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I am sure China is making breakneck speed innovation in defense industry but these studies and accompanying research is often just a way to present China as an existential military threat to US to get more funding to military-industrial complex. It's just manufacturing consent for absurd amount of money that goes to institutions like DARPA let alone the total amount of money spent on all the defense projects like F-35 and whatever the new F-47 will be.

"quick, we have to end the program that provides schools with hot water in order to compete!"

How can this be?

Anyway, time to spend 457.2 trillion to replace the F35 that still doesn't work properly with the F47, which will be built by the aerospace corporation that brought you such things as aircraft doors falling off, assassination of key witnesses in cases regarding negligent QA practices, and airliners which were difficult to control

Drones have a pretty big advantage over piloted aircraft in stealth terms because of their small size, the whole next generation of aircraft will be built around them.

Honestly it seems like the countries that skipped fifth gen fighters got the best deal here. Even China's newest ones are probably going to have a very short life cycle, and lmao rip the f-35 is going to cost two or more trillion dollars and accomplish nothing.

Brain drain

Ah the ole department that cant pass audits but they get the most of our tax revenue that increases each year.

And they still cant compete with China.

Maybe throw more money at them Congress, you love doing that.

For the United States, this development underscores the need for accelerated innovation and collaboration between defense agencies and private sectors. The DARPA X-65 program, while still in its early stages, represents a critical step in maintaining competitiveness in the field of aerial warfare. This race for supremacy in drone technology highlights the broader geopolitical contest between China and the United States, with implications extending beyond military applications to areas such as intelligence gathering and surveillance.

Weird take from the "Sustainability Times"

It’s important to note that DARPA’s technology is still in the early development phase. Comparisons between the two technologies may not fully reflect the final outcomes.

This level of cope is off the charts