The race to build the next era of airpower is no longer just about speed, stealth, or altitude. It is about whether a human being needs to sit in the cockpit at all. As defense planners sketch out ...

Seventh generation fighters are being designed around a simple, unsettling premise: the human body is becoming the limiting factor in air combat. As engineers push toward hypersonic speeds, ...

FCAS is a French, German and Spanish project to build a European sixth-generation fighter jet system. This generation typically includes improved stealth, use of AI and an ability to deploy cyber ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Iddon is a freelance journalist focused on Middle East affairs. Almost a decade has passed since Israel received its first ...