Central to NGAD is the deployment of at least 1,000 unmanned Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), designed to operate as "drone wingmen" alongside piloted jets. -These drones will enhance ...

The fact that the DoD raised the ceiling costs for the engines would suggest that the program may not be as "paused" as previously reported.

The engine’s expanded budget indicates progress to secure the world’s first-ever sixth-generation fighter is being made. The U.S. Air Force’s Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program is a work in ...

now the emphasis could shift toward a more integrated approach that considers the roles of unmanned drones like CCAs, bombers like the B-21 and a distributed network of capabilities. The NGAD ...

Details about the new B-21 Low-Rate Initial Production contract have not been released, however Northrop Grumman said it had ...

U.S. Air Force officials paused a planned contract award for the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) to rethink the aircraft’s requirements. NGAD is an advanced fighter jet intended to replace ...

If the service doesn’t pursue its original plan for NGAD, one alternative is an ... Kendall emphasized the massive role autonomy and unmanned aircraft will play in the future Air Force ...

NGAD is more than a single aircraft, and is meant to be a “system of systems” that could include a manned sixth-generation fighter that is supported by unmanned aerial systems (UAS) ...

Kendall – who will leave his post on Sunday after four years in the position – added that the air force might only be able to afford a small part of NGAD, even if they decided to go ahead with it.

If it is not an unmanned aircraft, then perhaps it represents ... Joe said that, while comparing the CAC and SAC fighters with the American NGAD as sixth-generation designs is a valid comparison ...

To date, the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) program has been focused primarily on developing new engines to power a new sixth-generation crewed stealth ‘fighter’ in the works as part of ...

A Lockheed Martin NGAD concept image, initially published in 2020. Following the USAF's NGAD programme re-evaluation and pause, any such bid by the company is likely to differ in appearance and ...