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Air Force still expects to award NGAD contract in 2024 despite uncertainties — ACC commander
Although the NGAD program’s fate has become uncertain in recent weeks, Gen. Wilsbach still expects a contract award to happen this year.
Although the NGAD program’s fate has become uncertain in recent weeks, Gen. Wilsbach still expects a contract award to happen this year.
Analysts told DefenseScoop that a number of variables are likely shaping the Air Force’s decision on the fate of its sixth-generation fighter jet, including new technologies, budget constraints and more.
“We’re going to have to make those choices, make those decisions and across the landscape,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said on the future of NGAD.
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Shield AI put a technology known as reinforcement learning-based artificial intelligence onto the VISTA aircraft that recently flew Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall recently flew aboard the VISTA aircraft to witness close-up engagements with an F-16.
“I think we really still need to explore what the future concept of CCA means for the Marine Corps as a whole,” said Col. Nathan Marvel.
The Air Force plans to make a production decision for CCA Increment 1 by fiscal 2026.
Officials provided an update on DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution program.
“I can run thousands of iterations in one turn to understand what some of the optimal solutions are,” said Lt. Gen. David Harris, deputy chief of staff for Air Force Futures.