The F-47 will likely never number more than a few hundred aircraft, narrowing its use to contested airspace where it can benefit from its advanced stealth features. The Next Generation Air Dominance ...

The NGAD concept accelerated in the late 2010s, driven by concerns that the F-22 fleet was too small—with fewer than 200 airframes complete—and that the F-35, more of a digital node than a dogfighter, ...