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American, European and Japanese Sixth-Generation Fighter Jets
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What Attributes Make A Sixth-Generation Fighter Jet?
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U.S. Air Force To Replace F-22 Raptor With Sixth-generation NGAD Fighters
The U.S. Air Force aims to pare its fighter fleet to just four types — and the F-22 Raptor won’t be among them, the service’s top general said. Those four will be the F-35, F-15EX, […]
Defense Industry
Germany, France and Spain Signed Agreement On FCAS Fighter’s Propulsion
A trio of European propulsion specialists have thrashed out an agreement that will enable the creation of a new engine to power the Next Generation Fighter being developed by France, Germany and Spain. The new […]
Americas
U.S. Air Force Seeking $1.5 Billion For NGAD Program
The Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) system—the fighter that will succeed the F-22—will have ground attack capability possibly for its own protection, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. told lawmakers on June […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
China Puzzled At US Navy’s Intention To Build Sixth-generation Fighter
The US Air Force’s desire to radically reshape and accelerate the way it develops future fighter planes could propel China to ramp up its plans for next-generation aircraft, Chinese experts said. A military insider familiar […]
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The U.S. Air Force Publishes Concept For NGAD Project AKA Sixth-Gen Fighter
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Germany, France, Spain To Sign FCAS Agreement Next Week
Disagreements over intellectual property rights mean Germany, France and Spain have yet to agree the next steps for a joint fighter jet project, the defense ministry in Berlin said on Saturday after a deadline to […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Lockheed Martin to Join Japan’s Sixth-generation Fighter Project
Lockheed Martin Corp, the maker of the F-35 stealth jet, will join a project led by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to build a new fighter plane that Japan’s air force is expected to field by […]
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UK’s Tempest Fighter To Get A Brand New AESA Radar
The companies building the UK’s Tempest sixth-generation fighter aircraft have revealed some of the technological concepts that it will incorporate, including a radar system designed to handle as much data per second as a city. Under development […]