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Navy Official Says NGAD Cannot Afford F-35 Timeline

Navy Official Says NGAD Cannot Afford F-35 Timeline
An F-35C assigned to the Rough Raiders of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 moves across the landing platform on flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) while the carrier is conducting carrier qualifications on Aug. 25. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Maxwell Anderson/Released)

SAN DIEGO -- The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) head said he does not expect the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) aircraft to take as long as the multi-decade F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Here at the 2020 annual AFCEA West conference on Tuesday NAVAIR Commander Vice Adm. G. Dean Peters was asked if the NGAD will take decades to develop and produce like F-35 did, whose origin dates back to the 1990s. “So will it take as long as the F-35?…

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