National Interest on MSN12h
NGAD: Can the Air Force Afford a $300,000,000 Fighter Jet?
The U.S. Air Force’s sixth-generation NGAD fighter program has been paused due to its high unit cost of $300 million and ...
National Interest on MSN23h
The U.S. Air Force Has Much Bigger Plans Than NGAD Fighters
The U.S. Air Force is pursuing advanced modernization programs, including the NGAD sixth-generation fighter, CCA drone swarms ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN16h
White Emperor: China reveals mysterious jet that could be its first 6th-gen fighter
China has revealed the White Emperor jet, a potential sixth-generation space-air fighter for the People’s Liberation Army Air ...
China Unveils Stealth Jets To Rival US Air Force's F-22 and F-35 Fighters
According to the manufacturer, Aviation Industry Corporation of China, the J-20S is the first and only model of a twin-seat ...
The Aviationist on MSN2d
Skunk Works Reveal New Stealthy Tanker Concept With Twin Flying Booms
The notional concept comes as the U.S. Air Force prepares for an analysis of alternatives for the Next Generation Aerial ...
This radical plane concept with an all-in-one wing could be the future of flight. See the leading designs.
Two companies want to puncture the Airbus-Boeing duopoly with a new jet type, but Airubs hopes to stay one step ahead with ...
Crisis Brewing Over Air Force’s Future Air Dominance Plans Which It Cannot Afford
The future outlook for the U.S. Air Force’s top modernization efforts is even more uncertain after the service’s civilian ...
Business Wire13h
Merlin’s Airworthiness Plan Achieves Acceptance by United States Air Force to Bring Reduced Crew Capabilities to the KC-135 Stratotanker
Merlin, the leading developer of safe, autonomous flight technology for fixed-wing aircraft, today announced that its ...
China just showed off its answer to America's F-35 stealth fighter — the new J-35A
The developer said the J-35A was like a basketball point guard. The US often refers to the F-35 in sports terminology, ...
Defense One8d
Air Force hedges on next-gen tanker plans
The Air Force has been devising plans to develop a future tanker called the Next Generation Air Refueling System, or NGAS, to ...
Defense News on MSN4d
Next-gen stealth tanker may be unaffordable, Air Force secretary fears
A bow wave of modernizations — including the Air Force's desire to build a sixth-gen fighter and drone wingmen — has ...
Business Insider21h
Eaton selected by U.S. AFRL to design aerial refueling system
Intelligent power management company Eaton (ETN) was awarded a $3.5M Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) contract to design a new podded refueling boom, enabling traditional and non-traditional tanker ...