Little is known about the secretive sixth-generation Next Generation Air Dominance fighter, other than it will be extremely expensive.
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Following the Air Force’s decision to forego a new engine for the F-35, General Electric is taking its fight to Capitol Hill to keep the Adaptive Engine Transition Program alive.
By Michael Marrow
Rejected by Congress in fiscal 2023, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said the service’s second go at retiring older F-22s stands a much better chance of surviving the upcoming round of budget negotiations.
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“I can tell you, this is going to get re-litigated in the committee and on the floor. And I just want to make sure people have the full scope of information to make the decision,” said Wittman on the F-35’s next engine.
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Lt. Gen. Richard Moore, Air Force deputy chief of staff for plans and programs, also defended the Air Force’s urge to mothball some old F-22s, citing the high cost to maintain the non-combat fighters.
By Michael Marrow
Seeking to pivot to a new generation of air power by fielding platforms like the Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter, the Air Force is planning significant investments into future technologies, according to service budget documents, which also show that fiscal 2024 could be a turning point for hypersonics.
By Michael Marrow
Going more than “PowerPoint deep,” the services also are making “a lot more progress” on Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2), Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown said today.
By Theresa Hitchens
How to unlock innovation and savings for DoD: “commercial,” not COTS
Overmatch is fleeting and while traditional acquisitions can’t always keep up with new threats, a different and approved practice can.
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Lt. Gen. Clint Hinote told Breaking Defense that the service is “getting ready to take delivery” of a drone prototype, now confirmed as Boeing’s Ghost Bat.
By Valerie Insinna
The US has begun discussing collaboration on next-gen air superiority technologies with Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said.
By Valerie Insinna
The Pentagon’s inspector general wants to look into whether the Next Generation Air Dominance program was mature enough to enter the engineering and manufacturing development phase. However, the program may have never officially entered EMD.
By Valerie Insinna
America’s Chinese “frenemies” are “not having a debate over the relevance of six-gen air dominance. And I can also tell you they’re on track,” said Air Combat Command head Gen. Mark Kelly.
By Valerie Insinna
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“The underlying behaviors, the autonomy, the way in which the rest of the ecosystem works together — that is exactly what we want to uncover in these series of experiments, to understand how you would actually field this type of capability,” said a Lockheed executive.
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