List of future military aircraft of the United States information
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 Hawk
Trainer
Air Force
To enter service around 2023.[1]
Beechcraft T-54A
Trainer
Navy
To enter service in 2024.[2]
Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider
Stealth Strategic bomber
Air Force
To enter service in 2025.[3]
Boeing MQ-25 Stingray
Unmanned combat aerial vehicle for Aerial refueling
Navy
To enter service in 2026[4]
Boeing E-7 Wedgetail
Airborne early warning and control
Air Force
To enter service around 2027.[5]
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[6]
F/A-XX program
Multirole combat aircraft
Navy
To enter service around 2030.[7]
Next Generation Air Dominance
Air superiority fighter
Air Force
To 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 System
Tanker/Transport
Air Force
To enter service around 2040[10]
High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System
ISR/SIGINT
Army
To enter service around 2027.[11]
Helicopters
Future Vertical Lift Helicopters
Multirole Helicopters
Army
Version to enter service between 2025-2035.[12]
Bell V-280 Valor
Tiltrotor Military helicopter
Army
To enter service around 2030[13]
Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft
Utility and Scout/Attack Helicopter
Army
Program terminated in February 2024[14]
Sikorsky VH-92 Patriot
Presidential Transport
Marine Corps
To enter service in 2020.[15] (delayed)
^Budget constraints delay new trainer - Airforcetimes.com, 15 May 2013
^"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.
^Budget Pressures Seen as Biggest Risk to Long Range Bomber Program Archived 2013-08-18 at archive.today Nationaldefensemagazine.org, September 2013.
^LsGrone, Sam. "MQ-25A Stingray IOC Pushed to 2026 Following Manufacturing Delays". USNI News.
^"Air Force chooses Boeing E-7 Wedgetail to replace old AWACS planes". Breaking Defense. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^"New paint design for 'Next Air Force One'". af.mil.
^USN, Industry Seek New Concepts For 6th-generation Fighter - Defensenews.com, 10 July 2013
^Tirpak, John (13 May 2021). "New Force Design: NGAD Needed Soon, F-22 Sunset Begins in 2030". Air Force Magazine.
^"FY2024 NDAA Bill Report" (PDF). United States Committee on Armed Services. pp. 405–406. Retrieved 26 Oct 2023.
^Tirpak, John. "Air Force Launches New Stealthy Tanker Program, with Delivery Projected for 2040". Air & Space Forces Magazine.
^"High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) Programme, USA". army-technology.com.
^US Army reveals details of Joint Multi-Role fleet vision - Flightglobal.com, 16 August 2011.
^Mizokami, Kyle. "The V-280 Valor Will Become the Army's Next-Gen Assault Transport". Popular Mechanics.
^Rocque, Ashley. "Army cancels FARA helicopter program, makes other cuts in major aviation shakeup". Breaking Defense, 8 February 2024.
^"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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