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Reply To: why has there been no two seater 5th gen fighter aircraft thus far?

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A requirement for 6th generation is a substantial increase in combat radius and loiter time. If the solution is manned, it will likely require a 2-man crew because humans don’t manage task saturation well after a couple hours in the hot seat.

Larger aircraft (such as those predictably associated with “a substantial increase in combat radius and loiter time”) also pay a lesser penalty for carrying a second seat than smaller aircraft.