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USN Navy Failed To Protect Aviators From Brain Trauma - NYT

Between this and the FA-XX timeline slip there’s an even chance the next fighter won’t have a squishy human brain in it to worry about.
 
Griz882 said:
Between this and the FA-XX timeline slip there’s an even chance the next fighter won’t have a squishy human brain in it to worry about.
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A number of defense industry blogs are predicting announcements this week if that means anything.
 
Many years ago I seem to remember the "Navy" saying the F-35 would be the last manned fighter it buys. I can't attribute the comment to anyone in particular. Maybe some smart guy here can track it down. Noted at that time was AF silence on that prediction.
 
wink said:
Many years ago I seem to remember the "Navy" saying the F-35 would be the last manned fighter it buys. I can't attribute the comment to anyone in particular. Maybe some smart guy here can track it down. Noted at that time was AF silence on that prediction.
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That was SecNav Ray Mabus. He wanted the FA-XX to be unmanned.
 
wink said:
Many years ago I seem to remember the "Navy" saying the F-35 would be the last manned fighter it buys. I can't attribute the comment to anyone in particular. Maybe some smart guy here can track it down. Noted at that time was AF silence on that prediction.
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Griz882 said:
That was SecNav Ray Mabus.
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That was about as aspirational as the Great Green Fleet cluster fuck he put everyone through. Five years ago, when we were having serious talks about requirements for F/A-XX (the Navy was calling it NGAD at the time), the conventional wisdom was that it would be optionally manned. I think that idea has largely fallen by the wayside in favor of the unmanned "Loyal Wingman" concept, or whatever that has morphed into now.

Suffice it to say, I don't think F/A-XX or F-47 will be the last manned fighters. The technology just hasn't progressed to the extent that many predicted.
 
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