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List of future military aircraft of the United States

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This is a list of military aircraft that are being developed for use by the United States military in the near future.

For aircraft in-service see List of active United States military aircraft.

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Aircraft Type Operators Notes
Fixed-wing Aircraft
Boeing T-7 Red Hawk Trainer Air Force To enter service around 2028.[1]
Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider Stealth Strategic bomber Air Force To enter service in 2025.[2]
Boeing MQ-25 Stingray Unmanned combat aerial vehicle for Aerial refueling Navy To enter service in 2026[3]
Boeing E-7 Wedgetail Airborne early warning and control Air Force To enter service around 2027.[4]
E-XX TACAMO Airborne command post Navy To enter service after 2027.
Boeing VC-25B Presidential Transport Air Force To enter service between 2027-2028[5]
F/A-XX program Multirole combat aircraft Navy To enter service around 2030.[6]
Next Generation Air Dominance Air superiority fighter Air Force To enter service around 2030.[7]
Survivable Airborne Operations Center Airborne command post Air Force To enter service around 2032.[8]
KC-Z Next Generation Air-Refueling System Tanker/Transport Air Force To enter service around 2040[9]
High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System ISR/SIGINT Army To enter service around 2027.[10]
Helicopters
Future Vertical Lift Helicopters Multirole Helicopters Army Version to enter service between 2025-2035.[11]
Bell V-280 Valor Tiltrotor Military helicopter Army To enter service around 2030[12]
Sikorsky VH-92 Patriot Presidential Transport Marine Corps In service as of August 2024[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "U.S. Air Force Reveals New Yearlong Delay For T-7 | Aviation Week Network". aviationweek.com. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  2. ^ Budget Pressures Seen as Biggest Risk to Long Range Bomber Program Archived 2013-08-18 at archive.today Nationaldefensemagazine.org, September 2013.
  3. ^ LsGrone, Sam. "MQ-25A Stingray IOC Pushed to 2026 Following Manufacturing Delays". USNI News.
  4. ^ "Air Force chooses Boeing E-7 Wedgetail to replace old AWACS planes". Breaking Defense. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  5. ^ "New paint design for 'Next Air Force One'". af.mil.
  6. ^ USN, Industry Seek New Concepts For 6th-generation Fighter - Defensenews.com, 10 July 2013
  7. ^ Tirpak, John (13 May 2021). "New Force Design: NGAD Needed Soon, F-22 Sunset Begins in 2030". Air Force Magazine.
  8. ^ "FY2024 NDAA Bill Report" (PDF). United States Committee on Armed Services. pp. 405–406. Retrieved 26 Oct 2023.
  9. ^ Tirpak, John. "Air Force Launches New Stealthy Tanker Program, with Delivery Projected for 2040". Air & Space Forces Magazine.
  10. ^ "High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) Programme, USA". army-technology.com.
  11. ^ US Army reveals details of Joint Multi-Role fleet vision - Flightglobal.com, 16 August 2011.
  12. ^ Mizokami, Kyle. "The V-280 Valor Will Become the Army's Next-Gen Assault Transport". Popular Mechanics.
  13. ^ https://www.defensenews.com/air/2024/08/19/biden-takes-first-ride-in-new-marine-one-as-sikorsky-wraps-delivery/