With the Air Force aiming for 200 fighters and 1000 large combat UAVs, personal protection UAVs for tankers and AWACs might be a neat idea. Plus, those big planes could refuel their drones.

@LordOceanus

Жыл бұрын

If the Miniature Self Defense Munition program is a success I'm pretty sure the plan is make like a marine and strap them to every bird in sight.

@TK199999

Жыл бұрын

Its the coming US leap ahead in tech that makes many in the Pentagon feel Xi will attack Taiwan this decade. Believing China has reduced chance of taking Taiwan now verses no chance by the 2030.

@lagrangewei

Жыл бұрын

tanker are not a good idea, they are slow and easily spotted on radar. you are better off having drone refuel each other.

@tricky0048

Жыл бұрын

@@lagrangewei If someone starts targeting planes like the US tankers and AWACS, I can assure you there are bigger problems for the enemy than the US losing 1 tanker.

@PlanetFrosty

Жыл бұрын

Excellent idea

Alex, how you don't have over a million + subscribers, baffles me. Top notch production & content as always

@certaintngs2000

Жыл бұрын

The Peoples Liberation Army Airforce, doesn't have enough personnel or Russia, Iran and North Korea, combined.

@johndoh5182

Жыл бұрын

He gives it straight, and a lot of people will disagree with best analysis where you've delved in deep into systems, strategies, etc.... to come up with quality talking points. You wouldn't believe how many people think the F35 will NEVER be a good plane.

@Ionizap

Жыл бұрын

@@johndoh5182 Same here, it's a great plane but unfortunately few seem to realize due to bad press.

@BungieStudios

Жыл бұрын

@@johndoh5182The F-35 will never be a plane. It’s a flying cyborg Great White shark. 🦈

@XpVersusVista

Жыл бұрын

his weird over-patriotic behavior. Apparently he thinks the US is any different than the other super powers. The moment the US thinks it can take what it wants without backlash it does. The end of the video shows that the youtuber apparently thinks the US is the only Nation that somehow doesn't fall to the fault of "why not take what we want when we're the stronger ones?".

“Firing enough arrows to block out the sun….” A strong finisher Alex. Keep up the great work!

I listen to a lot of defense related channels and I look forward to your shows more than any of them by far. You are informed, entertaining, and more knowledgeable about America’s Air Power than anyone I know of . Thank you for spending the time to give us a podcast worth watching while also keeping it real.

@danmadefurniture

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, you should also check out perun if you haven’t already

@_Epsilon_

Жыл бұрын

Are you generic butt-kissing bot like many others here?

@efrainrodriguez9550

Жыл бұрын

It about time The US has come better with new Aircraft this 2023 😊.

@rgloria40

10 ай бұрын

Looks to me like senior, senior, senior fart causing problems by delaying things...We need these jet like yesterday...when Hypersonic missile being produce by the competition/enemies of the US.

The F/A capability of the F/A-18 might have been the first of the jet age, but plenty of WW2 Warbirds engaged ground targets and air targets on the same sortie

@dizzyizzie6354

Жыл бұрын

F-15E can, f-16 can (an i think has) in combat. I guess hornet is the first us air ground an air to air kill in a single sortie

@michaelchristensen5421

Жыл бұрын

You need to go older the the Bug's!! Need to look at the second and third generation jets. Especially the third generation jets, F-4, F-8, A-7 just in the Navy and Marines could carry air-air and air-ground ordnance on the same mission. The 18's have been made out that they were the first to be designed to do fighter and attack in the same mission. No, just the first aircraft to have the designation of both. Even the A-6 Intruder could carry sidewinder missiles for self defense.

