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.

to rethink the aircraft’s requirements. NGAD is an advanced fighter jet intended to replace the stealthy F-22 Raptor (see Figure 1). According to the Air Force, NGAD is also a “family of ...

program has been focused primarily on developing new engines to power a new sixth-generation crewed stealth ‘fighter’ in the works as part of the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) initiative. The ...

Outgoing US Air Force secretary Frank Kendall has outlined two alternatives to building a new, hugely expensive next-generation stealth fighter ... of the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD ...

In 2023, Northrop Grumman dropped out of the competition to develop a sixth-generation fighter jet for the U.S. Air Force, the so-called "Next Generation Air Dominance," or NGAD fighter -- so ...

Funding for the NGAP first commenced in 2022, with additional contracts awarded to Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman, the three primary contractors for the NGAD jet. Each of them ... on ...