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After NGAD loss, Lockheed says it will ‘supercharge’ F-35
The Air Force’s decision in March to pick Boeing to build the F-47 fighter jet means Lockheed is out of sixth-generation ...
The National Interest on MSN2d
Lockheed Martin Develops a “Fifth-Gen Plus” F-35 Lightning II
Lockheed Martin is pivoting to upgrade the F-35 after losing major sixth-generation fighter jet contracts. It promises near-NGAD capabilities at half the cost.
Interesting Engineering on MSN2d
Lockheed’s ‘5th-gen plus’ F-35 on steroids to deliver 80% of F-47 power at half cost
Ferrari’ F-35 from Lockheed. Taiclet outlined that the goal of the new F-35 version is to deliver 80 percent of NGAD’s ...
Northrop Grumman Earnings: B-21 Program Charge Clouds Positive Long-Term Outlook
Northrop Grumman’s NOC first-quarter sales declined 7% year over year to $9.5 billion, led by slower work on the B-21 bomber ...
How will the latest generation of fighter jets stand out? The answer lies in stealth tech.
The most advanced fighter jets in the world are known as "fifth generation". They contain technologies developed in the first ...
The Aviationist on MSN4d
NGAD’s Images Might Not Show Any Real Feature of the F-47
The images showing the F-47 have been heavily edited and may not hold any resemblance to the real aircraft. The two existing ...
Breaking Defense3d
Lockheed won’t protest NGAD loss, instead pitches new, ‘fifth-gen plus’ version of F-35 fighter
as it is no longer in the running for the Navy’s F/A-XX program after submitting a bid that did not satisfy the service’s requirements. Lockheed’s strategy to offer an “fifth-generation ...
Aviation Week4d
Lockheed Will Not Protest F-47 Decision
The Air Force’s NGAD program briefed Taiclet’s team on the ... the NGAD contract and withdrawing from the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX competition, some analysts are concerned that the Trump ...