The Next DDS Attack Aircraft (officially known as the A-12 but generally NDAA is used) has been cleared for production following extensive proving tests by the prototype fleet. Experience from the ABBO-Bolitic War was applied to the NDAA to refine the design ahead of these proving trials. The DDSAF say the NDAA, the first of 120 of which will enter service by the late Spring, will be a highly effective part of DDS air power.
NDAA is a light attack aircraft intended to fill the gap between the F-10S and LLAD and smaller UAS and COIN aircraft. One key role will be UAS direction, NDAA can operate with up to 6 drones providing targeting information and battlespace directives with its extensive communications and data filtering suite. One potential problem though is that the NDAA is a single seat aircraft and there are concerns about pilot workload though NDAA has been designed as an easy to fly and stable airframe that can be placed in a pseudo UAS mode during data intensive operations.