@a4ordy877

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelchristensen5421 also the A-4 Skyhawk

@Eleolius

Жыл бұрын

I think it's more a matter of the level of capability in both roles, in the same sortie. The fighter-bombers and excellent planes like the P-47 were famous for doing air to air work and then diving in on ground targets- however to do the air to air bit, they only could carry very limited weapons loads that weren't, sortie for sortie, very effective in the air to ground role when one compared those platforms to dedicated ground strikers. They also HAD to punch the tanks and bomb payloads if they were intercepted or engage by peer fighters to have a good chance. An F/A-18 could deliver just about the full level of ground striking power of an attack plane of it's size, while also providing not just self defense, but self-escort. Meaning it could reasonably threaten peer interceptors. An A4 or similar carrying primarily rear aspect Sidewinders in earlier eras really aren't able to do the same thing, in their own time, that the Hornet could do in the 90s and 2000s. An A4 would consider trying to go air-to-air a last resort under any reasonable circumstance. An F18 wouldn't worry about diverting from a strike sortie to swat a Mig-23 away. An A4 would worry about diverting from a strike sortie to try to chase off a MiG-21 or Mirage F1. Which is the difference between self defense, and self-escort. The difference between a 3rd gen single-role, and a 4th gen multirole. One could argue the F4 approached this ability, but the Phantom had limitations that an F18 did not.

@michaelchristensen5421

Жыл бұрын

@@Eleolius The A-7 had sidewinders as well for offensive and defense.

Hypothetical future near peer adversary: "our new air defense system can detect and destroy your stealth aircraft at 500km" USN and USAF: "here's 1000 things that look like they could be stealth aircraft for your system to detect. Good luck figuring it out"

@ryankubinski8789

Жыл бұрын

Wow, that’s actually crazy

@napobg6842

Жыл бұрын

Yeah imagine the decoy drones that would simulate an aircraft while jammers would be jamming their radars all the while sea skimming slealthy missiles are flying towards their ships. The future of warfare is as scary as it is fun. I hope more games would be developed 😂😂

@SIPEROTH

Жыл бұрын

Oh!, then here is a our new missile with a super computer in it's head calculating billions of decoys per minute while it flies, etc etc etc. Is always a game of having one up each other in tech when it comes to arms. Having the most tech doesn't always give you the win(mostly if you are attacking) but it sure gives you the "don't mess with me" image. The way they are going they might as well not unleash anything and just play it out on a video game. 😄

@michaelray3865

Жыл бұрын

@one of zero in the sixties, one sci-do author put forth a story that had the US and Soviet delegations at an electronics show engage in a supercomputer war game that could model even the smallest details; the play-counter play-disorder cycle was so eye opening to both delegations that they sat down and negotiated a treaty there and then

@titaniumskunkogkush4365

Жыл бұрын

Near pear hypothetical war situation between China and America: America: only we will do the attacking on Chinese soil. China: sorry we are not Iraq or Afghanistan, we will respond in kind and target the American mainland and all your bases in the Asia Pacific

The F/A-XX in my opinion is the most important program for Naval Aviation in 40 years. I would like to hear you focus on the Intercept capability of the F/A-XX. To me, the ability for long range and potentially super cruise may be one of the most important aspect. In the Indo-Pacific, the surface area is up to 1/3 the area of the earth. It is also important to review how the tomcat fit like a glove to deter the Soviet Union for many years in an intercept role. I like how you clarified that the F/A- XX is not a replacement for the F-35, yet an addition to the portfolio of Naval Aviation. Thanks for the great work.

@ericwilliams538

Жыл бұрын

Exactly!!! That's a huge problem with social media platforms!! It, well, gives all these self proclaimed experts, a "platform" if you will, to voice their "expert opinions" on....and boy do they take advantage of it!!...and NO, I don't claim to be an expert myself!!!...just only on social media platforms!!🤣🤪

@stupidburp

11 ай бұрын

FA-XX is a trap that will leave the Navy with a continuing trend towards getting weaker during the 2020s - right into a major war with the PLA before the US can pull ahead during the 2030s. The US is providing a window of opportunity for major adversaries to take advantage of by sacrificing present needs in favor of far future needs after the next war. Increasing orders for F-35s and Super Hornets with delivery prior to 2030 is more prudent

@The_ZeroLine

11 ай бұрын

It sounds like the NGADV would be the one designed more for intercept. But if we’re worrying about intercept capabilities, something has gone very wrong.

@Wolfrider7

11 ай бұрын

@@The_ZeroLine What I was attempting to express as an important aspect to my perceived knowledge of the F-A/XX was a requirement of getting large distances quickly which has recently emerged in the Indo-Pacific Region in particular. I detect a functional requirement which deserves careful consideration, focus, and correspondingly funding going forward. Naval Aviation has the technological capabilities to really make huge advances. Many have theorized and discussed the need for increased priority and funding for the USN. That was what I was pointing toward, in a short blurb. The technological fruit is there for the taking with advances from previous procurement programs. I really sense something positive for the USN Aviation in the near future (in funding and technological breakthroughs). This is pure speculation of course.

