The US and China are locked in a competition to develop the next generation of fighter aircraft, pushing the boundaries of military technology.
The United States and China are in a race to develop their next-generation, or sixth-generation, fighter aircraft, which are designed to surpass the capabilities of the most advanced combat jets currently in service. Experts have told Newsweek that these new jets will likely feature significantly improved stealth, networking, computing, sensing, and engines compared to their predecessors. China recently unveiled two new combat aircraft prototypes, while the U.S.
Air Force continues to develop the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter jet, intended as the successor to the F-22. The U.S. is also testing its next-generation bomber, the B-21, marketed as the world's first sixth-generation aircraft to reach the skies. Clayton Swope, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, notes that the definition of a sixth-generation fighter is not universally agreed upon, but both the U.S. and China aim for their next-generation aircraft to be superior to the fifth-generation F-22 and J-20. David Cenciotti, editor of The Aviationist, emphasizes that there is no clear consensus on fighter jet generations, making it more accurate to simply refer to the next generation as 'next-generation'
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