The United States Air Force is closing in on a generational leap in fighter jet technology, and the timeline for getting that capability into service is becoming clearer. The Next Generation Air ...

Sixth-generation jets will be very hard to detect, boast cutting-edge avionics and weapons, and integrate with new drone ...

Shield AI has confirmed that it will begin flight testing its highly ambitious X-BAT vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drone “fighter” later this year near Newton, Kansas, marking a critical ...

The idea sounds like science fiction at first glance. A small American firm, Stavatti Aerospace, is pitching a “bat wing” combat jet called the SM 39 Razor to the United States Navy. On paper, this ...

The J-10 is not China’s most advanced fighter jet—but it is lightweight, fast, and adaptable to a wide variety of mission sets.

The US Air Force has demonstrated manned-unmanned teaming between an F-22 fighter and an MQ-20 Avenger drone during a live ...

What looks like a flying egg, was never designed to land, and was so light it could be thrown off course by its own guns? Introducing the Goblin XF-85 – the Cold War compact fighter designed to be ...

You don't need to have seen either "Top Gun" movie to know that fighter jets can flip upside down, unlike commercial aircraft. But the sight of an inverted jet doesn't mean physics has flipped on its ...

While it might be tempting for the general public to refer to any military aircraft that flies fast as a fighter jet, there are a couple that don't exactly fit that designation. The legendary A-10 ...

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Helicopters have few ways to fight back against incoming fighter aircraft. Surprisingly, though, it is far harder to shoot down a helicopter from a plane than one might imagine. Fighters against ...

One nation historically dominated the fighter jet export market: the Soviet Union, whose simple, rugged aircraft spread widely across the developing world during the Cold War. Fighter aircraft have ...