@larryc1616

10 ай бұрын

They need to share the same platform as the air force's NGAD fighters or it gets too expensive subject to cancelation or low volume like the f22. They need the next gen of the f35 shared platforms or NGAD

The quality of these videos amazes me. Alex has become my go to guy for information about military aircraft. That guy should have 2 million subscribers already. It baffles me that he doesn’t

Great summation sir. Love your reporting and I'm excited to see some actual information on the work being done on the next aircraft.

Another great video! Your channel is like watching the military channel on TV. Such great attention to details and the graphics along with the videos makes your videos really great to watch and learn from. Thanks for another amazing episode!

Just simply an awesome episode. So well done from the best in the business. Thank you for your passion and skill.

Man, your end statement is absolutely spot on and a breath of fresh reality that so many seem to lack any understanding of. Thank you for such great work, man

Alex, thanks for all this! Being down post surgery, I just found your channel and am loving it! Maybe I’ll be able to learn enough and comment on all the tech stuff soon!

@keithgainey7853

Жыл бұрын

Get well!

Hey Alex, thanks for your hard work with this channel.

Love the content! Keep it coming Alex!!!!!

Another well-made and informative podcast. Thank you for all your work.

Outstanding video, Alex; your depth of understanding, presentation and your patience to explain it to us semi-knowledgable viewers is astonishing. Now if we could only get the members of the US congress to watch your videos...

@LackofFaithify

Жыл бұрын

You actually think they don't OK enough money on imaginary and overpriced vaporware? LCS cost about $500M per ship and we are already scrapping them. Zumwalt class of 3 ships, over $20billion; what are they for? Who knows they had their guns removed and railgun cancelled, so an above water submarine? Hypersonic launch platform? Nope paid and cancelled. New frigates from Italy and France at over $1.2B per ship not including costs to run. Needing to sell 3 subs to Australia to raise even more cash... Those giant targets with nuclear reactors? Don't even ask. That didn't even touch on Army's list of paid and cancelled kit, mega eavesdropping $3billion dollar spy blimps. 2 to be exact. At $3 BILLION. The complete removal of all fueling abilities from Hawaii due to incompetence which means your ass better be able to go from San Diego to Guam AND has a never ending cleanup bill. Congress does what the nice lobby man with money tells them to do. The lobbyist is told by the defense contractor what to tell the congress critters. The hired former uniforms and share holders drive that particular bus. In this case, Congress is just the point of discharge, not the infection. Unless you think you can undo all of campaign finance, you're barking up the wrong tree. Or, you know, don't vote for the same guy/gal you've kept sending back; though it's never MY congress critter. Mines a patriot or something.

Another great video Alex, always interesting and informative.

Alex the second image of the "potential" FA/XX you used here with it's forward semi canard wing is exceedingly similar to the test 1/12 model I saw recently on whether Tailless planes can fly with capability. Yes, it could have a 22-2400 mile range technically outside of China's missiles with one exception. That being their version of the B21 Raider which could carry similar ship killers.

Another great show Alex! Keep them coming!

@5:47 Modelers take note of the non-standard national insignia on the side of the Superbug's fuselage. It's missing the blue border around the bottom half of the star. Here's how you can make an IPMS judge's blood pressure go up, build it and document it!

@matchesburn

Жыл бұрын

When it comes to the Navy, for whatever reason, they've been much more permissive of things like insignias, paint schemes, icons, images, ect. on their aircraft than the Air Force has been... pretty much ever. I mean, in peace time, one of the Navy's traditions if you land on a different carrier is for everyone to mark up your jet with... colorful humorous statements... just to rib the pilot. If there's nothing against it in the regulations, it's probably been done or will be done. These model/diorama judges sound like they need the stick up their ass surgically removed...

Nice job Alex, Factual, objective, honest with speculation stated as such. Keep it up!

A very well-researched and well-presented KZread documentary. Keep up the good work, Mr. Hollings.

