F/A-XX fighter (Next Generation Air Dominance)
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Air ForceUSAF Proposed Retirement of 32 Block 20 F-22s Accounts for More Than $400 Million in Service’s $2.3 Billion NGAD Request
The U.S. Air Force’s renewed request to retire the 32 Block 20 F-22 fighters accounts for more than $400 million of the service’s $2.3 billion request in fiscal 2024 for […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUSAF Plans Sensor Testing for Autonomous F-16s
The U.S. Air Force plans to integrate and test sensors, including advanced electronically scanned array radar, on autonomous F-16 fighters to feed the service’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Declassifies NGAD Funding For First Time In Three Years
The Navy is seeking $1.528 billion as part of its fiscal year 2024 funding request for the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, declassifying part of NGAD for the first […]
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Air ForceAbout 17 Percent of NGAD Budget in Fiscal 2024 is for Collaborative Combat Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force’s $2.3 billion fiscal 2024 request for Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) includes $392 million associated with Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)–figures that indicate that almost 17 percent […]
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Air ForceDetails on Collaborative Combat Aircraft Close Hold in USAF Budget
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall announced last week that the Air Force’s fiscal 2024 budget would contain plans for 1,000 Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) to be used by the […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Decides on Engine Core Upgrade for F-35 Fighter
The U.S. Air Force has decided to move forward on Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] Pratt & Whitney Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) for the F-35 fighter and end the service’s Advanced Engine […]
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Air ForceUSAF Budget to Include About a Dozen New Starts, Including Plan for 1,000 CCAs
The upcoming U.S. Air Force fiscal 2024 budget request is to include about a dozen new start programs that will require congressional authorization, and Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told […]
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Air ForceUSAF Nearing Hypothesis on Numbers/Ratios of CCAs to Accompany F-35s, Manned NGAD
The U.S. Air Force is nearing an initial postulation of the numbers/ratios of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) to accompany the service’s future force presentation construct for the sixth-generation manned Next […]
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Air ForceFighter Capacity, Rapid Wedgetail Fielding and Virtual Test and Training Among Top ACC Priorities
Increasing fighter capacity through such programs as Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), the rapid fielding of the Boeing [BA] E-7 Wedgetail AWACS replacement, and incorporating regular virtual test and training against […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyGE, Pratt & Whitney, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman Receive NGAP Contracts
Five companies–General Electric [GE], Raytheon Technologies‘ Pratt & Whitney [RTX], Boeing [BA], Lockheed Martin [LMT], and Northrop Grumman [NOC]–are receiving contracts under an umbrella, $975 million effort for the prototype […]
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