One Committee member compared the sixth generation fighter with a 1960s tactical strike and reconnaissance aircraft which the ...

Known as Tempest in the UK, which began the effort, the supersonic Global Combat Air Programme fighter is not only the first fighter to be built in Britain in 40 years, it's one of the first of a ...

While the United States led the way in developing fifth-generation jet fighters with the introduction of the F-22 Raptor in 2005, it's hardly the only nation working on next-gen aircraft. China, ...

The United States and China are the two obvious contenders for sixth-generation fighter programs—and various European nations have also committed to their development.