F-47 (Boeing) / NGAD - Next Generation Air Dominance (USAF)

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The 2024 defence spending plan approved by Congress on 14 December could expose new details regarding US plans for next-generation aircraft..

Language included in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will require the Pentagon to report plans for the development and fielding of advanced platforms including sixth-generation fighters and autonomous support jets.

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Here Is How Congress Plans to Keep Tight Oversight of New Fighters and CCAs

Members of Congress plan to have the Air Force and Navy provide updates every six months on the NGAD and CCA programs to maintain oversight.
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USAF Plans $28.48 Billion over 5 Years to Develop New Advanced Fighters, Drone Escorts...

The NGAD is the Air Force’s highest-priority air dominance program and is slated to replace the F-22 beginning around 2030. It’s characterized as a “family of systems,” which includes CCAs, of which Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has said the service will build at least 1,000 units, with the first ones ready for combat in 2028.

No official buy objective for NGAD has ever been stated, but service leaders have hinted at fleet sizes in the 200-250 range. Kendall has also said the crewed NGAD will cost in the “multiple hundreds of millions” of dollars per aircraft. The first increment of CCA drones are expected to cost around $30 million each.

The crewed aircraft at the center of the NGAD formation is expected to be an ultra-stealthy platform, escorted or aided by CCAs that will perform sensing, jamming, communications relay, and targeting functions. They will also carry additional munitions that can be aimed by the one pilot in the formation or attack targets on their own. Air Force leaders have said there may be two variants of the NGAD: one for the European theater and a longer-range version optimized for the Pacific theater.

The Air Force expects to award development contracts this year to two companies for NGAD and three for CCA.

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USAF Plans $28.48 Billion over 5 Years to Develop New Advanced Fighters, Drone Escorts

The Air Force plans to spend $28.46 billion on NGAD and CCA, its new advanced stealth fighters and unmanned escorts, in the next five years.
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