That point about detterence at the end summarizes everything perfectly. Great job on this video!

I've long been a proponent of naval-specific aircraft designs as their roles are prioritized differently. I think they need a long-range interdictor/strike aircraft which the F-35 doesn't quite fill because of its range and payload limitations as well as a dedicated replacement for the Growler and its ECM/ECCM abilities. One needs maximum fuel and payload with most likely an autonomous pilot to strike deep in the heart of enemy territory and the other needs maximum power generation and electronics integrated to defeat modern tracking systems, plus anti-submarine detection capabilities, so they end up being very different airframes that can't be solved by just bolting on a different AN/ALQ pod. If the U.S. Navy was really smart, they would derive two airframe formats from what appears to be the same airplane to an outside observer, so they don't know if they are fighting a UAV armed to the teeth or a human pilot and enough electronics to start your own tech company.

The F-35 ain't no joke despise some of its setbacks It has suffered over the years and yet it keeps getting improved and better with each blocks upgrades. I seen it over the years and the last time I went to the airshows to see the F-35A it blew my breath aways people think it can't dogfights is seriously wrong

@ulrichkristensen4087

11 ай бұрын

The strength will be with loyal wingmen and its theater electronics, it will be and is a beast

@trolleriffic

8 ай бұрын

@@ulrichkristensen4087 It already is a beast. Loyal wingman and next generation electronics will make it absolutely insane.

@rogerhonacki5610

6 ай бұрын

Wrong because guys like Sprey keep comparing its very limited launch software with today’s. First flight software is always limited. Block 3 brought the F-35 to better than the with F-16 in terms of performance, and fixed most issues. They are currently deploying Block 4, which is a major hardware/software deployment that will make the F-35 the most dangerous jet on earth.

Thanks Alex. As always, great content.

As based as the Rapid Dragon system is, if they can adapt that to Malds too that would be comically op

Another great video 👍 keep it up!!!!!

Going to be interesting to see if the additional capabilities of the new aircraft offset the limited numbers they'll be able to have on a carrier due to their increased size. Maybe they'll fold up to fit a lot on there or the combination with the drones will make up the difference, like I said, going to be interesting to see.

I can't get enough of the NGAD programs

Thank You! Just love this channel!!! Always very enlightening! Oohraah!!!🤠

B-21s dedicated to fleet operations are the ultimate solution to range, stealth, persistence, armament, BDA, comms. No point anymore in limiting some carrier aircraft to having to actually operate off carriers.

@Osprey980

Жыл бұрын

idk if a b21 would fit on a carrier

@Osprey980

Жыл бұрын

but they could refuel with a carrier launched drone

@Chuck_Hooks

Жыл бұрын

​@@Osprey980 I just said that there is no longer any point in limiting some dedicated carrier aircraft to having to actually operate off carriers.

@juniorleslie4804

Жыл бұрын

Unless we build better stealth Rader absorbing materials that can survive, rain, sand, and heat. Stealth will just be a very expensive bird that requires 4 hours of maintenance for every hour of flying.

@everettputerbaugh3996

Жыл бұрын

@@Osprey980 If you clear the flight deck, a C-130 tanker with some 30 thousand pounds of that fuel cargo aboard can (and did in 1963) land and take off from the USS Forestall carrier. kzread.info/dash/bejne/k6Zh0tGcY5upaJc.html Note that the Nimitz class is larger and the Ford class moved the island.

That makes a lot of sense in differences in role. While both will likely be capable of all of each others roles, the F/A-XX will probably be used in anti ship, stand off land attack capability, and long range SEAD, while the F-35 will continue to provide crucial SEAD in high sortie volume where the limited number of NGAD will be a limitation, CAS support, and general air interdiction, which it was specifically designed for. So while F/A-XX will be capable of lots of missions, it will primarily do the job that the Rhino couldn’t fully replace to the Tomcat in, fleet defense. High speed and launch parameters beyond Mach 1.8 with a large fuel load will mean a return to the era of area denial. Instead of bombers with fridges, it’ll now be hypersonic missiles. That makes me speculate (completely baselessly BTW) that it might carry A2A missiles capable of intercepting such weapons. Maybe it’ll carry LREW, or something new, who knows. To be clear it doesn’t make a huge amount of sense given HGV flight profiles, but I’m just thinking outside the box. The JASSM-XR being used on F/A-XX makes much more sense.

