The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)

[KevinB]

I think F-47 will be NOFORN like the F-22.

If Boeing can deliver on the promises

 

[ytz]

I think F-47 will be NOFORN like the F-22.

As detailed in the video, I think there's a risk it doesn't get built. Using a combination of higher end weapons, palletized weapons delivery, Loyal Wingmen and a flow down of 6th Gen tech to the F-35 (such as the Adaptive Cycle Engine) is starting to look both cheaper and more effective. Even if they build the F-47, it's not looking like they will build as many as planned.

The video provides a really good view into the macro debate going on in the fighter community. Everybody looks at drones. Very few are paying attention to how the new class of weapons are changing Force Design and procurement. It's been part of the reason to question the utility of the Wedgetail. How do you defend an HVA against a saturation attack of long range hypersonic datalinked AAMs?

But sure, it will be heavily NOFORN. And possibly so will flowed down tech. We can see hint of this with the radar divergence. This is why, it's really best to start planning the exit from the US Weapons sphere in areas where they can't/won't share.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

If Boeing can deliver on the promises

Oh come now. When has Boeing ever dropped the ball….

 

[ytz]

If Boeing can deliver on the promises

And just like GCAP, they haven't delivered a 5th Gen fighter either.

 

[Good2Golf]

And just like GCAP, they haven't delivered a 5th Gen fighter either.

They deserve to entirely own the X-32. That was a horrendous looking aircraft. Seriously. The Pontiac Aztec was better looking than the X-32.

 

[childs56]

F-18 A/Bs are long out of US inventory. The USMC does still fly C/D models

I understand they still have a few A+ models flying. A couple of years ago they went though the older models with lower hours to make it through to 2030.

 

[Swampbuggy]

They deserve to entirely own the X-32. That was a horrendous looking aircraft. Seriously. The Pontiac Aztec was better looking than the X-32.

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