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 ...
The armed forces of the United States have competed amongst themselves for generations, so it would be surprising if they weren’t already heating up over the future sixth-generation fighter. “Future” ...
Boeing has released a sneak peek of its designs for the U.S. Navy's next-generation strike fighter, the F/A-XX. Unveiled at the Talihook Symposium in August 2025, the rendering has raised hopes that ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A screencap from an Airbus video showing a notional future fighter working with remote-carrier-type drones. An exciting step for ...
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 ...
Although the company’s participation in the US Navy’s highly classified Next Generation Fighter programme has not been acknowledged, Northrop Grumman is widely believed to be a finalist in the ...
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 ...
US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth says a contract decision for the US Navy’s F/A-XX Next Generation Fighter is planned for August. The top defence official in Washington has affirmed the Pentagon’s ...