The US Department of War's latest annual assessment of Chinese military capabilities reveals significant progress in airpower development, including testing of two sixth-generation fighter aircraft ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Sixth-generation fighter programs remain strictly conceptual today, especially given the enormous expenses and effort devoted to working out the kinks in the ...

Drone fighter jets, hypersonic attack planes, artificial intelligence, lasers, electronic warfare and sensors woven into the fuselage of an aircraft are all areas of current technological exploration ...

The first prototype B-21 Raider stealth bomber has been conducting flight tests at Edwards Air Force Base in California since November 2023, as manufacturer Northrop Grumman looks for ways to ramp up ...

Twenty years after the arrival of the first fifth-generation jet, only a few have entered service. Fifth-gen jets are still the most advanced, but countries are already working on the next generation.

Key Point: We’ll likely see these planes flying into the 2050s, if not longer. As Russian and China’s 5th generation stealth fighters are nearing completion, some people are wondering how long much ...

Finland has unveiled the first of its new F-35A stealth fighters in a landmark defense upgrade that places fifth-generation ...

Islamabad undoubtedly sees the Middle East and North Africa region as a market for the JF-17 and would've liked to have ...

With its air force aging and the acquisition or development of a fifth-generation fighter jet as long as a decade away, Turkey needs a stopgap solution. After Turkey took delivery of advanced Russian ...

The Air Force Research Lab has unveiled a new video that gives a further glimpse into proposed ideas for sixth-generation fighters and various missiles, as well as drone swarming concepts and unmanned ...

Adm. Phil Davidson, the commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, told lawmakers this week that fifth generation fighters, such as the Lockheed Martin F-35 and F-22, are vital to respond to future ...

The United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Japan are all in early planning stages for a so-called "sixth generation" of fighter jets. The jets won't fly until the 2030s, but governments around the ...