There’s been a great deal of discussion about the forthcoming 6th generation of fighters, believed to be led by the U.S. Air Force’s ongoing Next Generation Air Dominance Program… But do these generational designations still make sense?
Let’s talk about why we may see this sort of fighter classification die out in the coming years, and why that might just be okay.
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Citations:
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/0908issbf/
https://www.amazon.com/Fighter-Aircraft-1914-1918-Richard-1988-07-02/dp/B01K2WF46K
https://www.sandboxx.us/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-fighter-generations-2/
https://www.sandboxx.us/news/the-future-of-americas-ngad-stealth-fighter-may-be-in-question/
https://breakingdefense.com/2024/05/a-7th-gen-fighter-bae-has-thoughts-on-what-that-could-look-like/
https://www.sandboxx.us/news/what-does-it-actually-mean-when-we-say-5th-generation-fighter/
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A whole vid just to yap about semantics?
Su57 isn't stealth it's reduced visibility
All organic means is that you are going to pay a heck of lot more for the same product
So does this upgradability mean theyre susceptible to being hacked? Lord know the us government can keep a seceret amd are always above reproach
7th gen could use antigravity technology.
That's not saying much considering 75% of the f-35s are not mission capable
yes there will be a seventh gen. Most likely transorbital in nature with an 8th gen being a full born space fighter. 6th Gen will be a large gen similar to the 4th gen and third gen with the century series approach.
Forgive a naive question, but couldn't computer-controlled wingmen be directed from a station on the ground, or a carrier, with other wingmen functioning as relays for the signal? If you then give the wingmen aerial refueling abilities, the last American fighter jock may already have been born.
Now the fighter pilots won’t get to fly anything but probably still get the ladies in the bars. Probably get all the good therapists, too. Army here…we can still dig trenches and shoot stuff…right(?)
"Leverage open systems software architecture." SuperTuxFighter?
When penguins fly….
7th gen fighters can be like the ones in independence 2 movie where the jets can travel to space or lets say luna then return back to earth, for earth only fighters i can say 6th gen will be the last generation of fighters
2:39 can someone please let me know what city are those planes flying over at 2:39?! I want to say Dubai?
based on combat capability, 6th gen fighters with their air teaming with drones would be equivalent to individual air squadrons in terms of strike capability, a 7th gen might be equivalent to a group
I just had a fun idea of a cool fun video I’d definitely watch if you made Alex. Going through futuristic SYFY movie or shows like Stargate SG-1’s space plane the F-302 Battlestar Galacticas Viper MRK1-7 or even the awesome X-Wing from Star Wars. Of these 3 planes that can operate in both vacuum and atmospheric flight. How close in technology do you think we are from making our first space fighter planes like these amazing ships. Personally I think the F-302 is the one we’re close enough to build to fly in atmosphere but in regards to space flight there’s still 1 major hurdle we haven’t got to yet that I know of. That’s both a pair of engines that can fly both atmosphere and vacuum as well as a powerful enough fuel to make the plane fly!!!
There will not be any manned fighters soon. Only drone fighters. Men can not survive the maneuvers a drone can.
Idk… im not liking what im hearing though. Its sounding a lot like they are taking their eyes off of air dominance capabilities if they dont follow through with NGAD. Im starting to get the same feelings I did when they canceled the Raptor order prematurely.
They need to follow through on NGAD and the naval equivalent, then once that weapon system has the skies secure they can pick up on this new idea.
The military is terrible with getting 80% to 100% of the way thru a project and then imagining a different way they could do things. Problem is it wastes time and leaves us with a hole in our capabilities. It wasnt a problem when we were fighting terrorists, but we will need to be prepared if war with Russia or China ever sadly becomes a reality.
"We all have smartphones now. We can all use the same charger!"
rafale will be first to fly with ai drone wing man 😎
Now where have we heard “cheaper” before?
I have seen far too many videos popping up in the line up claiming 6th and 7th generation aircraft. To which they are NOT even talking about next generation aircraft in the first place.
Because there will be a fallout
No Me 262, He 162 or He 280 in your graphic for 1st gen fighters?
more state investments.unmanned still makes sense hypersonic stealth now 7th maybe optically stealth aswell?
1st Gen. Propellor Driven, Wood, Cloth, and Cable construction. Think WW1
2nd Gen. Propeller Driven, Metal fuselage, Sometimes Wood or a combination of both, Streamlined Design. Think WW2
3rd Gen. Jet Propelled
4th Gen. Jet Propelled, Supersonic Capable, BVR Capable
5th Gen. Jet Propelled, Supersonic, BVR Capable. Supercruise preferred
makes sense. people used to 💩 all over f35 but looks like it's going to be our manned workhorse for the future.
but hey… wouldn't it just be cheaper to buy off russia and china? their politicians can't be any more expensive than ours turned out to be. 🙄
next generation aircrafts should have the ability to go in low earth orbit
The 7th gen will just be a drone.
I'm not even sure 6th gen. is a real thing, like how different is it than 5th? 4th vs 5th makes sense, but beyond that I don't know especially since much of the interconnectivity that is supposed to be associated with 6th gen can just be put in 4th gen.
The US debt will determine what the military can buy going forward!
Why don't you do a video on the US budget debt and how its undermining US economically and militarily.
Am i missing something, he said 5 5th generation fighters in service but only 4 come to mind, f22,f35,su57,and j20
My wife is one of those gullible people who would try to buy organic when she can. Good thing she doesn't control the purse.