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The NGAD Fighter Will Fight Alongside a Fleet of Drones
As many as 1,000 collaborative combat aircraft will be developed as part of the NGAD program. W hile the Air Force’s upcoming ...
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NGAD Still On Pause As China Shows Off Sixth-Gen Aircraft
Initially the service incorporated the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) Air Dominance Study into the project’s blueprint. NGAD aims ... generation fighter jets in the skies.
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The “NGAD” Sixth-Gen Fighter Just Passed A Key Test
As a “family of systems,” NGAD is expected to include a manned sixth-generation stealth fighter and a mass of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCAs) that will serve the jets as loyal drone wingmen.
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‘No more viable option than NGAD,’ Air Force says as decision rests in new hands
With the future of the Air Force's sixth-generation fighter jet in limbo ... to secure the air in future conflicts than the Next Generation Air Dominance program. “Bluntly, what this ...
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US postpones development of 6th-generation fighter jet indefinitely
Originally, the NGAD was to enter service around 2023, replacing the F-22 Raptor aircraft and becoming the world's first sixth-generation fighter jet. The work to develop it is kept in the ...
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The NGAD Fighter Will Fight Alongside a Fleet of Drones
As part of the service’s sixth-generation fighter project, CCAs are expected to fly alongside the jets as autonomous drone wingmen. Perhaps until NGAD is more finalized, these CCAs could fly ...