NGAD, or the F/A-18 Replacement

[Birdbrain]

Thoughts on these articles and the NGAD concept? They state that the Navy wants to replace the Rhinos and Growlers in the 2030s with this 6th Gen Fighter to be accompanied by “little buddy” drones in the form of missile/bomb trucks. Of note, this is not a joint program with the USAF.

The concept looks slick.

Honestly I was under the assumption that the F-35 was the replacement so this was a surprise to me.

Navy: NGAD Will be Family of Systems, Super Hornet Replacement Likely a Manned Fighter - USNI News

The Navy is leaning toward replacing its fleet of Super Hornets with another manned fighter that will work with emerging unmanned aircraft concepts under the umbrella of the service’s Next Generation Air Dominance program. Rear Adm. Gregory Harris, who leads the chief of naval operation’s air...

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[taxi1]

They state that the Navy wants to replace the Rhinos and Growlers in the 2030s

Based on time to go from good idea to hitting the fleet for the F35, they are WAY behind.

 

[Griz882]

I just finished a book that says the CHYCAPS can simply turn a switch and cut all that gee-wiz stuff right off. I recommend a few thousand of these.

 

[jmcquate]

I just finished a book that says the CHYCAPS can simply turn a switch and cut all that gee-wiz stuff right off. I recommend a few thousand of these.

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Or at least so A-6Es

 

[Griz882]

Or at least so A-6Es

Love the ‘6, but too many black boxes!

 

[jmcquate]

Love the ‘6, but too many black boxes!

Ha, Spads it is.

 

[Python]

Thoughts on these articles and the NGAD concept? They state that the Navy wants to replace the Rhinos and Growlers in the 2030s with this 6th Gen Fighter to be accompanied by “little buddy” drones in the form of missile/bomb trucks. Of note, this is not a joint program with the USAF.

The concept looks slick.

Honestly I was under the assumption that the F-35 was the replacement so this was a surprise to me.

Navy: NGAD Will be Family of Systems, Super Hornet Replacement Likely a Manned Fighter - USNI News

The Navy is leaning toward replacing its fleet of Super Hornets with another manned fighter that will work with emerging unmanned aircraft concepts under the umbrella of the service’s Next Generation Air Dominance program. Rear Adm. Gregory Harris, who leads the chief of naval operation’s air...

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F-35 is intended to replace legacy Hornets, not super Hornets. It is intended to complement super Hornets.

 

[colonial-aviation]

I just finished a book that says the CHYCAPS can simply turn a switch and cut all that gee-wiz stuff right off. I recommend a few thousand of these.

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Too high tech, it has a holographic gun sight. We need Devastators and Vindicators back.

 

[Treetop Flyer]

Looks like the flying dorito part two

 

[Max the Mad Russian]

I recommend a few thousand of these.

Common desire. Deputy chief of Russian Air Force staff was asked what the new attack airplane has to look like, maybe something between PAK-FA and PAK-DA, and he said: no, it should be just IL-2 with FLIR and a satellite radio

 

[jmcquate]

it should be just IL-2 with FLIR and a satellite radio

If they only had something like an SU-25...............oh, wait

 

[taxi1]

it should be just IL-2 with FLIR and a satellite radio

I have the IL-2 Sturmovik game on my computer. I can understand now why there were so many German Aces on the East Front during WWII.

Heck, there's one little halftrack in a ground scenario that's hit the century mark in killing me.

 

[Griz882]

Heck, there's one little halftrack in a ground scenario that's hit the century mark in killing me.

 

[Max the Mad Russian]

I can understand now why there were so many German Aces on the East Front during WWII.

You bet. Single-seat IL-2 had some chances when its pilot understood: nowhere to hide nor to run, you weave. Since some extra units were manned by former fighter jocks, it worked to a degree. Last singleseaters were with squadrons as late as summer 1944, one of them had hit the Kriegsmarine V-boot in a Kamikaze manner and sunk her just a year before the war ended, 8th May 1944. When the gunner had been added (radioset was still in forward cockpit so backseater was pure gunner) the center of gravity shifted back and even weaving became vast and lazy - a piece of cake to Luftwaffe.

 

[Max the Mad Russian]

Nevertheless, of about 18000 IL-2 lost in the War (of about 36000 produced, roughly a half) nearly 2/3 were down by 20-mm flak from the ground. Story, in proportions, repeated itself in Afghan ridges instead of European forests, SU-25 instead of IL-2, and MANPADs instead of Flakvierling...