200 aircraft, plus two drones for each to act as wingman. I wonder if this will be another “no export” fighter.
Here's your answer:
The acquisition strategy for the Next Generation Air Dominance, or NGAD, aircraft “incorporates lessons learned from recent Air Force acquisition programs and will leverage open architecture standards”
With an open architecture, the NGAD should be exportable.
The computer system in the F-22, for some unknown reason, did not have an open architecture.
Many of the subsystems in the aircraft were not exportable. The computer architecture made it difficult and very expensive to remove.
My guess is the USAF, initially, did not want the aircraft to be exported.
Based on personal knowledge, the F-35 computer architecture is brilliant.
If a foreign customer wants to incorporate indigenous weapons, it is easily done.
If the USAF wants to remove sensitive subsystems, it is easily done.
Apologies for the slow response. I was web limited for the past 3 weeks.