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.

The Russian "package," which included armed Su-35 Flanker-E fighters, was intercepted on two consecutive days in international airspace west of Alaska. On ...

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Pratt & Whitney , an RTX Corporation enterprise, and General Electric have completed the first all-detailed design reviews ...

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Work continues on the engines that might one day power the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter, though the fate of NGAD itself is still undetermined.