Roper: NGAD Has Already Flown

The Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance combat aircraft, intended to complement or succeed the F-22 and F-35 in the air superiority role, has already flown, having been rapidly prototyped through modern digital design, Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper revealed Sept. 15. He declined to give further details about the NGAD flights, except to say the aircraft has “broken a lot of records.” Read more ►