The US Air Force's NGAD fighter moves forward as General Electric Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney successfully complete engine ...
Projected to be one of the most costly fighter jet programs in US history, the NGAD program has raised significant ... of other actors who are vying to draw resources away to their own ends.
The future of the NGAD sixth-generation fighter remains unclear, but billions in extra funding would keep work progressing on its prototype engine.
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 ...