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.

Northrop Grumman B-21
Aircraft Type Operators Notes
Fixed-wing Aircraft
Boeing T-7 Red HawkTrainerAir ForceTo enter service around 2023.[1]
Beechcraft T-54A Trainer Navy To enter service in 2024.[2]
Northrop Grumman B-21 RaiderStealth Strategic bomberAir ForceTo enter service in 2025.[3]
Boeing MQ-25 StingrayUnmanned combat aerial vehicle for Aerial refuelingNavyTo enter service in 2026[4]
Boeing E-7 WedgetailAirborne early warning and controlAir ForceTo enter service around 2027.[5]
E-XX TACAMO Airborne command post Navy To enter service after 2027.
Boeing VC-25BPresidential TransportAir ForceTo enter service between 2027-2028[6]
F/A-XX programMultirole combat aircraftNavyTo enter service around 2030.[7]
Next Generation Air DominanceAir superiority fighterAir ForceTo enter service around 2030.[8]
Survivable Airborne Operations Center Airborne command post Air Force To enter service around 2032.[9]
KC-Z Next Generation Air-Refueling SystemTanker/TransportAir ForceTo enter service around 2040[10]
Helicopters
Future Vertical Lift HelicoptersMultirole HelicoptersArmyVersion to enter service between 2025-2035.[11]
Bell V-280 ValorTiltrotor Military helicopterArmyTo enter service around 2030[12]
Future Attack Reconnaissance AircraftUtility and Scount/Attack HelicopterArmyTo enter service in 2031[13]
Sikorsky VH-92 PatriotPresidential TransportMarine CorpsTo enter service in 2020.[14] (delayed)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Budget constraints delay new trainer - Airforcetimes.com, 15 May 2013
  2. ↑ "Navy Awards Contract to Buy Multi-Engine Training System Aircraft". NAVAIR.navy.mil. January 25, 2023. Archived from the original on January 26, 2023. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  3. ↑ Budget Pressures Seen as Biggest Risk to Long Range Bomber Program Archived 2013-08-18 at archive.today Nationaldefensemagazine.org, September 2013.
  4. ↑ LsGrone, Sam. "MQ-25A Stingray IOC Pushed to 2026 Following Manufacturing Delays". USNI News.
  5. ↑ "Air Force chooses Boeing E-7 Wedgetail to replace old AWACS planes". Breaking Defense. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "New paint design for 'Next Air Force One'". af.mil.
  7. ↑ USN, Industry Seek New Concepts For 6th-generation Fighter - Defensenews.com, 10 July 2013
  8. ↑ Tirpak, John (13 May 2021). "New Force Design: NGAD Needed Soon, F-22 Sunset Begins in 2030". Air Force Magazine.
  9. ↑ "FY2024 NDAA Bill Report" (PDF). United States Committee on Armed Services. pp. 405–406. Retrieved 26 Oct 2023.
  10. ↑ Tirpak, John. "Air Force Launches New Stealthy Tanker Program, with Delivery Projected for 2040". Air & Space Forces Magazine.
  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. ↑ Easley, Mikayla. "Army, aviation giants gear up for next leg of FARA helo competition". DefenseScoop.
  14. ↑ "VH-92A | NAVAIR - U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command - Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Research, Development, Acquisition, Test and Evaluation". Archived from the original on 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
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