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News Sep. 16, 2020, 3:45 AM

The US Air Force secretly built and flew a prototype of its mysterious next-generation fight jet

The US Air Force designed, built, and flew a prototype of a next-generation fighter aircraft, a senior official told Defence News. The experimental fighter was developed under the service’s ambitious Next Generation Air Dominance program. The purpose of NGAD is to develop an advanced fighter jet featuring “enhancements in survivability, […]

News Feb. 12, 2019, 9:09 AM

China’s chasing a 6th-generation fighter to beat the US — its 5th-gen fighters probably don’t stand a chance in a fight

China is reportedly developing a sixth-generation fighter jet that could be seen as early as 2035, if not sooner, the Global Times reported Monday. China already has a fifth-generation fighter – the J-20 stealth fighter, but is believed to be incapable of competing against comparable American aircraft like the F-22 […]

News Jul. 24, 2018, 5:03 AM

Russia is testing a new drone similar to the CIA’s stealthy RQ-170, and wants to turn it into a sixth-generation fighter

Russia says that it will turn its new Okhotnik drone, which is about to make its maiden flight, into a sixth-generation aircraft. Popular Mechanics also published a supposed picture above of the Okhotnik, which was posted on a Russian aviation forum called paralay.iboards.ru. Still, it’s unclear exactly what the Okhotnik’s […]

News Mar. 27, 2018, 8:56 AM

The US Air Force just gave a sneak peek of its plans for the next generation of fighter jets

The US Air Force Research Laboratory recently released a video showing a conceptual design of a sixth-generation fighter jet and other futuristic technology. The video plugs the laboratory’s Science and Technology 2030 initiative. It shows the conceptual sixth-generation fighter, known as the F-X, firing a high-energy laser that cuts another […]