The new 5th-generation arms race.

Key Points and Summary - The Navy is poised to name a winner for F/A-XX, its sixth-generation carrier fighter, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved the down-select earlier this month.

The NGAD is set to succeed the F-22 Raptor, which entered service two decades ago, as the US Air Force's top air dominance fighter.

In March of 2025, the U.S. Air Force announced that it had selected the contractor for its sixth-generation stealth fighter program: not Lockheed Martin, which made the F-22 and still makes the F-35, ...

Fighter jets remain one of the most important tools in modern military strategy. While new technologies like drones and ...

The F-35 will also serve as a test bed for technologies that will become commonplace in the next generation of jets. Flying in coordination with AI-enabled drones will become a staple of any ...

India is in advanced talks to join a European sixth-generation fighter jet programme—either the UK-led GCAP or France-led FCAS. This marks a major shift in India's air power strategy as global ...