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Welcome to the era of development of latest Fighter jets, popularly known as 6th generation Fighters, the 5th gen hunter-killers.
There may not be ISO standard of complex product as a whole like combat aircraft, just like many household & commercial products like trains, trucks, cars, bikes, computers, networking devices, operating systems, applications. But the H/w & S/w components do have ISO standards, Patents, IPR (Intellectual Property Right) with numerous permutation, combination of final product/service. The basic objective remains same in every domain - compete & defeat rivals.
Hence, a leader country/company in any domain won't stop to try to maintain their dominance & will 'de-facto' dictate the characteristics & aspects of that domain's products.
Nobody is stopping anybody to do R&D & come at par with or overtake leader(s).
Any military product/service is also a business opportunity. Wars errupt suddenly & the outcome matters, not excuses & reasons - social, political, financial, etc.
From 1st to 6th gen & future, just like today it is difficult to consider some jets as 4th/5th gen due to overlaps caused by MLUs, same was the case since beginning b/w all previous gens & will be there till eternity. We can say there are primary & secondary features.
Following is a superficial comparison b/w 4th, 5th, 6th gen features. You can refine it further.
> Italy, Japan, UK have teamed up & publicly outlined GCAP (Global Combat Air Program)
> France, Germany, Spain have teamed up & publicly outlined their FCAS (Future Combat Air System)
> Russia is researching on PAKDP, also referred to as MiG-41
> USA is researching on NGAD & F/A-XX programs.
> China has shared a preliminary tail-less airframe with diamond shaped wings.
> Bhartiya Vayu Sena (Indian Air Force) has stated they have a roadmap for 6th gen jet, but have not showed any concept outline yet.
Mitsubishi F-X
BAe Tempest
GCAP (Mitsubishi F-X+ Tempest)
FCAS
Chinese concept
NGAD notional concept in advertisements
No matter how the 6th gen fighters will look, according to preliminary requirements outlined & the upgrades happening on F-22 & F-35, all parameters like size, volume, empty weight, gross weight, MTOW, fuel, longer range weapons, more EW capability, dry/wet thrust, more A/c range, cost, etc would be 30-60% more than present heavy jets like F-22, F-15, Su-57, Su-35, etc.
There may not be ISO standard of complex product as a whole like combat aircraft, just like many household & commercial products like trains, trucks, cars, bikes, computers, networking devices, operating systems, applications. But the H/w & S/w components do have ISO standards, Patents, IPR (Intellectual Property Right) with numerous permutation, combination of final product/service. The basic objective remains same in every domain - compete & defeat rivals.
Hence, a leader country/company in any domain won't stop to try to maintain their dominance & will 'de-facto' dictate the characteristics & aspects of that domain's products.
Nobody is stopping anybody to do R&D & come at par with or overtake leader(s).
Any military product/service is also a business opportunity. Wars errupt suddenly & the outcome matters, not excuses & reasons - social, political, financial, etc.
From 1st to 6th gen & future, just like today it is difficult to consider some jets as 4th/5th gen due to overlaps caused by MLUs, same was the case since beginning b/w all previous gens & will be there till eternity. We can say there are primary & secondary features.
Following is a superficial comparison b/w 4th, 5th, 6th gen features. You can refine it further.
> Italy, Japan, UK have teamed up & publicly outlined GCAP (Global Combat Air Program)
> France, Germany, Spain have teamed up & publicly outlined their FCAS (Future Combat Air System)
> Russia is researching on PAKDP, also referred to as MiG-41
> USA is researching on NGAD & F/A-XX programs.
> China has shared a preliminary tail-less airframe with diamond shaped wings.
> Bhartiya Vayu Sena (Indian Air Force) has stated they have a roadmap for 6th gen jet, but have not showed any concept outline yet.
Mitsubishi F-X
BAe Tempest
GCAP (Mitsubishi F-X+ Tempest)
FCAS
Chinese concept
NGAD notional concept in advertisements
No matter how the 6th gen fighters will look, according to preliminary requirements outlined & the upgrades happening on F-22 & F-35, all parameters like size, volume, empty weight, gross weight, MTOW, fuel, longer range weapons, more EW capability, dry/wet thrust, more A/c range, cost, etc would be 30-60% more than present heavy jets like F-22, F-15, Su-57, Su-35, etc.
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