The age of the lone fighter pilot against the sky is giving way to something far more complex — and far more formidable. The ...

BAE Systems has reached the "business end" of developing its Future Combat Air Demonstrator (FCAD), the aircraft that will ...

Key Points and Summary - Europe’s flagship Future Combat Air System is in crisis. Berlin and Paris are now openly debating whether to gut the €100 billion program’s centerpiece—a new sixth-generation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The callsign “Sandy,” used by U.S. Air Force aircraft and pilots conducting combat search-and-rescue operations, traces to late ...

Germany is lining up a €580M contract for AI defence firm Helsing to build the CFSN combat-cloud software, salvaged from the failed FCAS fighter.

LONDON—BAE Systems officials have hinted at further progress in the assembly of the Future Combat Air Demonstrator aircraft being developed to derisk the UK’s role in developing the trinational combat ...

Belgium Has Joined the FCAS Program – In June, Belgium joined the multi-national Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program as an observer. However, in late November, a fourth partner nation... Last week ...

Airmen perform maintenance on an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Nov. 17, 2025. (SrA Iain Stanley/Air Force) In a future war against China or other advanced adversary, Air Force ...

The flagship partnership project became a glaring example of discord between the two nations.

As sixth-generation fighter programs ramp up, military insiders are divided over whether future warplanes need pilots at all. The Pentagon is pouring billions into next-generation aircraft, pushing ...