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U.S. sixth-generation fighter F/A-XX of a design

According to Reuters, the British website November 5, 2010 reported that the Air Force has begun to look to the future, to explore Locke U.S. Lockheed Martin F-22 fighter’s successor. November 3, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) to the information industry, issued a consultation notice, requiring industry to provide in the 2030 initial operational capability of the “next-generation tactical aircraft systems” concept of the form and capacity/demand information technology.

experts say: This “next-generation tactical aircraft systems” is the successor to the F-22 machine (Translator’s Note: the U.S. Air Force called sixth-generation fighter). U.S. Air Force made in the circular, “the next generation of tactical aircraft systems” must be able to have the airborne electronic attack capability, advanced integrated air defense system, passive detection equipment, comprehensive self-defense devices, directed energy weapons and electromagnetic attack capabilities of the enemy network operations must be able in 2030 to 2050 “anti-intervention/regional Denial” in the combat environment.

notice in the U.S. Air Force also made clear that “the next generation of tactical aircraft systems,” the main task is to carry out the mission offensive and defensive air operations – that is to destroy or weaken the enemy’s ability to control the skies . U.S. Air Force also hopes to complete the aircraft has a missile defense, air interdiction and close air support and other tasks. In this announcement, the Air Force also proposed that future fighter aircraft may be prepared with greater than the existing range and longer endurance, and better survivability, situational awareness, weapons performance, and “people – systems integration. ”

the notice requirements of the U.S. Air Force interest in the company before December 17 in response to information submitted to, and hope that the latter can be submitted to the relevant cost estimates (if any).

Congressional Research Service (CRS), an American military aviation experts MiG Butler Jeremiah (Jeremiah Gertler), said: “This is the next generation of fighter jets the United States to quantify the tactical and technical indicators may be the first step. “U.S. Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) of the Air Force welcomed the release of this information needs, and that which is to maintain U.S. technological advantage is critical, because there is not any kind of U.S. manned fighter aircraft are being designed. AIA National Security Business Vice President Fred Downey (Fred Downey) in the e-mail response to Reuters, said: “Unless new manned aerospace project started as soon as possible, otherwise the future of American design and manufacture of manned combat aircraft capability will shrink, and may threaten U.S. aerospace technology, and this advantage has long been a symbol of our national security. ” But he added: “the beginning of a new type of tactical aircraft, some analysis will not come quickly.”

U.S. teal Group (also translated Teal Group) Abu Rafi aerospace consultant Richard (Richard Aboulafia) said that the budget pressures facing the U.S. Department of Defense means that in the future decade, the United States may not have large sums of money available for new generation aircraft development. However, he believed that such a project may be able to avoid the U.S. Boeing aircraft was forced to withdraw from the market, and has been insisting to the six-generation machine when the program competitive. Boeing is the United States, second only to Lockheed Martin’s defense industry giants. Abu Rafi said that the current export order will enable Boeing to buy in the U.S. armed forces are Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets in the case, the ability to maintain its aircraft technology. His e-mail to Reuters, said: “Recently, Boeing may be forced to withdraw from the (aircraft) market.” (China Aviation Industry Development Research Center of Zhang Yang

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