How will future Jet figher may look like?

[DesiGuy]

Miniature robots would do the surveillance job. A sting by a robo insect would be enough to kill 100 people. We just won't see the blood spilling in these wars.[/QUOTE]



Don't you think it's much tougher to build a intelligence robotics that can make hard decisions than building advance ship capable of flying into both space and earth?

 

[satishkumarcsc]

Might use Ion propulsion or Mercury Vortex for cruising.

 

[SekrutYakhni]

I don't know about the looks but I will tell you the features..

Extremely stealthy.
Can stay in the air for 2 consecutive days.
Can also stop moving in the air.
No fuel required.
Plane will never crash.
Plane will be bullet/missile proof.
etc

 

[Bushy]

I don't know about the looks but I will tell you the features..

Extremely stealthy.
Can stay in the air for 2 consecutive days.
Can also stop moving in the air.
No fuel required.
Plane will never crash.
Plane will be bullet/missile proof.
etc

Not a bird... Not a jet... It's the Superman!!!

 

[SekrutYakhni]

Not a bird... Not a jet... It's the Superman!!!

Yes, SuperDUPERman!!

 

[mrwarrior006]

plane will be stealthy in all means

and by alll means i mean to say it will become invisible to even naked eye

and also it will be solar powered

laser weapons and other gizmos tat we cant even think offff

 

[Mauryan]

aaahhh.... let me put wings to my fantasy r&d stuff about future :

I would say it definitely an aerospace plane with self teleporting capability.This craft is full attack capable and long endurance either in space/atmosphere either manned/unmanned.

But on the contrary by then,the nations will become smaller in size due to the wars in the mean time.Many people go underground or to other planets like Mars,Jupiter and starts living on other moons.

It would be like a interplanetary travel with your craft equipped with laser and plasma beam weapons and miniature nukes.

But my population centers will be quipped with EM/plasma shields to prevent any Foreigner invasion/aggression

I clearly sense that this topic will move beyond those sci-fi things

 

[TopCat]

Like nuclear powered submarine. I see nuclear powered sleath Jets. They can stay in space or atomospear for days and strike anytime.

Nuclear powered??? How is the Newtons third law going to be applied here specially in the space???

 

[applesauce]

Nuclear powered??? How is the Newtons third law going to be applied here specially in the space???

there were test done back in the cold wars days that indicated that a nuclear powered plane is perfectly viable....but if it ever crashes.....

 

[Vassnti]

Even in the future the best thing in the air will be a viper

 

[Bhushan]

New Air Force Fighters and Updated Old Air Force Fighters Testing Proven Aerodynamics and Stealth Characteristics

The Dassault Aviation Aéronef Validation Expérimentale (AVE) UAV made its first flight in July 2000.
(Source: Dassault Aviation)

The Future Offensive Aircraft (FOA), a project founded on the assumpion that the UK would need to replace its fleet of Tornado GR.4 interdictor strike aircraft early in the 21st century.
(Source: BAe)

The US Air Force has been testing the X-29 for two decades now, this very unusual looking aircraft has a pair of forward sweapt wings (FSW). The Switchblade design seems to be based on the X-29, with the added capability to change the position of the wing.

These wings gave the aircraft amazing maneuverability, no other aircraft can make tighter turns than the X-29. The X-29 was tested from 1984 to 1992 in a joint NASA, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and U.S. Air Force Program, and made a total of 374 combined flights.

Reverse airflow-forward-swept wing vs aft swept wing. On the forward-swept wing, ailerons remained unstalled at high angles of attack because the air over the forward swept wing tended to flow inward toward the root of the wing rather than outward toward the wing tip as on an aft-swept wing. This provided better airflow over the ailerons and prevented stalling (loss of lift) at high angles of attack.

DARPA and NASA have invested millions of dollars on the program, yet not a single official US fighter aircraft uses the FSW design...but in the black world there is one: The Switchblade!

US-German X-31 VECTOR extremely short take-off and landing/tailless
aircraft is a program that EADS plans to exploit.
(Source: Rockwell)

This is a top secret hypersonic bomber being studied by multiple countries

X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft
Project Summary
The NASA/Boeing X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft successfully completed a 31-flight research program at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., in November 1997. The X-36 project team developed and demonstrated the tailless fighter design using advanced technologies to improve the maneuverability and survivability of possible future fighter aircraft. The X-36 program met or exceeded all project goals.

 

[Bhushan]

Mitsubishi F-3 (Japanese)

 

[Bhushan]

Boeing to leapfrog F-35 with 6th generation fighter?



But i think its a fake picture.

 

[Bhushan]

.......but just found it to posting here.

 

[Bhushan]

Boeing Fighters of the Future Debut at Farnborough Air Show