China’s mysterious J-36 is fueling new debate over sixth-generation airpower and how far the program has advanced.

The U.S. Air Force is entering a new chapter in how it builds fighter pilots — and the T-7A Red Hawk is writing that story.

At the Berlin Air Show, Germany's air force chief said Germany will need to "pick up" a fifth-gen-plus system by 2035.

FCAS was already competing with the GCAP project and Swedish and Turkish fighters. Europe should combine its efforts.

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 ...

Tokyo is concerned as its ageing fighters need to be replaced and the project lacks a clear development plan and schedule, analysts say.

Europe is not going it alone on next-generation airpower. Instead, it is pursuing a pragmatic hybrid: buying cutting-edge US technology quickly while insisting on local final assembly, software ...

The later fighter version of the Tornado wasn’t good at anything and basically didn’t work at all for much of its service: it ...

Canada plans to take part in a joint project involving Japan, Britain and Italy to develop a next-generation fighter jet as ...

Launched in 2017, the FCAS project was envisioned as a next-generation combat aircraft initiative between France and Germany ...

A thermal image from Area 51 fuels speculation about the US Air Force's next-gen stealth fighter, the Boeing F-47. Globally, nations like China and European blocs are also racing ahead with their own ...