- June 26th, 2026
The collapse of the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS) fighter program has forced Berlin into one of the most difficult defense decisions of the modern era: how to equip the German Air Force, or Luftwaffe, with a next-generation combat...
Recent online defense aviation discussion has centered on what appears to be a newly surfaced image of a highly classified Boeing next-generation stealth demonstrator, widely associated with the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) effort and the so-called...
A grainy thermal video circulating online has ignited renewed debate in aviation circles over what may be a previously unseen advanced aircraft configuration potentially linked—at least in speculation—to Boeing’s next-generation fighter efforts under the U.S. Air Force’s NGAD (Next Generation...
A newly circulated thermal image purporting to show an unidentified aircraft flying at night over the Groom Lake test range—better known as Area 51—has triggered renewed speculation about the United States’ most closely guarded aviation programs, including the Next Generation...
For much of aviation history, the main way for military aircraft to avoid radar detection was brutally simple: stay out of the radar’s line of sight. In the early days of air defense, that usually meant flying low—hugging the terrain...
The U.S. Department of Defense has taken a significant early step toward operationalizing the Boeing F-47 next-generation fighter by launching a market research effort for major infrastructure development at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. A notice issued on February 2,...
In March 2025, just weeks into his second presidency, US President Donald Trump handed Boeing the most consequential military aviation contract of the decade: the engineering and manufacturing development deal for the crewed sixth-generation fighter under the US Air Force’s...
US President Donald Trump set the ball rolling on America’s ambitious Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program—now branded the F-47—with sweeping claims of unmatched air superiority over rival powers. But while Washington hails the future aircraft as a revolution in aerial...
If there is one defining image of 2025, it is a world gripped by overlapping wars and the roar of combat aircraft over contested skies. The year is already being described by analysts as one of the most conflict-heavy periods...
As Japan continues to navigate an increasingly volatile Indo-Pacific security landscape, a fresh dilemma is brewing in Tokyo: whether to persist with its commitment to the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) or pivot toward an American offer that seems too...
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