Re: Report: There are three NGAD airframe demonstrators, two companies in final running

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Message posted by Vahe Demirjian (Member since 04/28/2022) on June 26, 2023 at 12:08:28 PST:

Lockheed Martin recently endorsed development of General Electric's XA100 engine, one of the two engines submitted for the competition for the NGAD's engine. Since the USAF has whittled down the NGAD competition to two prime contractors, it seems plausible that Lockheed Martin quit the NGAD competition because the USAF is aware of Lockheed Martin being preoccupied with F-35 production. A similar precedent happened with the outcome of the ATF competition, when the F-22 was chosen over the YF-23 partly due to Northrop being too preoccupied with B-2 development to be burdened with another expensive stealth warplane program.

Attached link: Lockheed Endorses New Engines For F-35 Over Air Force’s Choice

In Reply to: Re: Report: There are three NGAD airframe demonstrators, two companies in final running posted by G on June 23, 2023 at 14:16:40 PST:

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