{"id":17382,"date":"2015-01-21T13:33:36","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T13:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2015\/01\/21\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:38:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:38:02","slug":"northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2015\/01\/21\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Northrop Developing 6th Gen Fighter Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LOS ANGELES \u2014 Northrop Grumman has stood up a pair of teams dedicated to developing a &#8220;sixth-generation&#8221; fighter for both the Navy and Air Force, years before the services intend to issue requests for information on potential replacements for current aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s an aggressive move that Tom Vice, president of Northrop&#8217;s aerospace division, hopes will pay off in a big way for his company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Northrop Grumman will compete for the next generation fighter,&#8221; Vice flatly declared, noting that there is a program manager already leading a team of Northrop staffers on the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked whether he envisioned Northrop acting as a prime contractor on a future fighter, he added &#8220;of course.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice&#8217;s comments were made during a trip to Northrop facilities in California, arranged and paid for by the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both the Air Force and Navy have begun preliminary planning for what is referred to as next-generation air dominance, or<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">, more colloquially,<\/span> &#8220;sixth-generation&#8221; fighters. After working together on the F-35 joint strike fighter, the two services are <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">currently <\/span>looking at procuring their own respective jets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Navy&#8217;s program<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">s<\/span> is dubbed F\/A-XX, while the Air Force&#8217;s effort is known as F-X. In September, Col. Tom Coglitore, Air Superiority Core Function Team chief at Air Combat Command, told Defense News he wants to see Milestone A acquisition activity in early fiscal 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A spokesman for Northrop confirmed that there are individual teams focused on each of the service requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice indicated that Northrop is looking at a supersonic, tailless airplane design as a potential solution, something he noted no one has ever done before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You don&#8217;t see any supersonic airplanes today without tails,&#8221; Vice said. &#8220;Why? It&#8217;s really hard. But if you think about new ways to do advanced computing, very high speed processing, new materials \u2013 that&#8217;s why the research we do is so important, so we can build what could likely be the next-generation fighter in 20 years. It&#8217;s going to require that kind of technology, because to build that airplane is going to be really, really hard.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also hinted that making a system optionally manned would be relatively easy for the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Vice may be confident in his program, outside analysts have questioned whether Northrop can survive long-term as an attack airframe manufacturer, especially if it loses out on the Air Force&#8217;s Long Range Strike-Bomber program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That program is expected to award a contract to either Northrop or its competitor, a team of Lockheed Martin and Boeing, in late spring or early summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>UPDATED 1\/21\/15: This story was updated to clarify that there are two Northrop teams working individually on the Navy and Air Force programs.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:amehta@defensenews.com\">amehta@defensenews.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronmehta\" title=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronmehta\">@aaronmehta<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northrop Grumman has stood up a team dedicated to developing a &#8220;sixth-generation&#8221; fighter, years before the Navy or Air Force intends to issue requests for information on potential replacements for current aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":35528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":7,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[7,33],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3378],"class_list":["post-17382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-air","category-home"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"BDLUGXOGJBDYBHRV3LLGNOPIMQ","arc_canonical_url":"\/air\/2015\/01\/21\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Northrop Developing 6th Gen Fighter Plans - Defense News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Northrop Grumman has stood up a team dedicated to developing a &quot;sixth-generation&quot; fighter, years before the Navy or Air Force intends to issue requests for information on potential replacements for current aircraft.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Northrop Developing 6th Gen Fighter Plans\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Northrop Grumman has stood up a team dedicated to developing a &quot;sixth-generation&quot; fighter, years before the Navy or Air Force intends to issue requests for information on potential replacements for current aircraft.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2015\/01\/21\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defense News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-01-21T13:33:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-07T21:38:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Aaron Mehta\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Aaron Mehta\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t    \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n\t    \"@graph\": [\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Article\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/air\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/21\\\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\\\/#article\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/air\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/21\\\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"author\": {\n\t                \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"headline\": \"Northrop Developing 6th Gen Fighter Plans\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2015-01-21T13:33:36+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-07T21:38:02+00:00\",\n\t            \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/air\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/21\\\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"wordCount\": 458,\n\t            \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/air\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/21\\\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/635573939331816021-141124-f-sc307-263jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"articleSection\": [\n\t                \"Air Warfare\",\n\t                \"Home\"\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"CommentAction\",\n\t                    \"name\": \"Comment\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/air\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/21\\\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\\\/#respond\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/air\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/21\\\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\\\/\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/air\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/21\\\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Northrop Developing 6th Gen Fighter Plans - Defense News\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#website\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/air\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/21\\\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/air\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/21\\\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/635573939331816021-141124-f-sc307-263jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2015-01-21T13:33:36+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-07T21:38:02+00:00\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Northrop Grumman has stood up a team dedicated to developing a \\\"sixth-generation\\\" fighter, years before the Navy or Air Force intends to issue requests for information on potential replacements for current aircraft.