No, dropping 1000lb JDAMs is something even an F22 can do.
We could be surprise when the NGAD will take the light, imagine this kind like the picture , abble to do A/A, air dominance , control node ? refuel F-35 like attack fighter, a fleet mix of all this capacity could be the real air dominance....
I admit, I am expecting in the neighborhood of 40klbs of fuel on the beast.
It could be the concept
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I take it you want a unicorn for your birthday, and not a pony.Air Force Wants $1.3 Billion to Finish Design for New Fighter Engine
The Air Force is asking Congress for $1.3 billion over three years to finish designing an engine for the NGAD fighter.
any plane costing in to the "hundreds of millions" should be capable of transitioning in and out space at least for short periods.
it should be near impervious via an all-axis DEW defensive suite.
it should have a sufficient payload bay for a significant amount of H-K UAS/munitions. Such UAS/munitions should possess multiple shot capability and even be recoverable on the non/permissive battlespace/ground if not all shots are taken.
Any one of those capabilities costs about $200mil.Air Force Wants $1.3 Billion to Finish Design for New Fighter Engine
The Air Force is asking Congress for $1.3 billion over three years to finish designing an engine for the NGAD fighter.
any plane costing in to the "hundreds of millions" should be capable of transitioning in and out space at least for short periods.
it should be near impervious via an all-axis DEW defensive suite.
it should have a sufficient payload bay for a significant amount of H-K UAS/munitions. Such UAS/munitions should possess multiple shot capability and even be recoverable on the non/permissive battlespace/ground if not all shots are taken.
Idk if that's great for its stealth coating.
This greatly troubles me.
Resurrect Dyna-Soar but as a HOTOL system!ok 'near space'whatever drastic enhances range
disagree
Mother protected via all axis RF guided DEW primarily for missiles @ very close range.
Daughters multi-shot capability would be an Auto Grenade Launcher able to engage all tgts from other threat msles to Hardened Aircraft shelter doors to tank plinking w/ the same HV mini-missiles w/new energetics HEDP warheads... again all @ very close range.
SEAD would be accomplished via other means. UAS/munition would only act as back up SEAD.
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We've had laser dazzlers for missile defenses for a while now, either blind the IR seeker or feed false data to the prox fuze.
No grenade launcher is going to have enough power to deal with a HAS. Not even going through the doors.
The agl fires a HV mini missiles in limited numbers and the missiles r guided to same impact point affording time for best in serial shaped charge effects.
The down-select will happen this summer, per current plan.
I think there is a thread post for that, but there was some speculation about a "7th Generation Fighter" as early as a few years ago if I remember
My money's on Lockheed Martin, given their track record with the F-22 and F-35, not to mention all the whistleblowing (And deaths of said whistleblowers) going on at Boeing
Boeing Defense and Commercial are two very different entities.
Air Force Wants $1.3 Billion to Finish Design for New Fighter Engine
The Air Force is asking Congress for $1.3 billion over three years to finish designing an engine for the NGAD fighter.
any plane costing in to the "hundreds of millions" should be capable of transitioning in and out space at least for short periods.
it should be near impervious via an all-axis DEW defensive suite.
it should have a sufficient payload bay for a significant amount of H-K UAS/munitions. Such UAS/munitions should possess multiple shot capability and even be recoverable on the non/permissive battlespace/ground if not all shots are taken.
LockMart is up to their eyeballs in F35 production, NG is equally busy building B21s (though I think they dropped out of the USAF comp), and Boeing Military is more or less on idle with 90something F15EXs to make.
You mean this ~6-8ft long rocket?
There is rumor about Boeing is the design that USAF prefer over Lockheed but , we don't know nothing about NGAD difficult to make an idea about it..
Clearly what the MICOM person is holding is the size of human arm. Propulsion is not for a range AT missile. As mentioned numerous times over the years, on this forum, there is a revolution is energetics underway therefore the size can be reduced significantly.
Do you have a source that I could find this on?
Amazing, thank you.
I still think NG pulling out is a bad sign, like deliberate non-compliance on the A-12 was. A sign that the performance and cost requirements don't match up. Of course they may have also seen that what they had wasn't going to win, so they might as well cut their losses.
Boeing Military has been doing interesting things with the F15s and Super Hornets, so I think they can execute.
Okay, so your super-rocket is still 2-3ft long (using whatever propellant mix is in the Cuda/HalfRAAM.)
No, I think it is a case of too many people working on B21 and not enough available for NGAD. So they're going to get B21 flying and then concentrate the engineers on FAXX.
