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. The race to field a ...

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U.S. fighter jets intercepted Russian warplanes on Thursday after they were detected near Alaska. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected, tracked and intercepted two Russian ...

As America and China race towards a sixth-generation fighter jet, European countries must make up their minds: are two programs a show of force, or a waste of resources? Despite Eurofighter consortium ...