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F35 vs NGAD Which is the Best Fighter Jet?
The NGAD is set to be a revolutionary fighter, but can the USAF produce enough of them, or will this be a repeat of what happened to the F-22? Can the F-35 fill most of the roles required by the NGAD?
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Studies and analyses recommend that the U.S. Air Force abandon the NGAS stealth refueling aircraft project
Specifically, it is one of the two most important programs currently in development under the institution’s responsibility, the other being the sixth-generation NGAD fighter program, which is also ...
The Aviationist17d
Uncertain Future for the U.S. Air Force Next-Gen Stealth Tanker
A new U.S. Air Force analysis recommends continuing the development of NGAD, as well as terminating the NGAS stealth tanker program which was supposed to support the next gen fighter in contested ...
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Lockheed Martin Drops Out of Sixth-Gen Naval Fighter Development to Replace the F/A-18
The new F/A-XX is part of the NGAD sixth-generation fighter program and is devised as the U.S. Navy's primary carrier-based aircraft, alongside the F-35B and F-35C Lockheed Martin has been excluded ...
Defense One22d
‘No more viable option than NGAD,’ Air Force says as decision rests in new hands
“Bluntly, what this study told us, we tried a whole bunch of different options and there was no more viable option than NGAD to achieve air superiority in this highly contested environment,” Ma ...
Simple Flying23d
Where Does The US Air Force NGAD Program Stand?
The first demonstration examples of the NGAD fighter are believed to have first flown in 2020, but the United States Air Force has not yet selected a winner. Instead, budget concerns and an evolving ...
Breaking Defense27d
‘Let’s be frank’: Hegseth’s budget shakeup will be ‘painful’ but there’s ‘hope,’ Air Force official says
A leading hot-button issue for the service is a futuristic stealth fighter known as Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD), whose fate has still not been formally decided by the Trump administration ...
Defense News28d
General: 8% cuts ‘painful,’ but could bring fresh funds for Air Force
Kunkel said that when the Air Force studied how a war would play out with and without NGAD in its fleet, “the fight looks much better when NGAD’s in it.” But NGAD and its accompanying ...
The National Interest29d
The NGAD Fighter’s Engines Just Passed Another Key Review
But the Air Force has currently put the NGAD program on hold as it examines the exact capabilities it is looking to get out of the new aircraft. Although the Air Force has put the Next Generation ...
Zona Militar29d
GE and Pratt & Whitney take a new step in developing the engine intended to power the future sixth-generation fighter of the U.S.
Notably, both propulsion system candidates for the NGAD program were presented entirely in digital format, marking the first time such models have been used at this stage for evaluating fighter jet ...
Hudson Institute29d
Adapting at Scale: A Conversation with Major General Kunkel, Air Force Director for Force Design, Integration, and Wargaming
Event will also air live on this page. Inquiries: [email protected]. Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology Dan Patt is a senior fellow with Hudson Institute’s Center for Defense ...