President Donald Trump announced on March 21, 2025, that Boeing had won the contract to build the F-47, the Air Force’s next-generation air dominance fighter designed to operate as a command hub for ...

What happens when a fighter no longer goes to work alone? The answer is beginning to reshape the logic of air combat. “Loyal wingman” drones, now formalized in U.S. Air Force terminology as ...

The Air Force designated the first two uncrewed aircraft as fighter jets, the YFQ-42A and YFQ-44A. The prototypes were designed as part of the USAF's next-generation air dominance program. Dubbed ...

An artist rendering of the US Air Force's sixth-generation fighter, the F-47.US Air Force Boeing is set to develop the US Air Force's highly anticipated sixth-generation stealth fighter, poised to ...

An Ottawa company is investing $50 million into developing high-tech drones that will fly alongside F-35 fighter jets and other aircraft. Dominion Dynamics wants to be the first to build a ...

U.S. and allied militaries have turned to fighter jets in their struggle to ward off Iran’s cheap, plentiful drones, but former pilots say the mission is expensive, dangerous, and, ultimately, ...

Turkish Bayraktar Kızılelma drone makes history by destroying a supersonic target with air-to-air missile, marking first fully autonomous kill chain.

The USAF’s F-35 may fly into the 2070s, but the NGAD’s F-47 and drone wingmen are poised to reshape the future of air combat.