The story linked to American air combat platforms manages the whole range of modern aviation, from F-14 Tomcat to the F-15 eagle, and again at F-16 Viper and F-22 Raptor. So far, so relatively chronological, at least until the American president Donald Trump Announces the new F-47 fighter.
Donald Trump is 47th President of the United States.
The unexpected announcement of the American president of the imminent contract award in Boeing of the US Air Force crew hunting element (USAF) Sixth generation Ngad hunter program In a press group at the oval office on March 21, he seemed to catch defense observers, and potentially even the industry, off guard.
At the time of Trump’s initial disclosure, Ngad Boeing, apparent Boeing, had not published on his online news pages, nor future operator, USAF.
The two then followed with declarations, as indicated by Airforce Technology.
“Nothing in the world has yet approached it, and it will be known as F-47,” Trump told journalists in the White House.
Can the F-47 fly before Trump leaves his duties?
A complaint reported by the international media was that the F-47 will fly before Donald Trump leaves his duties for the second and last time in 2028.
The fighter NGAD, now the F-47, should replace the Raptor F-22 from 2030. The speed of development speaks of an iterative approach to combat air design which refines the stealth concept observed on the subsequent F-22 and F-35 and increase its capacities with network drones and other non-mixed systems.
As with the GCAP program led by the United Kingdom, also intended to deliver a sixth generation fighter, it is possible that the F-47 is to fifth generation combat aircraft which are the subsequent variants of the American F-16 fighter, and European platforms like the Eurofighter and Dassault Rafale, in the fourth generation.
Indeed, the F-47 “Trump Fighter” will more likely be an air combat platform of 5.5 generics. If this is the case, then a flight before Trump leaves his duties is certainly possible.
Tiration and updating of existing technologies could be a strategy – examples Like the B-21 saw the entrepreneur (in this case, Northrop Grumman) iterer on their previous conception (the spirit B-2).
Do allies really want it?
Another statement heard by journalists from the oval office was that the American allies were already claiming the fighter.
“Our allies are constantly calling,” said Trump, reported by Reuters.
It is doubtful. The Raptor F-22, the platform that the F-47 will replace, has been excluded from export because of its advanced capacity for furtive fights and air combat, lest potential adversaries learn more about the performance of the plane.
European allies turn away from American military equipment in the light of a pivot by the United States to Russia.
The American Pacific Ally Japan is engaged in the GCAP hunting effort led by the United Kingdom, likely to deliver a comparable platform, Although five years later.
Saudi Arabia is a possibility, even if it was also considered to also consider the GCAP platform.
Few other countries would seek to acquire the future F-47 in enough figures to justify export, and those which could be interested, China and Russia, are in theory of adversaries.
In fact, more details are necessary before defense observers can determine whether the F-47 can reach its targets.
