Oh nothing really just wanted to share

Bought my first house. Now if I survive the next round of surgery I can look forward to paying on the mortgage until I'm 101 years old.

Yeah, sure.

 

Now you'll be busier than a gaggle of cats chasing a plethora of laser pointers ! Unless of course you do a Tom Sawyer and get someone to paint those fences. And mow the yard and clean the gutters and............
Congrats though !

 

Bought my first house at age 20, sold for a tidy profit 5 years later and bought second house with I was 25. Paid off that mortgage a couple years before I retired and a few years later we decided to sell and build new. So yeah I'll be in debt the remainder of my breathing years. My goal now is to draw my pension for at least as long as I worked. Should break about even.

 

In defense news, it has been officially announced that the United States Air Force is developing its next-generation (sixth-generation) fighter.

During a Heritage Foundation event, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said, “we have now started an [engineering, manufacturing, and development] program to do the development aircraft that we’ll take into production.”

“We think we’ll have the capability by the end of the decade," he added.

Since the program is in its early stages and is obviously Top Secret, little other information was offered at the event. What we do know is that it will be crewed and will become the centerpiece of the Air Force’s so-called Next Generation Air Dominance family of systems.

These crafts will also feature new weapons, sensors, and a variety of drones that will tag team with the new fighter.

As part of this program, the Air Force first flew a prototype version of the NGAD fighter in 2020. However, officials at the time declined to disclose information about the plane or its manufacturer.

“What we did was an experimental prototype,” Kendall explained. “We basically had an X plane program which was designed to reduce the risk of some of the key technologies that we would need for a production program.”

The recent announcement is probably an indication that the Air Force has settled on a winning design by a single prime contractor, said Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace analyst with AeroDynamic Advisory.

This contractor is also, as yet, unknown, but good bets are the likes of Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Northrop Grumman.

The latter, however, is very busy with the B-21 bomber, so it may not be feasible for them to take on a new ambitious project like developing a new fighter. According to industry experts like Aboulafia, the most likely scenario is to have Lockheed Martin lead the project since they already have tons of experience developing the stealth-capable fifth-gen F22 and F35.

But, that shouldn't have us rule out Boeing either.
“There were rumors that Boeing was not out of it. And the rebuttal to that rumor is that they can prototype, but can they really build a clean sheet combat aircraft?” Aboulafia told Breaking Defense. “If it’s Boeing, it implies that they’ve achieved a miracle. That’s why I’d probably go with Lockheed Martin," he added.

Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Northrop Grumman have historically refused to comment on the subject.
The Air Force's secret 6th-generation 'fighter' is now officially in development
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