Seventh generation fighters are being designed around a simple, unsettling premise: the human body is becoming the limiting factor in air combat. As engineers push toward hypersonic speeds, ...

The race to build the next era of airpower is no longer just about speed, stealth, or altitude. It is about whether a human being needs to sit in the cockpit at all. As defense planners sketch out ...

Fighter jets remain one of the most important tools in modern military strategy. While new technologies like drones and ...

The F-35 will also serve as a test bed for technologies that will become commonplace in the next generation of jets. Flying in coordination with AI-enabled drones will become a staple of any ...