The Pentagon will have a higher degree of control over the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program than DoD has had with the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on May 22. That increased level of control will likely come with federal government ownership of key data rights on NGAD. Over the last decade, "model-based system engineering and digitization moved forward as a model so that we can integrate our design teams between the government…
