Five US military aircraft already being developed for future wars

The United States has spent years touting the Lockheed Martin sourced F-35 as the most advanced combat aircraft ever devised — which resulted in some ruffled feathers when Lockheed pitched an F-35/F-22 hybrid fighter it claimed would be superior to the incredibly expensive (and perpetually troubled) F-35 program. The thing is, despite being chock-full of new tech, the pace of advancement has already exceeded the pace of F-35 production, and it may soon find itself competing in a world full of more capable aircraft — both in terms of what they can do in the physical and digital spheres of warfare.

Here are some of the more exciting aircraft the U.S. military currently has under development, and when we can expect to see them take to the skies.