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Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion Receives $152 Million Increase for Fiscal 2023

Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion Receives $152 Million Increase for Fiscal 2023
F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 33rd Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB, Fla. fly in formation over MacDill AFB, Fla. on Dec. 16, 2022 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) program for the service's Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter received $220 million--a nearly $153 million increase over the budget request--in the fiscal 2023 omnibus appropriations law. Five companies–General Electric [GE], Raytheon Technologies‘ Pratt & Whitney [RTX], Boeing [BA], Lockheed Martin [LMT], and Northrop Grumman [NOC]–received contracts under an umbrella, $975 million effort for the prototype phase of NGAP (Defense Daily, Aug. 19, 2022). In addition to NGAP, the omnibus funded the Air Force’s Adaptive Engine…

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