Inside America’s 6th-gen arsenal: B-21, F-47, and the future of air dominance
B-21 Raider already in flight tests as Air Force and Navy pursue divergent paths for future air dominance
By Morgan Phillips Fox News
Published July 4, 2025 10:00am EDT
The race to develop 6th-generation aircraft is no longer a future vision – it’s now a defining force behind U.S. defense strategy.
With cutting-edge platforms like the B-21 Raider, the F-47 and the Navy’s F/A-XX on the horizon, the Pentagon is reshaping how the U.S. projects airpower for the next 50 years.
These aircraft promise unprecedented advances in speed, stealth and autonomy – but they’re also colliding with budget pressures, industrial capacity limits, and an increasingly uncertain global threat environment.
B-21 Raider: A stealth legacy continues
Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider is poised to become the backbone of U.S. long-range strike capability. With its next-gen stealth design, reduced maintenance burden and affordability compared to its B-2 predecessor, the B-21 is seen as critical to deterring strategic threats like China and Iran.
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