Navy’s Next Generation F/A-XX Downselect Expected in August

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The builder of the Navy’s long-awaited next-generation carrier fighter will be picked in the summer, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle said Monday. Speaking to reporters, Caudle said that following several conversations with Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, the Pentagon and the Navy, the downselect would occur in August. “I think you’re going to see a downselect on this in August. I think that’s the month that they have committed to making the decision on the program,” he told reporters Monday at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Symposium. Boeing and Northrop Grumman are the two