Saturday, December 1, 2012

Wanting what you may not need

A Boeing concept image of an aircraft design for the U.S. Navy's "F/A-XX" sixth-generation fighter.

So the Air Force is now hinting at yet another cool fighter...

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20121130/DEFREG02/311300004/U-S-Air-Combat-Command-Chief-Hints-6th-Gen-Fighter?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

But we keep pushing to replace most of our fighters with drones...

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htnavai/articles/20121128.aspx

Willing to bet that the next fighter is unmanned capable, to be followed by completely unmanned craft?