Some experts have declared the new plane could cost $300 million per airframe. ... America Can't Afford $300,000,000 For Each NGAD Fighter Plane. ... An entirely new model of unmanned aerial ...

The 6th generation NGAD aircraft is expected to start replacing the F-22 Raptor by the end of the decade. ... Model 437 Vanguard Integrated with Beacon Autonomous Testbed Ecosystem.

Winning the $20 billion NGAD contract is set to serve as a much-needed boost not only to Boeing's waning defense unit but also to recoup losses from the KC-46 tanker and new Air Force One aircraft.

This makes NGAD the most expensive and visible program in the Air Force for the second half of the decade. The price of a single F-35 varies by model, with the conventional F-35A at around $82 ...

Kendall said in early March that the Air Force may acquire at least 1,000 CCAs — two each for some 500 NGAD aircraft and F-35s — but has since said that ... there likely won't be a single model.

The Air Force opened up submissions for an NGAD design on May 18. The winning concept will be announced in 2024, and the Air Force will aim to get 200 or (it would prefer) 250 NGAD fighters—each ...

The NGAD program is estimated to cost around $16 billion for research & development, and testing and will run through 2028. In 2023, the program cost an estimated $1.7 billion for American taxpayers.

But while the future of the NGAD fighter itself may now be in question, the AI-enabled drones meant to fly alongside it, being developed within the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program ...

Lockheed’s Ultimate Secret Projects (Skunkworks) team has just unveiled the silhouette and concept drawing of their next generation air dominance fighter, the NGAD. Pilot Photog has a groundbreaking ...

Whatever promise the NGAD holds, it will be insufficient next to the risks to America’s economic well-being. Plus, the U.S. already has the world’s most advanced warplane, the F-22 , and it ...