China’s emerging 6th-generation stealth aircraft, designated J-36, has now appeared in public photography twice. The first ...

China’s J-36 fighter jet appeared in open-source imagery and analyst discussions with little warning, forcing U.S. defense planners to reckon with a sixth-generation aircraft program that moved from ...

The aircraft that made its debut flight above Chengdu on Dec. 26, 2024, in a photo widely circulated on Chinese social media. For the community of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) watchers, this ...

China’s recently emerging yet mysterious three-engine stealthy 6th-gen J-36 may launch from an aircraft carrier, should PLA scientists succeed with current efforts to integrate the large new platform ...

A Chinese state broadcaster has released grainy footage and photographs purporting to show a test flight of the country’s most advanced stealth fighter yet, just days after Donald Trump announced the ...

The next-generation J-36 appears to be still in the initial phases of flight testing, flying with landing gear down and a flight data probe installed on the nose. Various videos captured by people on ...

The Chinese J-36 aircraft will likely directly compete with any U.S. aircraft fit to modernize the military. Days after President Donald Trump announced that aerospace giant Boeing had been awarded a ...

China’s J-36 sixth-generation fighter was recently spotted in public, with significant design alterations from its last appearance. While the US Navy and Air Force are banking on their respective next ...

Several images showing what appears to be the second prototype of the J-36 heavy fighter have started circulating online. Several images showing what appears to be the second prototype of the J-36 ...

February 16, 2025: In late 2024, photos of China’s new J-36 stealth fighter appeared. The photos showed a tailless double delta flying wing design. This enhances stealth and only one J-36 is flying as ...