Other programs, such as the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, complement, not substitute, manned fighter aircraft.

The top speed of the fastest operational fighter was less than 360 mph when the war started. By 1945, this had increased by an astonishing 300mph. Knowing that ‘speed was life’, some designers packed ...

The winner of the Joint Strike Fighter competition, Lockheed Martin was contracted to build a fifth-generation fighter that could replace four aging aircraft across three ... as well as the iconic ...