Chief of Naval Operations Daryl Caudle stressed that the sixth-gen fighter jet was urgently needed to replace the US Navy’s existing fleet of F/A-18 Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers.

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.

One Committee member compared the sixth generation fighter with a 1960s tactical strike and reconnaissance aircraft which the ...

Global proliferation of more capable air defenses means the era of the Navy 'flying with impunity' is increasingly at an end.

The F-47 is not an upgrade, it is a complete redefinition of air combat built around range, stealth, and unmanned wingmen.

The US and China are considered the two strongest candidates for sixth-generation fighter jet programs, although many European countries are also striving to develop this type of weapon.

President Donald Trump said this week that he may remove the number "47" from the U.S. Air Force's upcoming sixth-generation ...

Italy's contribution to the GCAP sixth-gen fighter program has ballooned from €6 billion to more than €18 billion—with little to show for it.

Congressional appropriators have revived funding for the Navy’s F/A-XX program and lambasted the Defense Department for ...

Boeing has been selected to build the US Air Force's sixth-gen fighter aircraft. The Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter is expected to succeed the F-22 Raptor as the top air dominance ...

The tri-national program has been progressing without fanfare, as a new projection for a hefty cost increase is catching ...

Raptor plant shuttered in 2011, and Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet assembly will follow suit in 2027, but the others are going strong, with US assembly lines currently cranking out over 300 fighter jets ...