Here's New F-36 Kingsnake Next Fighter Jet To Replace The F-16

 Here's New F-36 Kingsnake Next Fighter Jet To Replace The F-16.

The average age of the Air Force’s 783 F-16C fighter jets is 28.7 years, making a 20-year development period for a new jet out of the question. Instead, experts wanted a fast design process that froze the plane’s specs within one year and relied on simple construction techniques, but also utilized advanced technologies such as 3D printing if it could get the fighter off assembly lines faster.