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The Next-Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) engine is undergoing “detailed design activities” with the intention of building a prototype “within the next couple of years”, John Sneden, director of propulsion at the US Air Force (USAF) Lif...

Two companies are vying to build the service’s secretive NGAD jets.

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"[R]ight now with the way we're funded, we think we can carry both [companies] through prototype, and both are leaning in fully. And so then we’ll let the prototype and test do the evaluation,” Air Force propulsion chief John Sneden said.

The Air Force is adapting AETP features into the future Next Generation Air Dominance platform’s engines.

A draft version of the bill provides funds for an amphibious ship, but not for a new F-35 engine, both contentious debates in the military and on the Hill.

The problem, simply put, is that the F-35’s engines overheat. Although not restricting performance and mission capability, the overheating increases maintenance costs and limits the service life of each F-35.

 

 

Beyond politics, the Air Force Secretary weighed in on key items in the defense budget, citing concerns about potential cuts to NGAD funding and unnecessary bumps to an alternate F-35 engine.