Next generation US fighter jet project is in question

On July 30, the Air Force secretary said there would be a "pause" of several months in the new fighter aircraft project

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  • NGAD and the sixth-generation fighter
  • Advanced technologies
  • NGAD critical but uncertain
  • A shift away from NGAD?
  • Changing threat environment
  • Funding concerns
  • Alternatives?

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