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In 2012, the Navy first formally requested information for the next-generation F/A-XX. It will be a true 6th generation fighter like the NGAD concept for the U.S. Air Force. 

The F/A-XX program is the development and acquisition program for a sixth-generation air superiority fighter. The F/A-XX program is the Navy’s manned fighter component of the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) family of systems, which will be distinct from the Air Force’s NGAD fighter, known as the Penetrating Counter-Air (PCA).

It's still not clear what sixth-generation fighter jets will look like or be able to do, but several countries are betting big on them.

Navy Aviation Vision 2030-2035 explains how the F/A-18, F-35B, and F/A-XX will all play a role in carrier air wings of the future. 

Though only shown briefly, an advertisement might shed some light on the company’s sixth-generation fighter.

With Super Hornets set to retire from 2030, the U.S. Navy has begun discussing the capabilities of its next-generation fighter aircraft, the F/A-XX.

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. 

Can the U.S. Navy Build a Sixth-Generation Stealth Fighter? The race for the next interation of stealth fighters is on as China and Russia pour money into their own future warplanes. As China and Russia forge ahead with a slew of sixth-generation fighter projects, is the U.S. Air Force (USAF) lagging behind in efforts to develop similar capabilities? The U.S. military’s nascent sixth-generation fighter ambitions harken back to the late 2000s, just as Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II was ...