Future military aircraft of the United States is a list of military aircraft that are developed to be used by the United States military in the near future. For aircraft in-service see List of active United States military aircraft.
Aircraft | Photo | Type | Operators | Notes | ||
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Fixed-wing Aircraft | ||||||
F/A-XX | File:FaxxNavy.jpg | Multirole combat aircraft | Navy, Air Force | To enter service around 2030.[1] | ||
EMARSS | Reconnaissance | Army | ||||
T-X Trainer | Trainer | Air Force | To enter service around 2023.[2] | |||
Long Range Strike Bomber | Heavy bomber | Air Force | To enter service in 2025.[3] | |||
2037 Bomber | Strategic bomber | Air Force | To enter service around 2037. | |||
KC-46 | Aerial Tanker | Air Force | To enter service in 2017.[4] | |||
P-8 Poseidon | Anti-submarine Warfare | Navy | ||||
MQ-4C Triton | Maritime Surveillance | Navy | To enter service in 2015.[5] | |||
Phantom Eye | HALE ISR UAV | Air Force | ||||
UCLASS | Carrier-based UAV | Navy | To enter service around 2018.[6] | |||
Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack | Reconnaissance | Navy, Marine Corps | To enter service in 2014.[7] | |||
Transformer TX | VTOL Payload-carrying Craft | |||||
Lockheed SR-72 | Hypersonic ISR and Strike | Air Force | Proposed, could enter service in 2030.[8] | |||
Northrop Grumman RQ-180 | ISR UAV | Air Force | To enter service in 2015.[9] | |||
Helicopters | ||||||
Armed Aerial Scout | Armed Reconnaissance | Army | ||||
Future Vertical Lift | Multirole Helicopter | Army | Version to enter service between 2025-2035.[10] | |||
Sikorsky S-97 Raider | File:Sikorsky S-97.jpg | Recon and Attack | USSOCOM | |||
Sikorsky CH-53K Super Stallion | File:CH53K valley 535.jpg | Cargo Helicopter | Marine Corps | |||
MQ-8C Fire-X | Unmanned Utility Helicopter | Navy | To enter service in 2014.[11] | |||
Airships | ||||||
Aeroscraft | Cargo Airship |
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ USN, Industry Seek New Concepts For 6th-generation Fighter - Defensenews.com, 10 July 2013
- ↑ Budget constraints delay new trainer - Airforcetimes.com, 15 May 2013
- ↑ Budget Pressures Seen as Biggest Risk to Long Range Bomber Program Nationaldefensemagazine.org, September 2013.
- ↑ USAF Signs Off On KC-46 Tanker Review - Defensenews.com, 4 September 2013
- ↑ Navy readies future deployment of long-range maritime patrol UAVs with infrastructure on east and west coasts - sUASNews.com, 2 September 2013
- ↑ Navy’s New Drones Taking Center Stage - Nationaldefensemagazine.org, October 2013
- ↑ Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical UAS Enters Production Phase - NAVAIR.Navy.mil, May 21, 2013
- ↑ Hypersonic Successor to Legendary SR-71 Blackbird Spy Plane Unveiled - Wired.com, 1 November 2013
- ↑ Butler, Amy; Sweetman, Bill (6 December 2013). "EXCLUSIVE: Secret New UAS Shows Stealth, Efficiency Advances". Penton. http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_12_06_2013_p0-643783.xml. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ↑ US Army reveals details of Joint Multi-Role fleet vision - Flightglobal.com, 16 August 2011.
- ↑ Northrop close to completing Firescout weapon tests - Flightglobal.com, 14 August 2013
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