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Build, Baby, Build: The U.S. Air Force Needs 1,558 Fighter Jets

Key Points and Summary - An unclassified, 10-year plan obtained by Breaking Defense says the Air Force needs 1,558 combat-coded fighters by 2035—about 300 more than today—to meet the President’s ...
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First US sixth-gen fighter jet will be the F-47, Trump says, and Boeing, not Lockheed, is going to build it

Boeing has been selected to build the US Air Force's sixth-gen fighter aircraft. The Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter is expected to succeed the F-22 Raptor as the top air dominance ...
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Berlin and Paris discuss scrapping plan to jointly build fighter jet, FT says

Germany, France may downsize FCAS programme, FT reports French and German defence ministers set to hold talks Berlin sticks to end-of-year deadline for decision BERLIN, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Germany and ...
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The trouble with FCAS: Why Europe’s fighter jet project is not taking off

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 ...