On November 30, 2025, Turkey’s drone manufacturer Baykar announced that the Bayraktar KIZILELMA unmanned fighter jet successfully engaged and destroyed an aerial target using the indigenously developed GÖKDOGAN air-to-air missile.

A San Diego defense technology company unveiled an artificial intelligence-piloted fighter jet Tuesday that can take off vertically without runways, accelerating the Pentagon's push toward a future where autonomous drones fly combat missions alongside ...

This spring, 60 Minutes got the media's first look at "Fury," a jet with no cockpit and no pilot, built by the defense-tech startup Anduril. Now, this futuristic fighter has taken a very real step forward — its first test flight. The prototype built for ...

In this photo circulated on social media, PLA aircraft rehearse for China’s military parade, held in Beijing on Sep. 3, 2025. Credit: Sina Weibo/@inSky_1865 “Updating priors” means revising an existing belief system in the face of new evidence.

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With over 150 flight hours accumulated and weapons testing planned, the unmanned combat aircraft could transform the Royal Australian Air Force’s offensive and defensive capabilities while offering significant range advantages over crewed fighters.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he has agreed to sell the nation's most advanced fighter jet to Saudi Arabia despite concerns that China could gain access to the plane's vaunted American technology. The sale to the Middle Eastern nation, whose ...

It's been six months already since American president Donald Trump announced the name of the country's (and the world's) first-ever sixth generation combat aircraft, and with everything going on in the world during this time, we've kind of lost track of ...