From POPULAR MECHANICS
In September, the U.S. Air Force announced that it had secretly designed, built, and tested a prototype fighter under its Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. Details regarding the new fighter remain sparse, but the program’s nature does offer a few important bits of context.
The NGAD program aims to develop the next generation of air superiority fighter, which places its technological lineage in the realm of the legendary F-15 Eagle and America’s premier intercept fighter, the F-22 Raptor. While experts continue to mull over what capabilities might be required of the first 6th generation fighter, some answers could be gleaned by checking out its competition: Russia’s Sukhoi Su-57 Felon and China’s Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragon.
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