Last year, the United States Air Force pressed “pause” on its Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, citing costs and future capabilities of the sixth-generation manned aircraft that ...

So, too, can artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities that the Air Force wants to place in their proposed Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter. Alas, it seems that the news out of Beijing ...

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 ...

The Debrief: Hypersonic Bomber Emerges As Office’s Next Goal After NGAD is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is ...

The U.S. Air Force’s Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program is a work in progress. But once the futuristic fighter is introduced to service, it is expected to blow competitors out of the ...

NGAD represents just one component of a broader effort to keep pace with adversaries such as Russia and China. I n recent months, I have penned articles for The National Interest describing a ...

The Air Force has expanded funding for a cutting-edge adaptive engine that would power the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter, while the future of NGAD itself remains under consideration.

While the Air Force’s manned Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter has an uncertain future, the service is moving forward with upgrading sensors on the F-22. Last August, the Air Force ...

This is a rendering of the US Air Force’s future crewed Next-generation Air Dominance (NGAD) combat aircraft by the US Air Force Research Laboratory. Credit: RTX. The US Department of Defense (DoD) ...

The two engine makers will continue developing their own designs that could power a sixth-gen fighter for the Air Force, assuming the service proceeds with plans for the jet. “I hope and believe ...

The NGAP is a fundamental part of the larger Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) initiative but is also potentially crucial for other advanced aviation programs. According to a daily contracting ...

Currently, there are 178 F-22 fighters in service. Originally planned to be replaced by the now-controverted Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program in the 2030s, the F-22 is undergoing ...