Breaking: NGAD Jet Scheduled for 2024 - What We Know So Far

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I just hope these things aren't so expensive that the program gets cut short, like the F-22A. We need 200, *at least*, in my opinion. Considering the numbers of fighters that potential near-peer adversaries are fielding, we need as many as possible.

I actually like this. I can already tell some people are gonna talk about dog fighting but I think the best way to explain it is thinking back to medieval times. They probably thought the evolution of combat would have sturdier armor, more effective blades, and perhaps better castle defenses. It’s hard to be 100% right but you can be on the right track. Kind of like how we evolved from swords to guns. The areal battlefield becomes less about getting close, and more about hitting them from far away. It’s much easier to hit something that doesn’t know it’s under attack so the farther away you can attack, the less likely they can attack back

Despite an NGAD vaporizing an entire Russian fleet before they even detect us, I am sure we will STILL hear "But Bruh! What about dog fighting!?".

Not one mention that the NGAD might be equipped with a solid state laser....

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I honestly will miss the F-22 when the time arrives. A bit of a meme with that balloon kill but still cool overall.

The ngad will have two side windows? No, that’s the Darkstar from top gun.

Can't wait to see it at an air show!

Great video as usual mate, love your work. Thanks for posting. It looks a good piece of kit!!

Really nice concept by the way! It's the truest to the requirements I've seen!

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Wow so were closer now to the movie STEALTH which has similar design its astounding the technical advancements dis days.

Another potental addition to the NGAD would be to make the plane a two seater for optimal system management capacity.

These 6th gen concepts certainly make full use of the latest tech... an exciting future awaits us...!

It makes me very happy that this isn’t just another AI voice channel, if it is it’s not obvious. I’m gunna stick around.

Does that mean the "Darkstar" from Top Gun 2 was a, to use a quote from Mortal Kombat "A taste of things to come"? If the manned variant is as stealthy as it looks, I could see them as an HVT escort for AWACS and Tankers. The NGAD would be the "high" in the usual high/low design philosophy, and I don't think the F-15EX is the low version. There is another design coming!!!

The F22 Cost $92.7 Billion Dollars adjusted to inflation for 187 units. So $492 Million per unit. About half the cost was just R&D and the other half was procurement. So $500-$800 Million per aircraft isn't a big suprise.

Nothing but awesomeness at its finest!!! This looks exactly like the one that was in the beginning of the new top gun movie.... a mock up that could be a very real aircraft

Congratulations - we've come full circle to a double-delta wing; just like the paper airplane model I made in jr. high school.