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The U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter, meant to be America’s first 6th generation air superiority platform, is now staring down the barrel of a strategic pause and significant redesign aimed at curbing the program’s high sticker price, but that isn’t stopping the Navy from moving at full-steam ahead with their new stealth fighter program. In fact, there’s now a solid chance that the Navy may beat the Air Force to the punch and be the first military service on the planet to field a 6th-generation fighter.
Let's go over what we know about this new fighter, and what the implications of NGAD's delay might mean for the effort to field it.
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