\",\n\t            \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/air\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/21\\\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\\\/#breadcrumb\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/air\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/21\\\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\\\/\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/air\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/21\\\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/635573939331816021-141124-f-sc307-263jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/635573939331816021-141124-f-sc307-263jpg.jpg\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/air\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/21\\\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\\\/#breadcrumb\",\n\t            \"itemListElement\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 1,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"home\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 2,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Air Warfare\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/air\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"air\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 3,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Northrop Developing 6th Gen Fighter Plans\"\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#website\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Defense News\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Covering the politics, business and technology of defense | Defense News\",\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t                        \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t                    },\n\t                    \"query-input\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t                        \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t                        \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t                    }\n\t                }\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Defense News\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t            \"logo\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/defensenews-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/defensenews-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"Defense News\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t            }\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\",\n\t            \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"migration\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t        }\n\t    ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Northrop Developing 6th Gen Fighter Plans - Defense News","description":"Northrop Grumman has stood up a team dedicated to developing a \"sixth-generation\" fighter, years before the Navy or Air Force intends to issue requests for information on potential replacements for current aircraft.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Northrop Developing 6th Gen Fighter Plans","og_description":"Northrop Grumman has stood up a team dedicated to developing a \"sixth-generation\" fighter, years before the Navy or Air Force intends to issue requests for information on potential replacements for current aircraft.","og_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2015\/01\/21\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\/","og_site_name":"Defense News","article_published_time":"2015-01-21T13:33:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-07T21:38:02+00:00","author":"Aaron Mehta","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Aaron Mehta","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2015\/01\/21\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2015\/01\/21\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1"},"headline":"Northrop Developing 6th Gen Fighter Plans","datePublished":"2015-01-21T13:33:36+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-07T21:38:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2015\/01\/21\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\/"},"wordCount":458,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2015\/01\/21\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635573939331816021-141124-f-sc307-263jpg.jpg","articleSection":["Air Warfare","Home"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2015\/01\/21\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2015\/01\/21\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2015\/01\/21\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\/","name":"Northrop Developing 6th Gen Fighter Plans - Defense News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2015\/01\/21\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2015\/01\/21\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635573939331816021-141124-f-sc307-263jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2015-01-21T13:33:36+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-07T21:38:02+00:00","description":"Northrop Grumman has stood up a team dedicated to developing a \"sixth-generation\" fighter, years before the Navy or Air Force intends to issue requests for information on potential replacements for current aircraft.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2015\/01\/21\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2015\/01\/21\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2015\/01\/21\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635573939331816021-141124-f-sc307-263jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635573939331816021-141124-f-sc307-263jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2015\/01\/21\/northrop-developing-6th-gen-fighter-plans\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Air Warfare","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/","ad_zone":"air"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Northrop Developing 6th Gen Fighter Plans"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","name":"Defense News","description":"Covering the politics, business and technology of defense | Defense News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization","name":"Defense News","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/defensenews-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/defensenews-logo-white.png","caption":"Defense News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1","name":"migration","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"migration"},"url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Defense News","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635573939331816021-141124-f-sc307-263jpg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17386,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17382\/revisions\/17386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17382"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=17382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}