The NGAD originates from DARPA 's Air Dominance Initiative study in 2014 and is expected to field the new fighter aircraft in the 2030s. While originally pitched as a joint Air Force-Navy program, the two …

Mar 21, 2025 · Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) Platform will usher in a new generation of United States fighter jets that brings leap-ahead capability in range, survivability, lethality and …

Mar 21, 2025 · The Department of the Air Force announced today the contract award for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) of the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) …

Mar 22, 2025 · After months of uncertainty, Boeing was finally awarded the contract for the development of the U.S. Air Force’s Next-Generation Air Dominance manned fighter.

Mar 21, 2025 · Boeing's selection to produce the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter is a game-changer for the company's challenged defense arm.

2 days ago · China’s public sixth-gen sightings are pressuring NGAD. The F-47 may fly in 2028, but readiness, integration, and capability decide.

Mar 21, 2025 · U.S. officials announced Friday that Boeing will build the Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) platform, ending a months-long pause to the sixth-generation fighter jet program …

Mar 21, 2025 · Boeing has won a pivotal U.S. Air Force contract to develop the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter, a sixth-generation aircraft that officials emphasize will be crucial to …

NGAD is an advanced fighter jet intended to replace the stealthy F-22 Raptor. According to the Air Force, NGAD is also a "family of systems," enabling air superiority, defined as the ability to operate …

Jun 18, 2024 · Budget cuts and shifting priorities put the future of NGAD—the long-teased, sixth-generation aircraft—in jeopardy.