Key Points and Summary - While 6th-generation fighters are still in development, defense experts are already speculating on the "not too far-fetched" concept of a 7th-generation fighter. -Based on ...

Aerial warfare is no longer what it used to be. Layered air defence networks, fighter jets with electronic warfare (EW) systems, seamless networking between ground-based, airborne and fighter-based ...

There is accelerated funding for the F-47 (aka Next Generation Air Dominance or the NGAD). The F-47 is the first sixth-generation air superiority fighter, developed by Boeing under the NGAD program to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A model of a European aircraft developed by France, Germany and Spain as part of the Future Combat Air System is displayed during ...

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 ...

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 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” ...

A visitor passes an FCAS aircraft mockup at the Dassault Aviation stand at the Paris Air Show in June 2025. (Sebastian Sprenger/staff) PARIS — France said it’s fully committed to reaching a “mutually ...

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 ...