Japanese Zero returns - and gets sneaky

[Pelranius]

The Chinese have finished the JXX's core engine design. Almost no info on it due to the omnipresent PLA penchant for secrecy.

The J-10 and FC-1s are very capable indigenous Chinese fighters, if military experts like Dr. Fisher are to be believed (though Fisher puts far too much stock into the debunked J-10 = Lavi theory)

[Ford Prefect]

Now, if it can transform into a huge robot, that would be the icing on the cake.

It might be totally impractical, unworkable and utterly pointless to boot, but the fact of the matter is that fighter jets turning into humanoid robots is the coolest thing ever.

The Chinese have finished the JXX's core engine design. Almost no info on it due to the omnipresent PLA penchant for secrecy.

A pity; I'd like to see what they're doing with it. The more cool fighters around, the better.

[Tsyroc]

Couldn't some country interested in a stealthy fighter decide to go the YF-23 route instead? I didn't think the YF-22 won the competition by being out and out better at everything than the YF-23.

[Kanastrous]

It won by giving the USAF a bit more of what they wanted, where they wanted it (and by exceeding certain of the fly-off competition parameters).

The Air Force, Northrop, and Lockheed-Martin are all still pretty tight-lipped about the details of the flyoffs and how the selection was made.