Us air force's ngad system aims to widen tech gap with china's military amid troubled f-35 programme

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US Air War College aircraft specialist Steve Burgess said the NGAD programme had aimed to develop new fighter jets in a bid to strengthen the US as a global military leader and advance ahead


of China. “Engine design problems will continue to hold China back", he said, adding Chinese aircraft technology failed to pose a threat to the US. But former People's Liberation


Army (PLA) instructor, Song Zhongqing, said China enjoyed more funding "privileges" than the US, with the latter having more budgetary restrictions. > “Thanks to the increasing 


pressure from the US … that has > encouraged Chinese leadership to pour and mobilise all resources and > manpower to strengthen the country’s defence industry,” he said. The news comes


after US lawmakers approved $904m for the Air Force's $1bn request for 2021, offering limited support. According to the SCMP, the last F-22 Hornet was delivered in 2012 due to its


$250m cost per unit, leading the Pentagon to develop the F-35 Lightning, which has been plagued by problems since its development. Costs for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning programme, the


US's most expensive in history, have totalled over $1tn for the programmes 60 year lifespan.


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