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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Oct 22, 26] Season 4 E37 FA-XX and Future of Naval Aviation
The Birth of FA-XX and the Future of Naval Aviation: The US Navy’s decision pick Boeing to oversee the FA-XX program to develop the service’s sixth-generation, carrier-capable fighter marks the realization of a project born more than a dozen years ago. The man who launched the effort as an analysis of alternatives was Rear Adm. Mike “Nasty” Manazir, who after retirement joined Boeing where he nurtured the effort. Manazir, how at advanced manufacturing company Hadrian, walks us through the history of the program and what it will mean for America’s ability to project air power at sea. Plus the…
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