The Air Force has been looking into what's possible with autonomous drones and how they can fight alongside advanced crewed aircraft.

Hivemind, an AI pilot, conducted a flight test aboard Anduril's Fury, a competitor in the Air Force's Collaborative Combat ...

Saab briefed on future concepts at the Singapore Airshow. Credit: Robert Wall/Aviation Week SINGAPORE—Saab plans next year to fly a fighter-sized uncrewed aircraft to begin airborne testing of ...

A European jet is posing a surprising challenge to American defense dominance.

Watch as Richard Aboulafia joins the podcast to discuss how 2026 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for two next-generation fighter programs conceived in Europe: FCAS and GCAP. Don't miss a single ...

China has clear ambitions for collaborative combat aircraft (CCAs), but while there are indications of frenetic activity, progress and actual capabilities are difficult to gauge. The Peoples’ ...

The YFQ-48A’s major advantage over its YFQ-42A and YFQ-44 competitors is its simpler manufacturing process—lowering costs and ...

Nominal, the software company building the modern test stack to field mission-critical systems faster, supported a recent U.S. Navy flight test demonstration supporting future Collaborative Combat ...

Saab aims to fly an unmanned demonstrator aircraft in 2027 that will inform a decision for Sweden’s next fighter aircraft. A government-funded initiative under Saab’s Future Fighter System (KFS) will ...

An artist rendering of the US Air Force's sixth-generation fighter, the F-47.US Air Force Boeing is set to develop the US Air Force's highly anticipated sixth-generation stealth fighter, poised to ...

The next generation of military aircraft may not need runways at all. The U.S. ANCILLARY program is developing a vertical-takeoff drone that combines helicopter flexibility with airplane speed. Built ...

Surface-to-air missiles invalidated speed and altitude as reliable survivability strategies faster than planners anticipated. Interceptor missions vanished as strategic threats shifted from bombers to ...