Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Air Force’s F-47—a sixth-generation NGAD fighter—has entered production at Boeing, with leaders targeting a first flight in...
Key Points and Summary – The F-35A Lightning II has been certified to deliver the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb, transforming America’s premier 5th-generation fighter...
Key Points and Summary – YF-23 “Black Widow II” chief configurator Darold Cummings has sketched three upgrade tracks to push the F-35 beyond today’s...
Key Points and Summary – China-linked researchers once simulated a B-21 Raider being shot down by Mach-6 missiles, but analysts question the scenario’s realism...
Key Points and Summary – Conceived in 1999, Lockheed Martin’s X-44 MANTA proposed a tailless, stretched-delta derivative of the F-22 that ditched vertical and...
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s Su-35 is a non-stealth supermaneuverable evolution of the Su-27, packing powerful sensors (Irbis-E PESA, IRST), thrust-vectoring and long...
Key Points and Summary – Retiring USAF Chief Gen. David Allvin says Boeing has begun building the first F-47—the Air Force’s sixth-generation NGAD fighter—with...