R&D Deep Dive: The Next-Gen Fighter Planes You’ve Never Heard Of

Discover the next-gen fighter planes around the world, including the KF-21 Boramae, HAL AMCA, Flygsystem 2020, TF-X, MiG-41, and GCAP. Will they change the future of aerial warfare forever? Find out now.

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[martinstallard]

1:33 the kf-21 Boramae
3:39 the Hal AMCA
5:45 flygsystem 2020
7:11 the tf-x
9:55 the mig-41
12:26 gcap
14:42 analysis

[jeffagain]

Sad to remember that in 1959, Canada was poised to be a world leader in advanced aviation technology.
Then, like most innovative Canuck ideas, politics happened and it all came crashing down.
RIP AVRO, gone but not forgotten. :(

[romansmusic]

12:58 the Japanese F2 is so successful at stealth that Simon's editors were fooled into believing it's a Typhoon XD

[ricksheard]

you'd be able to track the MiG-41 on InfraRed from 3000 miles away when its at full speed lol

[RemyMartinVSOP]

Love that you mentioned SAAB so many times. Made some great cars too.

[thepixelwizard]

0:16 I hazard a guess but literally nobody thinks of the Su 57 in the same line as "the most advanced jet fighter in the world"

[pamelamays]

I predict that before too long, Simon's gonna launch the Aerographics channel.🔮🛩️🛫🚀🚁

[Jayjay-qeum]

Can't wait to see them in action, in Ace Combat 8.

[Barbaroossa]

Unfortunately there's been a recent development involving the Flygsystem 2020 and Sweden is no longer involved with the Anglo-Japanese fighter program since the UK wasn't willing to share any meaningful workload or technology with the Swedes. So they'll develop their own fighter through SAAB, which has proven themselves incredibly capable engineers time and again, and will probably seek economical partnership with other countries to share the development costs.

[bartandaelus]

Everything SK are building right now seems to be designed to become as proliferated as any Soviet or US product has been. The K2 tank in particular seems to be a jack of all trades and master of one (mountain warfare).

The KF-21 looks like it will follow that trend of being somewhat of a 4.5 gen aircraft thats slightly cheaper and easier to build than others.

South Korea are certainly on the upswing with their military hardware and with Poland bwcoming their surprising close ally now, theyre in a very secure place despite their neighbours.

[rohittaurus]

Amca is a decade away, and also the fact, design has been just finalised, and Metal cutting of the prototype has recently started. still a very long way to go.

[smalltime]

It wasn't that the US wouldn't sell Turkey the F-35, its that they wouldn't allow Turkey to join in the development side of the program and wouldn't share certain secretive technical specifications. Turkey also bought the Russian S-400s AA system, and there were concerns that Russia would use the radar systems in those to improve their targeting abilities.

[Awigal]

The turkish part seems to be poor researched. Turkey has a lot of experience when it comes to fighter jets. They produeced parts for the F-35 and have been producing F-16 under licenese many years. And Sweden has no particioation in the TF-X project and the only critical part seems to be the engine where there is a collabartion with BAE systems and Turkey's own progress creating an jet engine.

[mantisracingchannel]

The music introducing the Turkish TF-X! Very brooding, very menacing!!!

[vcupiano]

The F-22 probably is the best in service fighter plane all around. Which is pretty astonishing as it’s been in service since what, 2007?

[PuckDudesHockey]

I think the generation designations for fighters (4th gen, 5th gen, etc.) will become increasingly less clear with time. The generations historically were defined sequentially by speed, maneuverability and, more recently, stealth. All of those are fairly measurable. But increasingly, the new cutting edge relates to avionics and the interoperability of the plane with various weapons platforms, as Simon was alluding to. Those aspects defy neat categories; the effectiveness of a given plane will be as much about its software, weapons and AI as it will be a function of the engines and airframe. The designation “6th generation” will be used for marketing purposes, of course, but the reality will be far more blurred than the clear-cut distinction that the terms “5th” and “6th” tend to imply. And I suspect we'll see a further increase in focus on upgradability... it will be more appealing to improve the capacity of a plane for $5 million than buying a whole new plane for $75 million. Those aspects of the aircraft that are becoming increasingly decisive, such as avionics, are also the ones that can be most easily upgraded, which will lead to even more blurring of the generation labels (Gen 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, etc.)

[alxndrmzksm]

The Mig-41 being able to go 4 times the speed of sound would mean that they'd already developed a stealth coating that can survive extremely high temperatures that would melt the coating off, and given the current state of the Russian military, I doubt their R&D department made such coating

[alextjb]

the fact that the F22 is from the 1990s tech for the US and other countries are still working on catching up to that is pretty mind blowing.

Folks like to complain about the size of the budget, but always being a generation ahead is the goal of a lot of these highly advanced projects.
We already have the F35 now and the B21.
Now working on 6th gen while others are still working towards 5th gen.

[hightierplayers]

This makes the competition seem a LOT closer than it really is.

Take a look at the US moving its advanced tech all home recently. All the advantages are being brought home and kept under tighter lock and key as progress continues at an even more accelerated pace. No other economy can keep up funding such projects.

[oracleofdelphi]

Comparing your agility against an F-35 is like saying you're a better basketball player than Gary Kasperov.