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Air Force

USAF Asks Industry to Update NGAD Proposals, As Service Defers Decision to Next Administration

Frank Wolfe

Friday, December 6th, 2024

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USAF Asks Industry to Update NGAD Proposals, As Service Defers Decision to Next Administration

Timothy Grayson, a special assistant to Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, has been heading the NGAD review panel.

The U.S. Air Force is asking industry to revise company proposals for Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD), as the service defers program decisions to the incoming Trump administration. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall "will defer the Next Generation Air Dominance way ahead decision to the next administration, while the Department of the Air Force continues its analysis and executes the necessary actions to ensure decision space remains intact for the NGAD program," the Air Force said on Thursday in a…

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