Europe’s flagship Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program may now be heading toward the development of two separate fighter aircraft instead of one unified...
Russia is once again boasting that its much-hyped S-500 Prometheus surface-to-air missile system can track and shoot down American F-35 Lightning II and F-22...
In 2011, the Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragon made its first flight. Years later, the aircraft officially entered service with the Chinese military, cementing the...
Summary and Key Points: The People’s Republic of China’s Chengdu J-20 fifth-generation stealth fighter may outrange the United States Air Force’s F-22 Raptor and...
Russia’s mysterious MiG-41 PAK DP interceptor is supposed to be the country’s answer to America’s F-47 NGAD and China’s J-36—a sixth-generation fighter capable of...
The F-35 Lightning II is often called a “flying computer” for good reason—the stealth fighter’s most lethal capabilities come not from its airframe but...
The U.S. Air Force’s F-47 NGAD sixth-generation fighter is a complete shift away from traditional warplane design—commanding a distributed network of drones called Collaborative...