Without more aircraft to hit Chinese defenses, the Air Force might have to hold back, risking the military getting drawn into a slog, experts said.

China’s sudden appearance of the J-36 shocked defense analysts and signaled a dramatic acceleration in sixth generation fighter development. This breakdown explains what the J-36 is, why it arrived ...

Europe's Sixth-Generation Fighter Ambitions In A Fatal Tailspin. Europe's flagship bid for sixth-generation air power is ...

"No more ‘divest to invest,'" aviation expert Heather Penney said, arguing that the Air Force needs to dramatically boost its ...

The warbird world leaders.

Is Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) being edged out of India’s most ambitious fighter aircraft programme? As the Advanced ...

Global proliferation of more capable air defenses means the era of the Navy 'flying with impunity' is increasingly at an end.

The FY26 DOD budget totals $859 billion. The budget provides $3.5 billion in base procurement for the F-47, plus an additional $900 million from congressional reconciliation, totaling $4.4 billion to ...

China unveils its sixth-generation triple-engine fighter jet, rivaling US tech, with 8,000 km range and advanced adaptive engines.

France's Dassault Aviation is currently working on the F5 standard Rafale fighter, also known as the Super Dassault Rafale.

Russia’s war economy is fully devoted to the struggle in Ukraine—giving the Kremlin few resources for long-term projects like a sixth-gen fighter jet. The race for the sixth-generation warplane is ...

With jets performing complex formations overhead and cutting-edge displays on the ground, manufacturers from the U.S., China, South Korea, and Türkiye gathered at the World Defence Show to pursue ...