Latest "Next Generation Air Dominance" stories

US Air Force eyes NGAD deliveries by 2030. Can it be done?

"The odds are against it happening" by 2030, John Venable of the Heritage Foundation said. "In the last 25 or 30 years, nothing’s come in on time.”

By Stephen Losey

6 months ago

Lockheed working on expendable, advanced drones to team up with Air Force fighters

Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works hopes to have expendable drones ready for the Air Force to use in the next few years, if a war with China breaks out.

By Stephen Losey

9 months ago

Air Force acquisition chief talks drone wingmen, supply chains, and the B-21

The Air Force is focusing on fielding a drone wingman in time for the Next Generation Air Dominance program reaching IOC by the end of this decade, said Andrew Hunter.

By Stephen Losey

9 months ago

The Air Force’s next-gen fighter has moved into a critical new phase

Air Force Sec. Frank Kendall hopes NGAD will show its capabilities by the end of the decade.

By Stephen Losey

10 months ago

Inside the US Air Force’s race to fund future fighters, bombers and autonomous drones before the next crisis

To prepare for far more contested airspace, the U.S. Air Force is laying the groundwork for a series of radical transformations in how it approaches air combat that could cost at least tens of billions of dollars over the next two decades.

By Stephen Losey

11 months ago

Future NGAD fighter jets could cost ‘hundreds of millions’ apiece

This would be more than twice the F-35′s price tag of at least $80 million apiece.

By Stephen Losey

11 months ago