Boeing is trying to chip away at Lockheed Martin's lead in the future fighter stakes by pitching further variants of the F/A-18 Super Hornet, followed with the promise of a leap to what some now dub a sixth-generation combat aircraft. The company is continuing to push both the Super Hornet and the F-15 Eagle in the export arena, and may be eroding some potential Lockheed Martin P-35 Joint Strike Fighter markets. In the mid-term, however, Boeing requires a new platform if it wants to sell combat aircraft beyond the final iterations of its current generation.
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