Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD)

Rather than proceeding with a new F-35 engine, the service is using remaining Adaptive Engine Transition Program funds for sixth-generation development.

Editors discuss Northrop's exit from the U.S. Air Force’s competition to replace the F-22 and the implications of L3Harris’ acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne.

New technology is making simulated training more powerful than ever, but obstacles remain for the U.S. military to exploit recent advances fully.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Northrop Grumman’s sales rose 9% year-on-year to $9.6 billion in the second quarter while earnings-per-share (EPS) fell to $5.34 from $6.06 a year ago.

Northrop's move leaves Boeing and Lockheed Martin as the likely surviving bidders for the fighter at the heart of the Next Generation Air Dominance program.

Next-generation fighters will be available when Australia searches for a replacement for a squadron of Boeing F/A-18E/Fs in the mid-2030s.

The service seeks shift from one-for-one replacement of KC-135s and C-17s to a series of aircraft, from the basic to the exquisite.

Export policy for some of the Air Force’s “more sensitive” new technology is being discussed this weekend at the Royal International Air Tattoo.

Readers write about politics and free speech in Feedback, aspiring aerospace industry employees, the U.S. F-22 successor and engine dust problems.

Link Plumeria is now formally attached to the F/A-XX development project at the heart of the Navy’s Next Generation Air Dominance program.

The White House on July 10 announced strong opposition to several aspects of the House Armed Services Committee’s version of the 2024 defense policy bill.

Raytheon’s lobbyist accused a Lockheed Martin executive of deception for publicly supporting a proposal to replace the F-35 engine.

A blistering statement attacks Lockheed Martin for continuing to support re-engining the fighter.

A House panel will allow the U.S. Air Force to move forward on planned A-10 and F-15C/D cuts.

The proposal is called the Fighter Force Preservation and Recapitalization Act of 2023, introduced last month.

A Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat has arrived in the U.S. for testing.

Boeing will build a new manufacturing facility to focus on advanced coatings as part of a large push for upcoming secretive military programs.

A yearslong campaign to define a new U.S. air superiority fighter will reach a climax when a development contact is awarded in 2024.

The U.S. Air Force plans to award a contract for a fighter aircraft to replace the F-22 Raptor in 2024.

The U.S. Air Force plans to award a contract next year for its Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter.

The XA102 is the designation for GE’s proposed propulsion system for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation, crewed fighter aircraft.

The companies, services and people dependent on today’s promising new generation of aircraft would do well to heed the lessons of the past.

The U.S. Navy and Air Force are close to an agreement to share control of the uncrewed systems the two services want to fly alongside future fighters.

Nearly four-fifths of overall funding for Next Generation Air Dominance is projected to be spent over the next five years.