NGAD: America’s Next Stealth Fighter Could Be Everything
Story by Peter Suciu • Yesterday 6:04 PM
NGAD Is Coming: Last month, the United States Air Force officially unveiled the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider at the aerospace firm's Palmdale, California, facilities. The long-range strategic bomber, which is the spiritual successor to the service's fleet of B-2 Spirits, was described as the first "sixth-generation" combat aircraft. It is on track to enter service by the end of the decade when it will replace the aging B-1B Lancer and serve alongside the B-2 Spirit and B-52 Stratofortress until it eventually becomes America's sole bomber.
It won't be the only advanced sixth-generation U.S. Air Force warbird in service in the coming decades, as the service is also forging ahead with its Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, just one of the multiple efforts to develop the fighter of the future!
More Money For the NGAD
Few details have been shared publicly about the NGAD, but this month it was reported that the Air Force's Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) program has received $220 million – a nearly $153 million increase over the budget request – in the fiscal year 2023 (FY23) omnibus appropriations bill.
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