Why fighter jet generations are a useful shorthand to understand the evolution of technology and doctrine but also why ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Washington will speed up development of the U.S. Navy's new advanced fighter jet, according to a new report, after ...

The United States and China are the two obvious contenders for sixth-generation fighter programs—and various European nations have also committed to their development. The race to field a ...

The armed forces of the United States have competed amongst themselves for generations, so it would be surprising if they weren’t already heating up over the future sixth-generation fighter. “Future” ...

As America and China race towards a sixth-generation fighter jet, European countries must make up their minds: are two programs a show of force, or a waste of resources? Despite Eurofighter consortium ...

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 ...

Whenever there's a discussion around fighter jets, it usually veers towards U.S., Russian, and Chinese-made planes. These include usual suspects like the Lockheed-Martin F-35 Lightning, Russia's ...

Although the company’s participation in the US Navy’s highly classified Next Generation Fighter programme has not been acknowledged, Northrop Grumman is widely believed to be a finalist in the ...