Latest "NGAD" 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

8 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

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

Kendall: Despite Russian invasion, China remains military’s top challenge

“Russia and other threats will not be discounted,” Kendall said. “But China ... will be our greatest strategic national security challenge.”

By Stephen Losey

13 months ago

Mitchell Institute: Ditch F-15EX for more F-35s, new stealth fighters

Former F-16 pilot Heather "Lucky" Penney believes the Air Force's F-15EX program is a dead end, and that it must double down on stealth.

By Stephen Losey

17 months ago

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