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Seventh-gen fighter jets may be closer than we think
Boeing’s recent contract win for the F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter on March 22, 2025, has marked a significant stride towards the advancement of U.S. air superiority. However, the ...
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 ...
There is accelerated funding for the F-47 (aka Next Generation Air Dominance or the NGAD). The F-47 is the first sixth-generation air superiority fighter, developed by Boeing under the NGAD program to ...
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 ...
Air Force, Navy and Marines already jockeying for position on sixth-generation fighter of the future
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” ...
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