It would be refreshing to hear the Pentagon explain precisely why the nation should be investing so heavily in the ...

To maintain an edge over the competition, the USA demanded a new machine: the NGAD. NGAD: A system instead of an aircraft The NGAD program, initiated in 2014 under the designation IDI, was ...

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.

Credit: U.S. Air Force AURORA, Colorado—Top U.S. Air Force officials are increasing their public push for the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter months after the program was placed on ...

“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 ...

The NGAD program is nearing nine months of pause Powerful voices are calling for radical change The Air Force is considering a wide array of new approaches to air superiority But then the Air ...

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Both engines use adaptive technologies that would allow an NGAD aircraft to adjust to the ideal thrust configuration for its situation, providing greater range and thermal management capability ...

Still, flight tests suggest that the Chinese project may be significantly more advanced than programs in the USA (NGAD) and European countries (Tempest and GCAP), which are currently in the ...

The two proposed adaptive engines that might one day power the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter have passed an important design review, and Pratt & Whitney and GE Aerospace are each ...