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That is something that has always puzzled me. According to most sources, the NATF program was canceled BEFORE the ATF selection. I can't find any precise date - "early 1991" is the best I can get - while the ATF winner was announced in August 1991.Yet the YF-22 potential navalization remained a factor in the final decision?According to Aviation Week:[The Navy canceled the NATF in its fiscal 1991 budget request, but Lockheed ATF Program Manager Sherman Mullin nevertheless credited the Navy’s support as a contributing factor toward its ATF victory. “The Navy still got a vote in the ATF competition, and, as we found out later for certain, it casted for our F-22 team,” he said.]Link:[URL unfurl="true"]https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/what-usafs-ngad-program-can-learn-advanced-tactical-fighter#:~:text=The%20Navy%20canceled%20the%20NATF,factor%20toward%20its%20ATF%20victory.[/URL]
That is something that has always puzzled me. According to most sources, the NATF program was canceled BEFORE the ATF selection. I can't find any precise date - "early 1991" is the best I can get - while the ATF winner was announced in August 1991.
Yet the YF-22 potential navalization remained a factor in the final decision?
According to Aviation Week:
[The Navy canceled the NATF in its fiscal 1991 budget request, but Lockheed ATF Program Manager Sherman Mullin nevertheless credited the Navy’s support as a contributing factor toward its ATF victory. “The Navy still got a vote in the ATF competition, and, as we found out later for certain, it casted for our F-22 team,” he said.]
Link:
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