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Navy’s Super Hornet Successor Likely Manned But Aims Future Airwings To Be Over 50 Percent Unmanned

Navy’s Super Hornet Successor Likely Manned But Aims Future Airwings To Be Over 50 Percent Unmanned
An E/A-18 Growler electronic attack aircraft in the foreground shadowed by a F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. (Photo: Boeing)

A Navy official said the replacement for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fleet will likely be a manned fighter working with unmanned systems under the overall Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program while the service is pushing for the future airwing to ultimately reach over 50 percent unmanned aircraft. The service is looking at the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program as a family of systems with the F/A-XX platform as the centerpiece, Rear Adm. Gregory Harris, Director of the Air Warfare…

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