https://cafe.daum.net/NTDS/51Tp/516


예산 문서에서 아무런 추가 설명이 없는 단 한 줄과 3억 달러가 드러났는데 그냥 미국해군이 쓸 “long-range strike aircraft”라고 함. F/A-XX 아님.


a “long-range strike aircraft” for the U.S. Navy. That terse description appeared for the first time without elaboration in the Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, along with a $300 million line item for development, procurement and integration. It was likely not the first or only allocation for the program. More likely, the Senate version unmasked a line item in a previously classified account.


Our search of the public record reveals no further evidence of the Navy’s formerly secret long-range strike aircraft program. It remains unclear whether the aircraft is crewed or uncrewed, and when it may appear on the decks of future aircraft carriers.


If the CSBA analysis is correct, the projected UCAV would be large for an aircraft carrier deck, but presumably still light enough to be launched with the 80,000-lb. weight limit for a Ford-class carrier. The report describes the UCAV with a notional range of 3,000 nm (3,450 mi.), with internal bays large enough to carry the strike missiles available to tactical fighters and perhaps other new technologies, such as directed-energy weapon systems.