Popular Mechanics: The F-22 Raptor's Replacement Is Starting to Take Shape
"Penetrating Counter Air" will be stealthier, longer ranged and carry new, deadly missiles.
The U.S. Air Force is finalizing technology requirements for a new fighter jet to enter service sometime in the 2030s. Known as "Penetrating Counter Air," the new fighter will replace the F-22 Raptor and maintain American air superiority in future conflicts. The sixth=generation fighter will incorporate a number of new technologies that for now exist only on the drawing board.
Citing the existence of advanced Russian weapons such as the S-400 air defense missile system and the Su-57 (formerly PAK-FA) fighter, Air Combat Command commander General Mike Holmes told Aviation Week & Space Technology that while the F-22 and F-35 will continue to be improved, "Eventually you will run into a limit in your ability to improve those platforms, and so we need to have something else ready."
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WNU Editor: The Pentagon must be serious .... they are starting to spend real money on determining the specs for such a future plane.
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