WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps is starting to mull concepts for a new sixth-generation fighter jet, one that will likely “look like,” but not necessarily be, whatever the Navy picks for its F/A-XX program.
When the Marine Corps released its 2026 Aviation Plan in February, it included a small nod to the concept of having a sixth-generation fighter after 2041. The process of fleshing that out is now underway, according to Lt. Gen. William Swan, the Marine Corps’ deputy commandant for aviation, who told reporters in a Thursday roundtable that service leaders discussed plans during a Quantico meeting earlier this week.
“I think right now, if you had to say, ‘Hey, what is it going to look like?’ I think it’ll look a lot more like what the Navy’s doing…
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