After being stalled in procurement purgatory, the Navy is set to move forward with its carrier-based 6th generation fighter.

It is possible that the "Combat Cloud," a program designed to link advanced fighter jets to ground sensors and other aircraft, could be salvaged if Europe’s FCAS program collapsed. Europe’s most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A U.S. air force F-35A fighter performs over the Ohio River during the Owensboro Air Show, on Sept. 14, 2024, in Owensboro, Ky.

China’s sixth-generation fighter program remains highly secretive, but it could dramatically reshape future global air power ...

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 ...

Lockheed Martin reported producing a record-breaking number of F-35s in 2025, and expanding its orders abroad—even as some nations have scaled back or withdrawn from the program. Aerospace giant ...

Germany and France had pledged to work together on the FCAS sixth-generation fighter jet, but their different priorities for the program appear increasingly irreconcilable. “They just can’t seem to ...

While no US allies could hope to rival the USAF, they are modernizing their air forces with F-35s and their own domestic ...