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.

Engine design success. These engines are significant components of the Air Force’s Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) ...

The future of the NGAD sixth-generation fighter remains unclear, but billions in extra funding would keep work progressing on its prototype engine.

(Image credit: US Air Force) Even if the future of NGAD is still uncertain, NGAP engines could end up powering the U.S. Navy F/A-XX future sixth-generation carrier-capable stealth fighter ...

America’s newest aircraft carrier is the USS Gerald R. Ford, the only non- Nimitz class ship in the fleet and the first of ...

And, with President Donald Trump promising to rebuild the military and make it stronger than it has ever been, the siren song of the sixth-generation NGAD program will likely be far too much to ...

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has said that the manned variant of the emerging sixth-generation Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) system will likely control as many as five drones at ...

General Anil Chauhan has shed light on the evolving concept of sixth-generation fighter aircraft, highlighting that there is ...

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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.