- June 8th, 2026
The exclusive club of nations capable of producing operational fifth-generation fighter aircraft remains remarkably small. Only the United States, Russia, and China currently field indigenous stealth fighters that meet the demanding requirements of the category. Yet as competition among these...
While Russia’s Su-57 stealth fighter continues to dominate international headlines—often for its export struggles, limited production, and persistent questions about its maturity—another Russian combat aircraft has been fading from global attention almost entirely unnoticed. The MiG-35, once promoted as an...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has renewed Moscow’s push to sell and jointly produce the Su-57 stealth fighter with India, reviving long-standing discussions on fifth-generation combat aviation cooperation and explicitly linking the proposal to the earlier India–Russia Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft...
Swedish aerospace giant Saab has officially unveiled the twin-seat variant of its Gripen E fighter jet, marking a significant milestone in the company's long-running partnership with Brazil and highlighting a growing global trend toward two-seat combat aircraft designed for the...
Russia’s flagship fifth-generation fighter, the Su-57, is poised to receive a significant propulsion upgrade in the coming years as the country advances development of the new Product 177 engine, a powerplant that promises greater thrust, improved fuel efficiency, and enhanced...
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is confronting an increasingly constrained set of options for maintaining its technological edge in the coming decades, as both its indigenous fifth-generation fighter program and the two leading sixth-generation international collaborations it is tracking face...
Russia’s long-rumored twin-seat variant of the Sukhoi Su-57 may have entered early testing, signaling a potentially significant evolution of Moscow’s flagship stealth fighter program at a time when the aircraft is being aggressively marketed to India. The first indications emerged...
The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have inducted a new batch of Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jets featuring what officials describe as a “new technical profile,” signaling the latest step in Moscow’s effort to refine and expand the capabilities of its most...
The United States today fields the most advanced and combat-proven multirole fighter aircraft in the world. At the center of that dominance is the F-35 Lightning II, widely regarded as the most capable all-around multirole fighter ever to enter service....
The governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Denis Pasler, has announced a significant milestone in Russia’s defense technology capabilities: the design and construction of the country’s first factory capable of serial production of microwave microchips across the full technological cycle. According to...
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