@williamzk9083

Жыл бұрын

I suspect that air defenses are going to become so potent, even against stealthy aircraft manned missions will be increasingly untenable. I also suspect that hyper-sonic anti shipping missiles launching saturation attacks will be so effective the aircraft carrier will go the way of the battleship.

@jacobbaumgardner3406

Жыл бұрын

@@williamzk9083 I disagree on the ineffectiveness of aircraft carriers. Those Hypersonic weapons cannot be guided in the terminal phase, it's an impossibility unless the glide vehicle slows down to below hypersonic speed at the end of its flight. They'll act like ballistic missiles in the final hurdle. The carrier is crucial as air power is still crucial. You do make a good point on umanned systems, which is why manned systems and missiles are becoming much more long-legged, leaving unmanned systems to do the dirty work.

@rickjames18

Жыл бұрын

@@jacobbaumgardner3406 Yup, you are correct. They briefly mentioned the topic in committee hearings. They seem to have the ability to take down hypersonic missiles on the terminal phase now but that isn't 100% guarenteed and can still lead to secondary damage. It seeems they are working on the Tranche program or hundreds of satellites that can better sense, track, and lock hypersonics at all phases from longer distances. Phase one was sent this year and they will continue sending better more capable satellies every two years. It also seems like they are working on upgrading the SM-6 block 2 version something that will extend the range to take down hypersonics before they reach terminal phase. Another source was explaining they have the capability or working to stop the kill chain before the Chinese hypersonics can reach the target. So it seems they are working to counter China's counters. They also spoke of land based/unmanned ship based SM-6 platforms capable of setting up piket lines well ahead of the carrier force.

@jacobbaumgardner3406

Жыл бұрын

@@rickjames18 That's very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

@rickjames18

Жыл бұрын

@@jacobbaumgardner3406 I also forgot to mention the Satellite program is meant to counter China/Russia as they build anti-satellite missiles that are far more expensive than the satellites being sent up. Essentially limiting China or Russias ability to knock out US satellites as they will have thousands in the near future.

YOU'RE GREAT AT YOUR JOB, ALEX. I WISH YOU EVERY SUCCESS.

Great video bro, keep up the good work

loving the videos lately!

@mathmagic9272

Жыл бұрын

I don't know. I mean honestly. Anything short of anti gravity tech or skin morph stealth tech (True stealth) wouldn't be much of an advantage over the Chinese. Dog fighting AI won't be much of a game changer, there are limits to how much CPU you can pack in a fighter jet-you can't fit the entire bell labs in an F22 raptor! There are hard limits to tech advancement barring breath though in certain fields so.

I imagine the USAF and Navy NGAD will be more like a stealth F111 in terms of size and range, as much as it was panned by everyone. Though the drones will be capable of a much smaller profile.

@CharlesFosterMalloy

5 ай бұрын

The Carrier version of the F-111 was not workable, that's how the F-14 Tomcat was born - a scaled down F-111. The B-21 is sorta a modern F-111. It is smaller than B-2, slightly larger than F-111 and F-117. The airforce NGAD will be a modified X-44 Manta (Super Raptor - F-22+++) or a modified YF-23, tailless versions with more of cranked delta wings. The Navy NGAD will be Boeing's design, made for carrier use. Airforce NGAD most likely will be the Lockheed Martin (Super Raptor) version. The wild card is the 7th Gen hypersonic jets being concurrently designed. Those may be larger, like the SR-72 in interceptor / fighter format platform.

@michelleschultz472

2 ай бұрын

The navy could never make any plane modeled after an F-111 into a functional carrier plane.

@CharlesFosterMalloy

2 ай бұрын

@@michelleschultz472 The F-14 Tom Cat ?

Wow! I like your philosophy! You present more than just the technical data and policy. You dig into the WHY!

WOW Mr Hollings. You Videos are so Great. And even I am from Germany I can understand almost everything you say and explain. Thank you for your videos

The sub and destroyer programs are mature and more iterative than cutting edge tech, so it’s expected to cost less as most of the really expensive R&D for both programs has already been funded. The fighter is brand new cutting edge tech.

