The Air Force told lawmakers it needs a fighter fleet of 1,558 manned, combat-coded fighters to carry out and sustain operations at a low risk, nearly 300 more than it has now. In an August report signed by Air Force Sec. Troy Meink, which was obtained by ...

YFQ-48A is the designation for Northrop Grumman‘s Project Talon series of drone contenders for the U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, the service said on Dec. 22. The […]

The US Air Force (USAF) says it needs to significantly expand its fleet of fighter aircraft to meet global security requirements. In an analysis report obtained by FlightGlobal, the USAF projects it will need to grow its inventory of combat-assigned ...

For decades, the United States has relied on aircraft not just to fight wars, but to project power across the globe faster and farther than any rival. Some aircraft fundamentally changed how that power was delivered in terms of shrinking distances,

Congress is committing to only a fraction of the funding necessary for the Navy’s F/A-XX program in the latest version of the defense policy bill, while fully backing the development of the Air Force’s F-47 fighter. The compromise version of the 2026 ...

What looks like a flying egg, was never designed to land, and was so light it could be thrown off course by its own guns? Introducing the Goblin XF-85 – the Cold War compact fighter designed to be carried in the belly of a nuclear bomber.