Keyword: F-35
![A German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon flies through the sky during the Exercise BAANA 2024, Ranua, Finland, on 4 September 2024. [US Army/Sgt Scyrrus Corregidor]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Eurofighter-Typhoon-BAANA_US-ArmySgt-Scyrrus-Corregidor-Kopie-324x160.jpg "How much ‘growth’ is there still in 4th-Gen fighters?")
How much ‘growth’ is there still in...
While 5th and 6th-Gen fighters grab headlines, the backbone of global air power broadly...
![President Trump, the 47th President, said that the USAF’s first sixth generation fighter would be known as the F-47, insisting that: “The generals picked a title, and it's a beautiful number…” Trump also noted that “an experimental version of the plane has secretly been flying for almost five years.” [USAF]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2-F-47-8928628-1-Kopie-324x160.jpg "US air dominance: The story so far")
US air dominance: The story so far
Following years of uncertainty and budget reviews, the US Air Force (USAF) Next Generation...
![Pictured: Only once pre-flight checks have taken place to ensure protective gear, such as G-suits, harnesses, helmets, parachutes and more, is adjusted and is working properly, will Warthog pilots head out onto the tarmac for take-off. [USAF/2Lt Benjamin Williams]](https://euro-sd.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1-In-the-cockpit-A-10C-taxis-for-take-off-Credit-USAF-2Lt-Benjamin-Williams-Kopie-324x160.jpg "Improving the odds of survival")
Improving the odds of survival
Pilots and crew aboard fixed and rotary-wing military aircraft face numerous potential operational and...
US test team conducts first dual, external...
The US multi-service United Operational Test Team (UOTT) has conducted the first ever dual,...
Lockheed Martin approves use of synthetic aviation...
Lockheed Martin has recently approved the use of synthetic aviation turbine fuels (SATFs) in...
Skunk Works and RAF conduct first-ever live...
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and the Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) of the UK Royal...
F-35: “The system as a whole is...
One of the Vice Presidents at Lockheed Martin is Jeff 'Cobra' Harrigian, Commander of...
The road to a sixth-generation fighter programme
As far as combat aircraft programmes go, there appears to be one inescapable fact;...
F-35 in Europe: a takeover?
A significant number of European nations are acquiring the F-35 fifth-generation combat aircraft. This...
European combat aircraft SITREP
Europe produces three modern fighter aircraft in service with the continent's air forces, although...