Breaking Defense reported Tuesday that the U.S. Navy’s fiscal year 2026 Unfunded Priorities List, or UPL, includes a $1.4 billion funding request for a sixth-generation fighter aircraft program called F/A-XX.
“This additional funding will enable Navy to award the 6th Generation Strike Fighter contract to industry,” the service branch wrote in its letter to lawmakers. “Navy’s 6th Generation Strike Fighter aircraft is a critical component of both the future Carrier Strike Group (CSG)” and the “air wing of the future.”
The F/A-XX program is expected to replace the Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter jets.
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Navy Unfunded Priorities List Includes Funding Requests for Munitions Programs
The Navy’s UPL also includes $2.2 billion in funding to strengthen the munitions industrial base and replenish specific weapon inventories that have been expended to support the branch’s Red Sea operations.
According to documents obtained by Breaking Defense, the $1.4 billion funding request would help the Navy address “bottlenecks in lower-tier munitions components … by establishing and qualifying second source vendors and expanding existing suppliers.”
Meanwhile, the targeted $841 million funding request would resupply key weapon stockpiles, including Standard Missile-6, Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles, Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile, Maritime Strike Tomahawk and Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles.
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