Hi All,
to have the next single seat solution with the option to be in the middle between a vertical take off and hover helicopter and a normal fix wing aircraft with V/STOVL feature, the F-35 will offer the most options.
You can have the A and C version which is close to the F-22 and you can have the B Version which is close to the AV-8B.
Maybe three aircraft's with one solution.
There will be also the most options for targeting systems with the new helmet mounted display systems and the most modern sensor solutions.
But it will be a big challenge for the development team.
If a double seat aircraft like Tomcat or Apache should be the next one, how can be covered the WSO function? Via Ai and additional via a second LAN player?
Think about!
If the F-35 will be to complicated for development, the Hornet will be a good Plan-B single seat "next one".
With best regards from Germany
IT-Pilot