The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, with its many variants, is likely the best-known fifth-generation fighter plane flying today — at least when it comes to Western nations. As of 2026, 1,000 F-35s ...

The arrival of a new partner would provide a valuable boost to backers of the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), as the cost ...

President Donald Trump announced on March 21, 2025, that Boeing had won the contract to build the F-47, the Air Force’s next-generation air dominance fighter designed to operate as a command hub for ...

Fighter aviation is on the verge of a generational break that will make even the F-35 look like a transitional design. Seventh generation concepts promise aircraft that think, shoot and maneuver at ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reiterated his opposition to Navy plans to develop its next-generation F/A-XX fighter jet, arguing it will overlap with plans for a different aircraft that has President ...

The supposed third J-36 prototype emerged exactly a year after the first one was spotted in December 2024. Chinese military aviation observers observed what they believe to be a third prototype of the ...

The future of aerial warfare might be missing one key component – the pilot. FOX Business was exclusively invited to Northrop Grumman’s unveiling of its next-gen autonomous fighter, named "Project ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump said this week that he may remove the number "47" from the U.S. Air Force's upcoming sixth-generation ...

The United States and China are the two obvious contenders for sixth-generation fighter programs—and various European nations have also committed to their development. The race to field a ...