
Navy officials recently said the future F/A-XX aircraft will be the “quarterback” of a carrier-based manned-unmanned aircraft teaming concept in the future aircraft carrier-based Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) aircraft concept. F/A-XX is set to be the sixth-generation fighter aircraft for the Navy that will, in part, replace the F/A-18E/F aircraft in the 2030s as they reach the end of their service lives. The Navy sees it as tied to the Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) concept in the future force that…