Europe’s Future Combat Air System was supposed to be the continent’s answer to sixth generation airpower, a flagship project that fused stealth, data dominance and political unity into a single ...

Germany and France had pledged to work together on the FCAS sixth-generation fighter jet, but their different priorities for the program appear increasingly irreconcilable.

Given that the Eurofighter can be given modern upgrades at a fraction of the cost of the sixth-gen warplane programs underway in Europe, are those programs even needed? The Eurofighter Typhoon is one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A F-35 fighter jet flies during a media day of NATO's "Air Defender 23" military exercise at Spangdahlem U.S. Air Base near the ...

In the works since 2017, the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project has been bogged down by virulent disputes between ...

Europe is not going it alone on next-generation airpower. Instead, it is pursuing a pragmatic hybrid: buying cutting-edge US technology quickly while insisting on local final assembly, software ...

The Tempest fighter jet was announced by the British Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson in 2018. The Tempest will be a sixth-generation jet fighter.

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, with its many variants, is likely the best-known fifth-generation fighter plane flying today — at least when it comes to Western nations. As of 2026, 1,000 F-35s ...