Once it enters service, the F/A-XX will likely be the world’s first sixth-generation fighter

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The United States Navy just dropped a big hint about its newest F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter in a recently-released U.S. Navy document.

The design is unlike any previous U.S. Navy aircraft design. The fighter features canards just to the rear of the cockpit and a novel hybrid delta-lambda wing shape. In contrast to previous F/A-XX concept art that indicated a tailless airframe design, this single image shows a tailed airframe, possibly with ruddervators. However, the image is a bit too low-resolution to be sure.

It should be remembered that the image the Navy previewed is a single, not necessarily authoritative, image. Concept art thus far has dramatically changed, from tailless delta wing designs to this newest, potentially tailed airframe design with canards. Modifications—even drastic changes—to what the F/A-XX ultimately looks like should be not anticipated but expected.



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