F-22 Raptor retirement As already reported, Speaking during the McAleese FY2022 Defense Programs Conference Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., Air… Read More
Secret, multi-agency X-plane paved the way for NGAD program Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall revealed at the POLITICO Defense Summit… Read More
The F-22 Raptor The F-22 fifth-generation fighter's characteristics provide a synergistic effect ensuring Raptor lethality against all advanced air threats.… Read More
Northrop Grumman announced on Jul. 27, 2023 that won’t compete to be the prime contractor on the high-profile US Air… Read More
The F-22 Raptor Combined Test Force has formally transitioned into the Air Dominance Combined Test Force and will be tasked… Read More
The Jun. 1, 2023 Defense Department contract announcement says that the contract modification specifically “procures critical long lead material and… Read More
The DAF released a classified solicitation to industry for an engineering and manufacturing development contract for the NGAD Platform with… Read More
USAF Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown Jr. said on Mar. 7, 2023 the service would likely retire all its… Read More
In FY24, officials are asking Congress permission to bid adieu to fleets like the E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar… Read More
The USAF will field 200 NGAD fighter jets and notionally 1,000 Collaborative Combat Aircraft, and will request funds in the… Read More
The Tempest will be a sixth-generation fighter jet. The aircraft will replace the RAF Eurofighter Typhoon fleet, and will be… Read More
The F-22 Raptor first took flight on Sep. 7, 1997 in Marietta, Georgia, after six years of development. As the… Read More
Analysis shows the US Navy’s F/A-XX must have longer range and greater speed, incorporate passive and active sensor technology, and… Read More
The US Navy's Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) released the first image of what the future F/A-XX carrier-based fighter aircraft… Read More
The USAF wants to retire the F-22 Raptor beginning around 2030 mainly due to two reasons: the F-22’s high operating… Read More
The objective mix will include the A-10 “for a while”; the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) system; the F-35, “which will… Read More
Designed to complement the F-35, F-22 joint and partner forces in the Air Superiority role, Next Generation Air Dominance is… Read More
