After NGAD, the US Navy's F/A-XX program is also threatened in 2025

Launched in conjunction with the US Air Force's Next Generation Air Dominance program, the US Navy's F/A-XX program has been pursued much more quietly than its counterpart in recent years. At best, we knew, at the start of the year, that the US Navy had a comfortable budget of $1,53 billion for the 2024 fiscal year, to complete the conceptual study phase, and begin the phase of maturation, with the objective of designing a system of onboard air combat systems by 2040, to take over from the F/A-1

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