(Luft) Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD)

[Schneemann]

Hmm, war ja etwas stiller in letzter Zeit um das Thema geworden - und anscheinend gönnt man sich derweilen eine kleine Pause...

Air Force Secretary “Absolutely Confident” 6th Gen Crewed Fighter Will Move Forward [...]

Secretary Kendall has moved to allay fears about the future of the service’s sixth-generation combat jet as the program takes a brief pause. [...] Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall has shed some more light on the status of the new sixth-generation stealth combat jet under development as part of the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. “We’re taking a pause,” Kendall said this morning, before reiterating that while the fighter at the heart of the wider NGAD initiative will have a human pilot to start with, an optionally crewed version might ultimately be developed too. [...]

Speaking at the Life Cycle Industry Days conference in Dayton, Ohio, Kendall explained that the pause of several months in the NGAD program was needed “to figure out whether we’ve got the right design and make sure we’re on the right course.” Refuting recent questions about the future of the program, the Secretary of the Air Force reiterated: “I’m absolutely confident we’re still going to do a sixth-generation crewed aircraft.” [...]

The Air Force is yet to decide on the design and prime contractor for the NGAD fighter element, although the contenders are widely thought to be Boeing and Lockheed Martin after Northrop Grumman stepped away from the program last year.

https://www.twz.com/air/air-force-secret...ve-forward

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