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China’s best aircraft carrier-based fighter exists only because of one unfinished jet that Russia left behind in Ukraine

China's J-15 'Flying Shark' — the fighter that made its carriers viable — exists because Beijing bought an unfinished Su-33 ...
National Security Journal on MSN

China’s J-20 ‘Mighty Dragon’ stealth fighter summed up in 1 word

Fifteen years after its first flight upstaged a visiting U.S. defense secretary, China's J-20 Mighty Dragon now numbers ...

How Many J-20 Mighty Dragon Fighters Does China Actually Have?

The spotlight may be on sixth-gen designs, but the J-20 Mighty Dragon is transforming the PLAAF through sheer production ...
Aviation Week

Turkey Fighter Prototype’s First Flight Delayed Toward Summer

The first flight of the next prototype of the Turkish indigenous fighter aircraft Kaan has been pushed back toward the summer, Turkish Aerospace Industries CEO Mehmet Demiroglu says. First flight of ...
Flightglobal

Turkish Aerospace reveals prototype TF-X stealth fighter

In a major show of force for Turkey’s domestic aerospace industry, the country’s largest aircraft manufacturer publicly unveiled a new fifth-generation-style stealth fighter in Ankara on 1 May. The ...
The Week

Beijing has 500 fifth-gen fighter jets, IAF has none: Why China's J-20 boom is a reality check for India’s AMCA?

China's rapid fighter fleet growth creates a widening gap with India, whose fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft ...
Flightglobal

Anduril logs first flight with YFQ-44A autonomous fighter prototype

US air force secretary Troy Meink heralded the start of competitive flight-testing as a key breakthrough in the effort to field a new class of uncrewed tactical jets known as Collaborative Combat ...
TASS

Fifth-generation Su-57 two-seater fighter jet prototype makes maiden flight

This jet will also be used as a trainer aircraft and a tactical control aircraft, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov said MOSCOW, May 19. /TASS/. Russia has started flight tests of a ...
Orange County Business Journal

Anduril Will Start With Prototype Unmanned Fighter Jets at Ohio Plant

Anduril’s YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft takes off during flight testing at a California test location Anduril Industries said today the first products to come from its Arsenal-1 plant in Ohio ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Supersonic destruction: KIZILELMA fighter drone hits target with Mach 2.5-speeding missile

Türkiye’s Bayraktar KIZILELMA unmanned fighter aircraft has successfully completed its first live-fire test with ...

US to supply engines for Turkey's KAAN fighter: Where does India's fifth-gen aircraft plan stand?

The United States is set to supply GE F110 engines for Turkey’s indigenous KAAN stealth fighter, marking a major boost for Ankara’s defence programme. Here’s how the deal compares with India’s AMCA ...
The National Interest

Prototype Aircraft

While the original DNA of the Cobra is still visibly apparent in the F/A-18 if one knows where to look, the finished Hornet is a fundamentally different aircraft. America’s fourth-generation warplane ...