But the Air Force has currently put the NGAD program on hold as it examines the exact capabilities it is looking to get out ...

The Air Force’s plan is to release the NGAD warplane system first—and then, five years later, release the NextRS. Why?

As a “family of systems,” NGAD is expected to include a manned sixth-generation stealth fighter and a mass of Collaborative ...

Engine maker Pratt & Whitney announced it cleared the detailed design review and fully digital evaluation of the ...

P&W and GE successfully passed the Detailed Design Review of their offerings for the U.S. Air Force’s next generation NGAP ...

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

The two proposed adaptive engines that might one day power the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter have passed an important design review, and Pratt & Whitney and GE Aerospace are each ...

February 13 2025, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced its secretive Aerospace Projects Office ...

So, too, can artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities that the Air Force wants to place in their proposed Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter. Alas, it seems that the news out of Beijing ...

Both engines use adaptive technologies that would allow an NGAD aircraft to adjust to the ideal thrust configuration for its situation, providing greater range and thermal management capability ...