The House Armed Services Committee chairman acknowledged past missteps and showed skepticism for huge investment in NGAD fighter.
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Moving to the development stage more than likely means that the Air Force has coalesced around a single fighter design made by a single prime contractor, said Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace analyst with AeroDynamic Advisory.
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House lawmakers say they are “highly circumspect” of the Navy’s analysis for closing the strike fighter shortfall.
By Justin Katz
The Navy’s top officer hit industry on Monday for lobbying for “aircraft we don’t need.”
By Justin Katz
The service plans to buy 48 F-35As and 12 F-15EXs for $4.5 billion and $1.3 billion, but the F-35 buy is almost certain to increase once it hits Capitol Hill. The Air Force also wants to buy 14 KC-46s for $2.4 billion.
By Colin Clark
“I can clearly — in my mind — envision a way to say ‘fly a defensive combat spread, shoot on this target,’ and I will squeeze the trigger or I will enable that unmanned platform to shoot the designated target,” Rear Adm. Gregory Harris says.
By Paul McLeary
“When you can launch an austere airbase in a space capsule, that’s frickin’ awesome,” says AF acquisition head Will Roper about the idea of suborbital transport spacecraft.
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“The business case is a naïve bet on out-year operating cost savings – that’s an act the Hill has seen before, and it never pays off,” independent analyst Rebecca Grant says of the Digital Century Series concept.
By Theresa Hitchens
“With a flattening budget topline (at best) and many competing Air Force investment priorities, it’s not at all clear that this program will continue. We might just be left with a museum-ready prototype,” Teal Group’s Richard Aboulafia says.
By Theresa Hitchens
“I really want industry feedback” about how to improve AFMC’s plans for incorporating digital engineering into its operations across the board, said Bunch.
By Theresa Hitchens
“All I can say is that the NGAD test flights have been amazing — records have been broken,” Will Roper says.
By Theresa Hitchens
The Air Force should field several iterations of improved drones before 2030 — not just to replace the MQ-9 — but to do everything from ISR to strike to counter-air missions.
By Theresa Hitchens
The Air Force is creating a new PEO for “Fighters and Advanced Aircraft” this summer, combining NGAD with the Digital Century Series program, says acquisition czar Will Roper.
By Theresa Hitchens
“I am confident we can reconcile our differences,” House Armed Services Committee Adam Smith told Breaking Defense.
By Theresa Hitchens
