necessary to control expenses and improve the integration of loyal wingman drones"

How is it "dead" then?

 

[quellish]

What happens when/if jamming upsets communication with the CCAs?

They become sentient and kill their masters.

 

[Blitzo]

NGAD seems to be dead : US reevaluate 6th Gen fighter jet development

NGAD seems to be dead : US reevaluate 6th Gen fighter jet development

www.armyrecognition.com

Army Recognition is a clickbait site these days, they aren't what they were a decade or so ago.

 

[Josh_TN]

Remember UAVs data hacked in Iraq, around 2009.
And the RQ-170 reportedly hacked and detained by Iran in 2011.
There is always a weakness, somewhere.

"The practice was uncovered in July 2009, when the US military found files of intercepted drone video feeds on the laptop of a captured militant"

US fixed drones hacked by Iraqi insurgents: Pentagon https://phys.org/news/2009-12-drones-hacked-iraqi-insurgents-pentagon.html

Iran–U.S. RQ-170 incident has defense industry saying 'never again' to unmanned vehicle hacking

THE MIL & AERO COMMENTARY, 3 May 2016. If there's anything that continues to haunt U.S. military unmanned vehicle development, it's the December 2011 Iran–U.S. RQ-170 incident...

www.militaryaerospace.com

To be fair, those drone feeds were rushed to service unencrypted IIRC. It was a known liability of getting the ISR desired sooner I believe.