@splinteredglass8983

Жыл бұрын

What about the $10.3 billion dollars that the DOD is spending on the upgrade of the navy submarines?

Love your work Alex. I'm an Australian, unfortunately old enough to remember when we signed up for the Joint Strike Fighter program, and handed over the previously unheard of sum of One Billion Dollars to help in the R & D. I know now that sounds like chicken feed, but it seemed an enormous sum in the early 1990's just after the Soviet Union had collapsed, and China had been ENTICED into joining us in the WTO, and, we believed, on their way to joining us in Western Liberal Capitalism. Whoops. Technology has progressed sooo far since then. Hell, we we're just discovering dial up Internet and the amazing speed of E-mail when this program began. Now F-35 Pilots have 360 degree vision, can lock on targets by just looking at them, and the on-board systems can select the best scanning tool, and the best weapon for the task. But, all that aside, we have learned so much beyond the obvious. One of the JSF's now most criticised features is the fact it was developed to be a jack of all trades, and a platform shared by Air Force, Navy and Marines. Whilst perhaps that's not been the success that was hoped, we learned a lot from the exercise. I believe the internals between the the base F-35 A and the VTOL version are so wildly different, to some degree they're almost two completely different aircraft, forced to visually look the same. But look at the original brief, and cast your mind back to the Air Fleet in the 90's. There were so many different planes and variants and engines and weapons systems it was not only mind boggling, it was bordering on Logistically impossible to maintain around the World, when we were NOT in an actual Fight. Look at Russia drowning in the Ukrainian mud right now. The Ukrainians are saying over 30% of the Russian Tanks they've taken were simply abandoned in the field, out of either Fuel or Ammo, having outrun the Logistics train in a 'Special Military Operation' where half the Ukrainian Population was expected to side with the Russian 'Liberators'. With the T80 Tank, that uses a Gas Turbine Engine like the Abrams, that needs Jet Fuel, and the Attrition Rate from running out of Fuel is over 50% of the defeated Tanks. Back to the F-35. Australia got some of the first A series Jets. Now, because there are literally a thousand of the same Airframe out there, it's been worth the effort of Engine Developers to Design and Build Adaptive Cycle Engines that can be installed as an upgrade to existing Airframes, rather than having to Plan, Design, Test and Build an entirely new Fighter Attack Plane, and with missiles like the Peregrine, we're also able to update the Weapon Load, again, without purchasing an entirely New Platform. The single greatest achievement of the F-35 program is possibly the slimming down of that impossible logistics train we were developing while we had a different Plane for every different task. Clearly the program was insanely more expensive than originally envisaged, but at the end of the day, if we have a range of Aircraft Superior to any other in the World, we have filled the original Mission Brief. And we have a manageable Logistics Train. Fat Amy might not be the prettiest Girl at the Ball, compared to the Sexy F-22 or Su-57. But she may well be the one you actually want to Marry.

@Zed-qt1iq

Жыл бұрын

Haha Fat Amy😂, yep, she's the girl you want at home, cooking your dinner and getting your lunch ready for work the next day. Along those lines I think Amy was developed as a backbone for fighter jets forces, replacing aging 4th gen. The general public, who don't look to deeply into aircraft capabilities see "new fighter" and assume it must be better at everything than anything before it.

Outstanding - and reassuring - view of the future!

This next gen sounds very ambitious! Always outstanding Alex

04:56 IIRC for a brief time back in the early '00s it actually was designated F/A-22! I remember reading an article at the time that the USAF were desperate to rebrand the Raptor as a multirole aircraft to save it from getting canned. Can't remember if it was before or after 9/11 and the start of the forever wars, but with Donald "Transformation" Rumsfeld as DefSec and Chop-Chop Cheney as VP the air force were right to be concerned either way.

@mikebridges20

Жыл бұрын

I literally have the polo shirt with the F/A-22 logo on it.

This sounds great. Shame we don't have the logistics hulls to keep the ships themselves sailing overseas, or enough airborne tankers to keep large numbers of aircraft in the air in SE. Asia.

@ulrichkristensen4087

11 ай бұрын

Hint, fuel drones

@Eleolius

10 ай бұрын

@@ulrichkristensen4087 Those are counted in our tanker fleet. Still way under capacity.

