In March 2017, the crowning achievement of the Chinese aircraft manufacturer Chengdu, the J-20 Mighty Dragon, entered service for the People's Liberation Army's Air Force. It was the world's first operational stealth aircraft to be designed outside the United States, and its introduction brought America's three-decade monopoly on stealth aviation to an immediate end.
The Mighty Dragon looked similar to the best fighter in the sky today, America's F-22 Raptor. But F-22 production was halted in 2011 after just 186 jets. Today, fewer than 120 are fit for combat. And as each day passes, America's F-22 fleet inches closer to retirement while China's J-20 fleet continues to grow. To keep up, the U.S. has been secretly developing its next generation of stealth fighters over the past nine years.
In 2013, Arati Prabhakar, who at the time was the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, said that the U.S. had begun studying an "air dominance initiative." Today, a bit more is known about the program. Analysts believe the new jet, known as the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, will have powerful new engines, fly with drone wingmen, and have advanced sensors and radars that use machine-learning and AI to target enemy aircraft. |
In March 2017, the crowning achievement of the Chinese aircraft manufacturer Chengdu, the J-20 Mighty Dragon, entered service for the People's Liberation Army's Air Force. It was the world's first operational stealth aircraft to be designed outside the United States, and its introduction brought America's three-decade monopoly on stealth aviation to an immediate end.
The Mighty Dragon looked similar to the best fighter in the sky today, America's F-22 Raptor. But F-22 production was halted in 2011 after just 186 jets. Today, fewer than 120 are fit for combat. And as each day passes, America's F-22 fleet inches closer to retirement while China's J-20 fleet continues to grow. To keep up, the U.S. has been secretly developing its next generation of stealth fighters over the past nine years.
In 2013, Arati Prabhakar, who at the time was the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, said that the U.S. had begun studying an "air dominance initiative." Today, a bit more is known about the program. Analysts believe the new jet, known as the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, will have powerful new engines, fly with drone wingmen, and have advanced sensors and radars that use machine-learning and AI to target enemy aircraft. |
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