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Roper: Classified Details of NGAD Will Help Initiative Move Forward

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, November 24th, 2020

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Roper: Classified Details of NGAD Will Help Initiative Move Forward

Air Force Acquisition Chief Will Roper (U.S. Air Force Photo)

As the U.S. Air Force briefs Pentagon officials and congressional members on the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter, the initiative's classified details may be the special sauce that gives the program traction, Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper said on Nov. 24. "I feel like we generally moved the ball quite a bit this year on the acquisition strategy both inside the building and outside the building," Roper told reporters in a virtual question and answer session. "There's general…

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