The newest HCSAF fighter project is the Light Local Fighter (LLFX) which was officially unveiled to the media today with a scheduled unveiling of initial designs and a specification lock-down by the Summer. The fighter, likely to be called F-47, will perform air defence, sovereignty and basic attack missions on secondary planets in the CSE. Currently ageing F-40s perform these duties and it is thought that (eventually) replacing these with F-45s would be too expensive and overkill.
Interestingly the LLFX will be produced in 2 versions, a manned fighter, and an unmanned combat aircraft for the attack and reconnaissance roles. More details of this UCAV version will be presented at a later stage.
