How the sixth-generation fighter jet will upend air warfare - Defense News
Jul 19, 2024 · The Air Force’s effort to build a sixth-gen fighter family of systems is known as Next Generation Air Dominance, or NGAD, and experts say the platform will be asked to do a lot of things.
US next-generation fighter jet update as China reveals new …
Dec 27, 2024 · The NGAD fighter jet is intended to replace the F-22 Raptor, a fifth-generation stealth combat aircraft that has been in service with the U.S. Air Force since the early 2000s. It was revealed in ...
Under Trump, decision on Air Force’s NGAD will shape fleet for …
Dec 23, 2024 · The service sees the advanced fighter, which would replace the F-22 Raptor, as a critical part of the Air Force’s ability to fight a future war against China in the Indo-Pacific region.
The Air Force’s next-gen fighter has moved into a critical new …
Jun 1, 2022 · WASHINGTON — The Air Force’s secretive and highly classified Next Generation Air Dominance fighter program has started its crucial engineering and manufacturing development phase, Secretary...
AI-powered fighter jet takes Air Force leader for a historic ride | AP News
May 4, 2024 · An experimental F-16 fighter jet has taken Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on a history-making flight controlled by artificial intelligence and not a human pilot.
NGAD Fighter Updates: News About the Air Force's Secret New Jet
Mar 26, 2024 · The U.S. Air Force is allocating nearly $20 billion over five years to develop the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter jet, the replacement for the F-22 Raptor. NGAD will include not only a...
What We Know So Far About The U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air …
On May 18, 2023, the Department of the Air Force released a classified solicitation to industry, providing the expected requirements of the program, with a contract award expected in 2024. The...
Report to Congress on Air Force Next-Generation Air Dominance Fighter
Nov 7, 2024 · U.S. Air Force officials say they have paused a contract award for the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter as they rethink the aircraft’s requirements. NGAD is an advanced fighter jet intended to replace the stealthy F-22 Raptor.
Manned 6th-gen fighter gets nod in US Air Force’s internal analysis
Dec 23, 2024 · An internal analysis by the United States Air Force has resulted in approval for the need of a manned sixth-generation fighter jet under the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, as per...
What will happen to the Air Force’s next-gen fighter jet?
Jun 18, 2024 · Delays in Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program and Boeing’s lackluster performance on its own defense efforts could be driving recent—and unexpected—comments from Air Force leaders that it might not...