The following is the Jan. 17, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, U.S. Air Force Next-Generation Air ...

The United States Air Force (USAF) faces the challenge of lacking a forward-looking air superiority aircraft that is the core ...

Despite the reveal of advanced Chinese aircraft over the weekend, the U.S. Air Force’s own next-generation plans have not ...

The F-22 will receive an embedded set of TacIRST sensors as part of the Infrared Defensive System to enhance aircraft survivability and lethality.

The Pentagon must make a decision about its F-22 Raptor programme and how to keep up with China, outgoing air force chief ...

The U.S. Air Force had announced early in December that the NGAD’s (Next Generation Air Dominance) ongoing review has concluded and that its fate now rests with the incoming Donald Trump ...

The 2050 report stops short of breaking news. The document instead collects concepts and discussions that have appeared ...

The U.S. Air Force faces several pivotal funding decisions as the Trump administration begins its term in 2025.

A greater focus on long-range strike capabilities is among alternatives the U.S. Air Force is considering to a costly new ...

The Air Force and Space Force "need to go through a transformation" by 2050, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on the ...

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on Monday that a manned Next Generation Air Dominance fighter would require more than $20 billion extra in ...

An internal analysis by the United States Air Force has resulted in approval for the need of a manned sixth-generation fighter jet under the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, as per ...