SIMPLE FLYING · DEFENSE
CONGRESS LIFTED THE NAVY’S SIXTH-GEN FIGHTER BUDGET PAST $900M...
The F/A-XX account jumped from $74 million after a late-course change on Capitol Hill — a sign the Navy fighter is not dead.
SCOTT: A budget that jumps from pocket change to real money means the Navy fighter is not dead — it means someone on the Hill got scared of a capability gap. Watch the engine and the carrier fit, not the artist’s rendering.