Posted on 09/18/2023 12:12:11 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
The U.S. Air Force has formally launched a competition to build its new fighter jet, the Pentagon’s first in two decades, with the winner to be selected next year.
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,” the Air Force said in a statement released Thursday. “This approach will enable the government to maximize competition throughout the life cycle, provide a larger, more responsive industry base, and drastically reduce maintenance and sustainment costs.”
This solicitation release “formally begins the source selection process” for NGAD, said the statement, which offered almost no details about the “engineering and manufacturing development contract” except that its winner is to be picked in 2024.
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And they will be at a cost that allows Fed.gov to buy about 7 copies....
And it will fly directly to cuba.
Saw that movie in a small old school theater in NC when it came out. Except the theater had such a steep angle that you sat completely over the head of the next row down. It felt like you were in the plane. Loved that theater. Torn down now.
New fighter. What?
If Ferrero doesn’t win the contract, it will never be an air superiority fighter.
It will be much easier to lose...................
To be built in China?
Yeah. LIke how to over spend and under deliver even more this time
To be left behind in Ukraine when we pull our troops out?
Watch the pay-off, bribe, “Campaign Donation” money flow to all the Congress Critters and their families.
Everybody Gonna Get Rich.
It’s gonna be Epic.
May I respectfully suggest that the USAF include an AirTag as mandatory equipment, you know, just in case...
In 2047…
It is very hard to see how this sort of linguistic bureaucratic morass can lead to anything with which fighting men could fight.
What’s the point?
The air force already let the country be invaded.
What we needed were A-10s on the border. Nope. Didn’t get nuthin.
So what will this new fighter defend? Greater Mexico?
If they’re already looking for the Next Generation Air Dominance plane, why did they make the F35?
Opening up the bid to waste the most tax payer money possible.
200 aircraft, plus two drones for each to act as wingman. I wonder if this will be another “no export” fighter.
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