A modern and innovative fighter jet featuring the most advanced technology available in the 21st century was designed, built, and flown in the span of a year by the US Air Force.This sixth-generation fighter jet is expected to become the centerpiece of the Next Generation Air Dominance program.The technological growth of the last decades has undeniably transformed the aviation industry in the entire world, and as the Air Force’s biennial 2019-20 report for acquisition states, “a highly advanced dynamic threat demands a different way of doing things.”