aircraft, were deferred in 2019 and more will be deferred in 2020 due to the grounding.


Military Aviation The FY 2020 budget request continues procurement of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, which will form the backbone of the U.S. inventory. The F-35 program is developing, producing, and fielding three variants of a 5th Generation strike fighter: 1) Air Force F-35A Conventional


Take-Off and


Landing variant; 2) Marine Corps F35B Short –Take Off- and Vertical Landing (STOVL) variant; and 3) Navy F-35C Carrier variant. The budget also includes the procurement of additional F/A- 18E/F Super Hornets and capitalizing on


existing Foreign Military Sales


(FMS) production lines to procure a modernized F-15 Eagle to increase readiness of the Navy and Air Force fighter fleet and relieve pressure on the aging legacy F/A-18A-D and F-15C/D inventory.


Procurement of the KC-46A aerial refueling tanker continues, replacing aging legacy tankers.


The aircraft


provides increased refueling capability for Navy and Air Force aircraft.


Military Development Programs The


budget continues to fund


development of the Navy’s MQ-25 unmanned aircraft system, which will provide the Department with an unmanned tanker capability that will extend the striking power of the carrier air wing while providing maritime surveillance for the carrier strike group. The Department continues to


develop a 6th generation combat aircraft within the Next Generation Air Dominance program, with $1.0 billion being requested for FY 2020, an increase of $586 million over the amount in FY 2019. The FY 2020 budget also funds the


development of the B-21 Raider, the next generation long range strike bomber,


Continued January 2020 ❘ 13 ®


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