Despite being plagued by a rash of disasters and safety concerns over the past several years, Boeing was awarded the F-47 fighter jet contract.

Anduril’s YFQ-44A fighter drone has recently completed its maiden flight. The testing is part of the U.S. Air Force's ...

The 'spy’ (or, more correctly, reconnaissance) aircraft must survive enemy fighters and anti-aircraft weapons, often relying ...

Other programs, such as the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, complement, not substitute, manned fighter aircraft.

A ground-attack aircraft with short vertical take-off and landing (SVTOL) capabilities, it was a fighter that could operate anywhere a helicopter could. The pride of British engineering, the Harrier ...

Anduril's jet-powered drone flew for the first time on Friday, the company and the U.S. Air Force said, marking a significant step for the defense tech company's drone ambitions.

US air force secretary Troy Meink heralded the start of competitive flight-testing as a key breakthrough in the effort to field a new class of uncrewed tactical jets known as Collaborative Combat ...

Anduril emphasized the semiautonomous piloting of its YFQ-44A collaborative combat aircraft in its first flight test.

Key Points and Summary – An unclassified Air Force plan says the service needs 1,558 combat-coded fighters by 2035—about a 22 ...

The Air Force warns that having a smaller fleet may increase the risk it won't be able to carry out all its missions.

With the YFQ-44 now flying, both of the U.S. Air Force’s new Collaborative Combat Aircraft are in flight testing. The YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat ...

According to the Heritage Foundation's Index of U.S. Military Strength in 2024, at the close of FY 2023, the Air Force’s ...