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The Navy’s expectations for the F/A-XX fighter are rising. So is its price tag.

Chief of Naval Operations Daryl Caudle stressed that the sixth-gen fighter jet was urgently needed to replace the US Navy’s existing fleet of F/A-18 Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers.
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Navy’s future fighter jet program revived in new funding bills

Congressional appropriators have revived funding for the Navy’s F/A-XX program and lambasted the Defense Department for ...