The following is the Nov. 28, 2025, Congressional Research Service in focus report U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat ...

F-15E and A-10 retirements, accelerates F/A-XX and F-47 oversight, and demands a concrete plan for post-E-6B nuclear ...

Northrop Grumman has unveiled Project Talon, a combat drone developed with Scaled Composites to compete in the Air Force ...

The autonomous YFQ-42A takes off from an undisclosed location in California. (Photo courtesy of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems) General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has begun flight testing of ...

Over the last 122 years of flight, there certainly hasn’t been a lack of innovation. Engineers, designers, and pilots all […] ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has completed the first flight with its new YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) prototype, a significant milestone in the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) ...

Parade reveals China’s latest UCAV designs, ranging from ISR and strike drones to large stealthy platforms hinting at future PLAAF roles. A few weeks after we reported about a new possible Chinese ...

Partners are becoming concerned about the FCAS overshooting the 2045 deadline, as bids for the Phase 2, which will produce a demonstrator aircraft, are yet to be announced. Reflecting the growing ...

The race to develop 6th-generation aircraft is no longer a future vision – it’s now a defining force behind U.S. defense strategy. With cutting-edge platforms like the B-21 Raider, the F-47 and the ...

LE BOURGET—The Eurofighter consortium is looking to reset its long-term Typhoon upgrade plans with an eye to better integrate it in future combat aircraft programs in Europe, while also ramping up ...

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury suggests that future passenger aircraft could adopt a stealthy blended wing body design similar to military aircraft, offering fuel efficiency and more passenger comfort, ...

It's a new era of drone warfare. Defense giants like Lockheed Martin and Boeing are under pressure as Silicon Valley upstarts ...