10.03.2023, 09:52
Zitat:USAF lays out plans for NGAD, loyal wingmen numbershttps://www.aerotime.aero/articles/usaf-...en-numbers
The US Air Force plans for the first batch of Next Generation Air Defense (NGAD) systems to consist of 200 manned fighters and 1,000 high-performance drones that could accompany them, USAF Secretary Frank Kendall said. Kendall explained that the USAF employs a notional figure for its aircraft fleet that fulfills future sustainment, training, basing needs, along with other factors. The number was revealed during the 2023 Air & Space Forces (AFA) Warfare Symposium on March 7, 2023. [...]
Development of loyal wingmen is also a part of the USAF’s NGAD program, which envisions the sixth-generation fighter jet as a “system of systems” – a collection of manned and unmanned assets that could act as one unit and accomplish more than just a collection of independent aircraft. Three high-performance drones are currently being tested as a part of the Skyborg program – General Atomics Avenger, Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie, and Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat, although the USAF is also running several parallel programs to develop other drones that could perform the role of loyal wingman.
Schneemann