The U.S. Navy's 6th Generation Stealth Fighter might not be on the cutting board much longer.
In what can only be described as “defense budget déjà vu,” Congress is now stepping in to unfreeze funding for the Navy’s F/A‑XX sixth-generation carrier fighter. Recently decimated in official Pentagon plans in favor of the Air Force’s F‑47 program by greenlighting a draft spending bill that restores $1.4 billion to the jet while also reversing cuts to the E‑7 Wedgetail radar plane program previously slated for elimination. Despite the White House and Pentagon claiming that the U.S. defense industrial base can’t juggle two next-gen fighters at once (apparently believing Boeing’s arms factory resembles a one-man carnival act), the Senate Appropriations Committee has pushed back by not only un-freezing F/A‑XX funds but also demanding the Air Force continue work on the E‑7 system. So, yes, the Navy’s reportedly “gutted” fighter program is getting a lifeline because nothing says strategic clarity like Congress vetoing strategic nukes… in budgeting.
Justin Taylor
The U.S. Navy's 6th Generation Stealth Fighter might not be on the cutting board much longer.
In what can only be described as “defense budget déjà vu,” Congress is now stepping in to unfreeze funding for the Navy’s F/A‑XX sixth-generation carrier fighter. Recently decimated in official Pentagon plans in favor of the Air Force’s F‑47 program by greenlighting a draft spending bill that restores $1.4 billion to the jet while also reversing cuts to the E‑7 Wedgetail radar plane program previously slated for elimination. Despite the White House and Pentagon claiming that the U.S. defense industrial base can’t juggle two next-gen fighters at once (apparently believing Boeing’s arms factory resembles a one-man carnival act), the Senate Appropriations Committee has pushed back by not only un-freezing F/A‑XX funds but also demanding the Air Force continue work on the E‑7 system. So, yes, the Navy’s reportedly “gutted” fighter program is getting a lifeline because nothing says strategic clarity like Congress vetoing strategic nukes… in budgeting.
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