Clues continue to trickle out about the secret new fighter jet that the U.S. Air Force designed, built, and flew in just one year. Here's what we know.
The U.S. Air Force is allocating nearly $20 billion over five years to develop the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter jet, the replacement for the F-22 Raptor. NGAD will include not only a manned plane, but unmanned fighter-like drones, too. The U.S. will also buy more NGAD ...
Peter Goon, a former Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) test-flight engineer, has been critical of the program since it was announced; going as far as to run simulations he said prove the new jets could be outrun and outflown by other models. Pyne denied those claims, saying that critics...
Lockheed Martin Proposed new Air superiority fighter: Hybrid F-22/F-35 September 3, 2018Videos According to Defence one, Lockheed Martin is quietly pitching the U.S. Air Force a new variant of the F-22 Raptor, equipped with the F-35’s more modern mission avionics and some structural chan...
The Japanese Air Force had initially planned to replace its fleet of 200+ F-15J Eagle fighter jets with the technically advanced Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. These plans were stymied with a U.S. Congress law prohibiting export of the aircraft due to patented technology used on the F-22 and...
tanker aircraft, the J-16 multirole fighter jet, and the high-altitude long-endurance Attack-2 drone will be among them. They will make their first appearance at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China, said Shen Jinke, a PLA Air Force ...
The United States Air Force and French Air Force jets have been operating for the exercise, from the RAF base at Lakenheath, home of the U.S. Air Force's 48th Fighter Wing. The RAF also deployed simulated air defense systems to test the pilots during the exercise....
The Air Force in Julyrevealed that it received 18 bidsfor a new drone that could fly in formation with manned fighter jets. While Boeing, Northrop Grumman and General Atomics won contracts, much smaller Kratos, which has been thesubject of acquisition speculation, also received a contract. ...
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The Republic of Korea Air Force scrambled its fighter jets after the joint air patrol entered the country’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ). The crossing was done without previous notice and the aircraft flew in the area for a total of four hours before leaving, according to Reuters....