Trump's big bet to beat China! Launched F-47 NGAD fighter jet!US President donald trump has officially announced the construction of the sixth generation fighter aircraft. On march 21, he announced this ambitious project with Defense minister Pete Hegseth in the Oval office of the White House. According to trump, this fighter jet will be named F-47, which will be developed under the Next Generation air Dominance (NGAD) project.The F-47 will replace the F-22 Raptor of the US air Force. The NGAD system will be a state-of-the-art network-connected platform, which will include stealth fighter jets, drone technology and other modern components. The project was started in 2020, but was stopped due to excessive cost. Now the trump administration has decided to restart it.The cost of the NGAD project will be highFormer US air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, who was in his position during the Biden administration, has said that the cost of the Next Generation air Dominance (NGAD) project could be three times more than that of the F-35 fighter jet. According to him, an estimated cost of building an NGAD fighter jet could be up to $300 million.In september 2022, General Mark D. Kelly, head of the US air Combat Command (ACC), revealed that china is already building a new fighter aircraft to counter the US NGAD project. It is worth noting that on 26 december 2024, china unveiled its sixth generation fighter jet, named Chengdu J-36. However, till now not much information is available about the features and technical capabilities of this fighter jet.
