Key Points and Summary - The "F-35D" is not an official aircraft but a catch-all name for various proposed upgrades. -Past concepts included a canceled short-takeoff variant and another with a more ...

Over the last 15 years, China has elevated and transformed its military into a true peer rival of the United States. Its military-industrial complex now outproduces every other nation by a significant ...

China’s visible progress with prototype aircraft contrasts with the approach taken by the United States. American ...

The U.S. Air Force announced Boeing has been awarded a contract to design, build, and deliver its next-generation fighter ...

Boeing has begun building the U.S. Air Force’s next generation stealth fighter and intends to fly it for the first time in 2028, Gen. David Allvin, the Air Force chief of staff, said Monday. Allvin’s ...

Once the TR-3 upgrade package is implemented, the F-35 will pose an even greater threat to adversaries. Though the US Air Force and Navy’s upcoming Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) and F/A-XX ...

Michelle Thomason is a member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation. Wilson Beaver is a senior policy advisor in the Allison Center for National Security at The Heritage Foundation.

The first F-47, Boeing's successful pitch for the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter aircraft, is now being built and will fly for the first time in 2028, Gen. David Allvin said. (Air Force) ...

Boeing’s developmental sixth-generation F-47 fighter will take to the skies in 2028. The airframer was selected to deliver the USA’s first-ever sixth-generation fighter in March, beating out Lockheed ...

Boeing is now building the first F-47 next-generation fighter aircraft, and it is expected to be ready to fly in 2028, Air Force chief of staff David Allvin announced on Monday. Allvin, who spoke at ...