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The F-47 reality check, why Boeing’s 6th gen fighter hype collides with stealth design, software, and timeline limits

The F-47 is being sold as a sixth generation breakthrough, but the design choices, contractor incentives, and drone wingman ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Sixth-gen fighter: China speeds up development of J-36, J-50 jet; challenge US’ air dominance

Often referred to as the J-36 and J-50, these aircraft are widely believed to represent China’s vision for future, ...
FlightGlobal

Pentagon assessment details Chinese advances in sixth-generation fighters, AEW&C systems and carrier operations

The US Department of War's latest annual assessment of Chinese military capabilities reveals significant progress in airpower development, including testing of two sixth-generation fighter aircraft ...
AOL

First US sixth-gen fighter jet will be the F-47, Trump says, and Boeing, not Lockheed, is going to build it

Boeing has been selected to build the US Air Force's sixth-gen fighter aircraft. The Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter is expected to succeed the F-22 Raptor as the top air dominance ...
The National Interest on MSNOpinion

Europe cannot afford two distinct sixth-generation fighter jet programs

As America and China race towards a sixth-generation fighter jet, European countries must make up their minds: are two ...
The Asia Live

Shenyang J-50: China’s Sixth-Generation J-50 Stealth Fighter Emerges as Beijing’s Most Ambitious Attempt to Outpace U.S. NGAD and Europe’s FCAS, Signaling a Maj…

China’s relentless push to dominate the future battlespace has once again drawn global attention with its sixth-generation ...
Flightglobal

Boeing’s F-47 sixth-generation fighter scheduled to fly in 2028 as production begins on first aircraft

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 ...
The National Interest

Why Russia’s Sixth-Generation Fighter Could Beat the F-22 or F-35 in Battle

The aircraft will also be equipped with directed energy weapons—and fly as part of a swarm of drones. Indeed, while two aircraft in a flight might be manned, there might be 20 to 30 unmanned aircraft ...

Pentagon says Chinese aircraft carriers, 6th-generation fighters make US 'vulnerable'

A Pentagon report contends that China's development of its aircraft carriers, sixth-generation fighters and nuclear arsenal ...
The Asia Live

China’s Third J-36 Sixth-Generation Fighter Completes Milestone Flight Test, Underscoring Beijing’s Accelerated Push to Define a New Era of Air Dominance as U.…

The flight of China’s third J-36 sixth-generation fighter prototype on December 25, 2025, marks far more than another step in ...
AOL

Lockheed Martin says the US is interested in its '5th-generation-plus' F-35 that uses tech from its failed 6th-generation bid

Lockheed Martin said the US government is interested in its F-35 "fifth-generation-plus" concept. The company wants to use research from its failed six-generation stealth fighter design. The CEO said ...