The F-47 stealth fighter will have a 1,000-mile combat radius — nearly double that of the F-22 — and is built for the ...

The benefit of canards is improved maneuverability and stability, especially at high angles of attack. But canards lead to higher observability—and hence less stealth. Newly released image renderings ...

The comments by Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall highlight a possible change of route from the 200 NGAD fighters expected to cost hundreds of millions. The Next-Generation Air Dominance 6th ...

While the manned centerpiece of the USAF's Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) ecosystem remains draped in secrecy, and the competition to build it appears to be narrowing, a few general assumptions ...

U.S. President Donald Trump personally announced the winner of the U.S. Air Force’s NGAD program competition for the sixth-generation manned fighter. U.S. President Donald Trump, together with Defense ...

Can a sixth-generation fighter jet cost less than previous generations of fighter jets? U.S. Air Force officials say it’s possible. “The F-35 kind of represents the upper bounds of what we'd like to ...

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall cast doubt on the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter program in an interview with Aviation Week. Listen in as editors Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The two proposed adaptive engines that might one day power the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter have passed an important ...

Nearly a year after President Donald Trump publicly announced the U.S. Air Force’s first sixth-generation fighter, the Boeing F-47, surprisingly little is still known about the aircraft itself. The ...

The U.S. Air Force is rethinking its plans for the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter, shown here in a Lockheed Martin rendering, as swelling costs and tight budgets leave the current concept in ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force plans to take its most significant step yet in creating a futuristic fighter aircraft when it awards a contract in 2024 for the Next Generation Air Dominance platform.