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Pratt & Whitney And General Electric Complete DDR For US Air Force NGAP Program

America’s two airplane engine primes are ready to build adaptive cycle engines for fighter jets.

A look at 6 US military aircraft programs to follow in 2025 from NGAD & F/A-XX to F-15EX & the V-22. Also, the T-7A Red Hawk and, of course, the F-35

US Air Force Secretary Kendall’s desire to drive down NGAD per-unit cost is coupled to wanting to buy CCAs and new stealth tankers.

A Defense News Conference offers new details on the NGAD & CCA programs.

The US Air Force is working to get to a point to moving the human-controlled component of NGAD to picking a prime contractor.

Today, only 28% of aircraft are new-generation.

7-generation jet fighters are likely to be unmanned and flown using artificial intelligence.

An individual NGAD fighter is expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars dwarfing the cost of an F-35.

Development of the Air Force’s 6th gen fighter is well underway and it will soon succeed the F-22s and join the F-35s to dominate the skies.