The refinement of the fighter jet seems to have happened at a blistering pace. The world's first operative fighter jet was Germany's Messerschmitt Me 262, which took to the skies during the latter ...
A Chinese aircraft carrier reportedly deployed fighter jets that twice locked their radar on Japanese air force units while operating near the United States ally's territory. Japan's Defense Minister ...
A Russian fighter jet closed in on a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon during a routine patrol, creating a tense encounter in international airspace. Analysts believe the jet may have been using advanced or ...
The future of aerial warfare might be missing one key component – the pilot. FOX Business was exclusively invited to Northrop Grumman’s unveiling of its next-gen autonomous fighter, named "Project ...
The U.S. deployed two fighter jets over the Gulf of Venezuela Tuesday, marking what appeared to be the closest known approach of military aircraft to Venezuelan airspace to date, according to reports.
FCAS is a French, German and Spanish project to build a European sixth-generation fighter jet system. This generation typically includes improved stealth, use of AI and an ability to deploy cyber ...
On November 21, an Indian Air Force (IAF) test pilot was killed in the Dubai Air Show 2025, while landing a Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) at the end of a flight demonstration. This was the Tejas ...
A US Navy warship fired missiles at two American F/A-18 fighter jets above the Red Sea last year. The warship mistook the fighter jets for Houthi cruise missiles, the investigation shows. One of the ...
In the era of sophisticated long-range air-to-air missiles, cannons on aircraft may seem quaint—but they still serve a vital purpose. For over a century, the cannon has been the fighter aircraft’s ...
It’s a big deal whenever an aircraft carrier loses a plane during a deployment. In a six-month span while deployed to the Red Sea this year, the USS Harry S. Truman lost three F/A-18 Super Hornets, ...
Engines Two WS-10C afterburning turbofans; likely upgrade to WS-15 in future One Pratt & Whitney F135-PW-100 afterburning turbofan (~43,000 lbf thrust) Top Speed ~1,320 mph (2,130 km/h) / Mach 2.0 ...