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The F-23 Fighter: The Super Plane America Never Built | The National Interest Blog
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The Navy was not fond of the naval derivative of the YF-23, which had a canard configuration the service found less than appealing. In fact, because the Navy’s reaction was so favorable, Lockheed later pitched a modified version of its NATF proposal for the ill-fated AF-X project that the Navy was ultimately forced to cancel in favor of the Joint Strike Fighter program. Some Navy officials are bitter about that fact to this day.
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U.S. Navy Aircraft History: NATF: Better is the Enemy of Good Enough
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As a result, the NATF designs only superficially resembled the land-based ATF demonstrators. The Lockheed NATF had variable-sweep wings like the F-14.
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U.S. Navy Aircraft History: NATF: Better is the Enemy of Good Enough
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The Northrop NATF retained the basic wing planform of the YF-23 but replaced the stealthy ruddervators with a canard forward and vertical fins aft.
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Major Work to Replace Navy’s Super Hornet to Start in 2015
By: Dave Majumdar
December 26, 2013 8:33 AM
Major Work to Replace Navy's Super Hornet to Start in 2015 - USNI News
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The U.S. Navy expects to undertake an analysis of alternatives (AoA) for its F/A-XX next-generation replacement for the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet starting in fiscal year 2015.
The new aircraft and its associated “family of systems” would be expected to become operational around 2035.
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Navy’s Next Fighter Likely to Feature Artificial Intelligence
By: Dave Majumdar
August 28, 2014 3:56 PM
http://news.usni.org/2014/08/28/navys-next-fighter-likely-feature-artificial-intelligence
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Boeing concept for F/A-XX. Boeing Image
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