Keep it coming & real always

Thanks for the aeroplane insights. Great video.

Another fantastic video! Well researched and entertaining! Have you looked into doing a video comparing the relative AWACS capabilities of the PLA/PLAN and United States? The Chinese investment in special air assets has been break neck for the last few years.

Regarding the GE XA100... The military has chosen not to mount the new ACE in the F-35A & C. They're choosing a more moderate upgrade from P&W. I was really excited to see the new engine in the F-35, but I guess we'll have to wait till the first 6th Gen fighter. Do you think it was because it was too pricey of an upgrade, or do you think there were/are problems?

@ilviandante2040

Жыл бұрын

I think price and complexity, plus the GE XA100 doesn’t have the same reliability’s that a more conventional engine has.

@Mournful3ch0

Жыл бұрын

I'd posit that the military is leery of making radical changes to a project that has already been lambasted in the media for nearly a decade over wasteful spending. Better to play this one safe

@jonathanpfeffer3716

Жыл бұрын

The USAF is already taking on a lot of risk with the NGAD, which incorporates a lot of new, incredibly cutting edge, but unproven tech. They probably don’t want to overextend themselves and potentially leave themselves without sufficient amounts of crucial 5th gens.

@matchesburn

Жыл бұрын

"Do you think it was because it was too pricey of an upgrade, or do you think there were/are problems?" Someone probably went to Lockheed-Martin, approached some poor and abused F-35 engineer and started talking about "re-designs" and "reconfiguring for a new engine" and they probably started tying their necktie to the ceiling before they were even done with their sentence. Putting in a new engine, even if it's nearly the same physical size of the F135, will require significant redesigning of the electronics, fuselage/internal bulkheads, hydraulics, etc. The less redesign work that has to be done, the better. The path of least resistance is the name of the game now.

@tastywaves6043

Жыл бұрын

@@matchesburn Nah the engine would be designed to work with most of the systems already in the plane. I suspect its because its too immature for the military's liking.

Great video Alex! Keep going man👍

Another excellent video, great content! I feel the Wingman Drone will have the biggest effects (other than more missles) when used in 2 modes: Scout Mode: Drone fly's further ahead and relays information rearward providing enhanced situational awareness Protect Mode: Drone follows and monitors for threats with the goal of engaging the threat, using countermeasures or sacrifice.

Aim-260 will change the game a bit

Great posting and analysis.

Good one, Alex!

5:30 The new fighter will either: 1) unmanned or optionally-manned and thus built to a level of G-loading that a human couldn't survive. Or 2) it may be a bomb truck, with say 2-3x the internal storage bays of the F-35, much longer range, and duel-engined. Or, 3) a huge amount of power generation for directed-beam weapons (lasers). Either way it's not going to be a replacement for the existing fighters. I don't think the F/A-18 will be replaced, due to low operating costs and low maintenance. You'll keep it around forever for any operations against people who can't shoot it down, as well as routine patrols, refueling and so on. I actually like the F-35 a lot, and it's not going anywhere either. I think we'll simply see carriers adapt to a three airframes; it's been quite freakish to have as few as two as we have done for a while.

@matchesburn

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"The new fighter will either: 1) unmanned or optionally-manned and thus built to a level of G-loading that a human couldn't survive." Nope. Common misconception, but removing the pilot does not increase the g-loading of the aircraft. The g-loading is due to structural limitations of the aircraft. The pilot can either meet or exceed them in most cases.

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@@matchesburn OF COURSE, THAT IS WHY YOU NEED A NEW AIRFRAME. AND WE ARE DISCUSSING A NEW AIRFRAME. THE F-35 SURELY COULD BE MADE TO OPERATE WITHOUT A PILOT BUT THE STRUCTURAL LIMITATIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT AREN'T HIGH BECAUSE IT IS MAINLY PILOTED. YOUR FACTS ARE RIGHT BUT I AM ASTONISHED THAT YOUR ARE STILL QUARRELLING WITH ME, SAYING A YET-TO-BE-DESIGNED AIRFRAME COULDN'T HAVE HIGHER LIMITS. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU THAT YOU HAVE TO PICK FIGHTS ON THE INTERNET???

Outstanding, Alex !

