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Several members of the House Appropriations Committee this week voiced concerns that the Navy’s sixth generation fighter ...
President Trump appears to have been speculating out loud about future airplanes that, as far as I know, don’t exist," said ...
Boeing's CEO said its win over Lockheed Martin with the F-47 contract "will secure our fighter franchise for decades to come." ...
The $1 billion program was led by DARPA, but included both the Air Force and Navy. In fact, both services later launched their own NGAD programs, bearing both similarities and differences.
The United States is examining development of a twin-engined warplane to be known as the F-55, as well as an upgrade to its ...
Aircraft experts widely reject Trump’s proposed twin-engine F-55 upgrade of the F-35, calling it unrealistic without a complete redesign. This would effectively make a new aircraft, not an upgraded ...
It promises near-NGAD capabilities at half the cost ... rival aerospace firm Lockheed Martin was eliminated from the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX program. This will eventually replace the Boeing-made ...
No.” The Navy is working on its own sixth-generation ... developed as part of their NGAD bid, into the F-35 and F-22. This would create a “supercharged,” “fifth generation-plus” jet ...
“The knowledge and technology development gained from our investments in the NGAD competition strengthened ... since the company has been dropped from the Navy’s F/A-XX program.
The president pitched plans on Thursday for a supercharged version of the F-35 with two engines, which would likely require ...