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The Navy’s new F/A-XX fighter might never fly

Congress’s FY2026 NDAA backs the Trump administration’s decision to starve the Navy’s F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter, ...
A new U.S. Navy fighter is being designed behind closed doors with one scenario in mind. Long range, advanced sensors, and ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reiterated his opposition to Navy plans to develop its next-generation F/A-XX fighter jet, arguing it will overlap with plans for a different aircraft that has President ...
The industrial base concern was raised after Boeing received the award to build the Air Force’s F-47 in the spring. Boeing ...
A Navy helicopter and a fighter jet, both conducting routine operations from the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, went down in the South China Sea about 30 minutes apart Sunday, the U.S. Pacific Fleet ...
Uncrewed aircraft manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) is revealing new details about its participation in a US Navy (USN) uncrewed fighter programme. The San Diego company ...
A US Navy warship fired missiles at two American F/A-18 fighter jets above the Red Sea last year. The warship mistook the fighter jets for Houthi cruise missiles, the investigation shows. One of the ...
A critical system failed as a Super Hornet fighter jet was landing on USS Harry S. Truman. The jet slid off the deck into the ...
A U.S. Navy helicopter and a fighter jet crashed in the South China Sea on Oct. 26 in two separate incidents, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said. A MH-60R Seahawk helicopter went down at about 2:45 p.m.
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All personnel are safe and in stable condition, U.S. Pacific Fleet said. A Navy helicopter and a fighter jet, both conducting routine operations from the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, went down in the ...