Your a genius man,nice work and very smart !keep up the good work!

You are the best. Alex!

Great video brother!!!!!

Well said Alex!

Great analysis! Thanks

Good to the last drop, as always. :) Excellent coverage of "today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality", meaning that what we dreamed of yesterday is becoming reality today. First, authors write about something, we game programmers make it happen on our computers, then it makes it into the real world. How cool is that?! Thanks again for presenting facts and thoughts...much appreciated!

Really well done, especially the ending punchline.

Awesome job !

I noticed the front steering gear and rear rudder, are controlled by the same input from the pilot; BUT, the output is different to accommodate what the pilot actually wants, on ground or flying and landing. The two, front gear and rudder, have different time and settings, intended for what is needed, based on the pilot's input and the real-life environment.

Thanks for your videos. Please make one on the TR3B. Thank You

Another great video.

Also having the manned system keep its defense and offense missles for the defense of the human in the system. And also use the unmanned units as sacifical platforms to also protect the manned aircraft.

Great video, as usual! 👍

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Your amazing Alex

Let's do it!!

I hear what you said at the end of your video, but remember there are those out there who enjoy fighting in the shade!

Alex, I subscribe to over 1,100 KZread channels. (Yes, I'm "old guard"). In my opinion, yours is one of the best. Way to go, buddy. 😊

Thank you. 😎

Great episode

Very well presented, as always, just the right amount of technical news mixed with the drama of coming engagements. It appears that the subject of carrier protection is not yet ready for disclosure. I wonder what the strategy is there. Could we be getting new destroyers with more advanced and much faster missiles and computers to deal with the inbound enemy hypersonics? Seems like a given. The underwater threats are yet to be dealt with in a convinvcing manner. More work for the weary, right?

Love it. One question - what's the equation for how many lower-performance (but cheaper and disposable) drones displace how many human-piloted aircraft in a battlespace? EG: Do you want 10 drones flying along side you or one Maverick? Are the drones mainly decoys, or desirable battle partners even after the enemy automated Air defence systems are down. Can drones dogfight? Are we talking about having additional aircraft carriers and expense to carry all these 'cheap drones'? I love the idea - but I'm wondering what the background logistics might mean.

the first true FA platform was the phantom II and was switching between A and F 20 years before the hornet, a job it was so good at that it took 2 purpose built aircraft per service to replace it

Hi Alex!! As you said at the end, what you should cover for the next episode. Well, I can suggest you to make a video on Poor Chinise strategy of air power and how they will get punished ...

Best video to date!

Excellent!

An excellent analysis!

Awesome!!!! Go NAVY.

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Extremely informative

Wow that was a good way of putting it.

Consider that lasers are only one of the directed energy possibilities. You also have microwave and ion beam. Other possibilities include multiple laser platforms targeting the missile simultaneously. Finally, old school weapons like burst munitions with modern targeting could shred a hypersonic as a last-ditch effort.

Great job

Great job as always I perticurly like your script at the end of your monoluge on this one.

Superb

With the whole Manned - Unmanned Teaming concept. In theory, in could offer a massive defensive advantage too. Say the F/A-XX was targetted with a missile and fired on somehow (obviously we're assuming an opposing force is able to get in close enough to detect and lock on to the aircraft, so we're assuming a significant advance in sensor technology or something) if it's a radar guided weapon, as soon as the F/A-XX's early warning system detects the missile, assuming it's a radar guided missile, the drone wingmen could start spoofing the F/A-XX's radar signature to fool the missile into going after them instead. Or in the case of an heatseeker, a drone could put itself between it's manned counterpart and the missile then kick on the afterburners or something to make itself a bigger target. And this is before we even consider the drones co-ordinating with each other to use countermeasures such as jamming, chaff, flares etc to blind or confuse the incoming missile. And if all else fails, a drone could intercept the missile and take the hit for the FA-XX. Sure, drones are expensive. But so is building a replacement aircraft as well as recruiting, equipping and training a replacement pilot.

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Fantastic

Great video

Very nice work. 😊

Numbers and variety for overwhelming force has always proven effective. Technological superiority is the icing on the cake.

Wow! Alex thank you for this! This is absolutely amazing and bananas! I was laughing out loud because American airpower is going to get super crazy