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Usa and 6th generation fighter jets

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  How an Artificial Intelligence ‘Co Pilot’ Will Boost America’s Upcoming Sixth Generation Fighter  The U.S. reportedly conduced the first flight of its sixth generation combat aircraft near the end of 2020, which is widely speculated to be an advanced technology demonstrator, the first aircraft of the new generation are expected to enter service near the end of the decade.  These will provide the Air Force with a successor to the F-15 Eagle and F-22 Raptor of the fourth and fifth generations, and is a priority program for the Pentagon with widespread speculation that China could be first to field a sixth generation fighter. Several sixth generation jets are currently under development - including two and possibly three in the United States itself, the MiG-41 hypersonic interceptor in Russia and the Tempest in Britain among several others.  Unlike the previous generation, the aircraft will placed a lower emphasis on stealth capabilities as countermeasures against these continue to grow