Pentagon "All In" On Air Force's F-47

Puts Navy's F/A-XX On Ice - The TWZ Newsletter

The Pentagon’s proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget fully commits to the U.S. Air Force’s F-47 sixth-generation stealth fighter, while effectively shelving the U.S. Navy’s plans for a next-generation carrier-based F/A-XX combat jet. 

• U.S. officials say a key driver behind this decision is a fear that America’s industrial base cannot develop and produce two different advanced stealth fighters simultaneously. 
• In addition, previously planned purchases of stealth F-35 Joint Strike Fighters are set to be slashed by more than half as part of a shift in resources to key upgrades for those aircraft and sustaining existing fleets...