NGAD is a family of systems consisting of a fighter jet with a swarm of drones. For some time, the fighter jet component has been called F/A-XX. However, there actually is a requirement for two ...

The U.S. Air Force contract award to Boeing for the F-47 fighter component of the Next-Generation Air Dominance system, coupled with an imminent Navy F/A-XX contract for a similarly advanced carrier ...

The Navy's next-gen fighter is up for ... Steep ambitions, steep price tag The NGAD's steep ambitions to revolutionize the US air superiority mission come with an equally steep price tag.

Eight months ago, the departing Biden administration halted the ambitious 'Next Generation Air Dominance' fighter programme, ...

US announcement of sixth-generation fighter raises new questions about delivery and feasibility amid soaring competition with China, analysts say.

A separate Navy contract for its version of the NGAD fighter is still under competition between Northrop Grumman and Boeing. Last year, the Biden administration's Air Force secretary, Frank ...

Defense stocks, including Lockheed Martin, could benefit from the trade turmoil as tariffs shift investor focus back to ...

Northrop Grumman is still in the running against Boeing to develop the Navy's next-generation fighter, the F/A-XX, which aims to replace the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The NGAD's steep ambitions to ...

In the coming days, the United States Navy is expected to follow up on recent advancements in NGAD by awarding its sixth-gen carrier-based fighter. Last Friday, the U.S. Air Force announced that ...

NGAD was conceived as a "family of systems" centered around a sixth-generation fighter jet that aims to provide the United States with advanced ... to build the Navy's next-generation carrier ...