AIR DOMINANCE VECTOR5TH/6TH GEN AIR SUPERIORITY

Strategic Bombers

Stealth Fighters, 4.5+ Gen Multi-Role, Strategic Bombers, Combat UAVs & Attack Helicopters

Top 5 Air Dominance Capability Pentagon

Stealth & RCS • Avionics & AESA • Kinematics • Payload • Survivability & EW

TOP 5 CONTENDERS

Multi-dimensional sub-scores normalized on a 0-100 tactical scale evaluated by the GMR Multi-Domain Scoring Engine.

B-2 SpiritUnited States • Northrop Grumman

Gen598.3

Tu-160 BlackjackRussia • Tupolev (UAC)

Gen458.0

Hardware-Dominant Kill-Chain WeightingReal-Time Fleet Overmatch

United States• Introduced: 1997

Air Dominance Index98.3

Fielded Operators:🇺🇸US19

Radar SensorAN/APQ-181 Ku-band AESA active electronically scanned array radar

Max VelocityMach 0.82

Combat Radius4995 km

Service Ceiling15k m

Stealth & RCS97.8

Avionics & AESA90.2

Kinematics73.8

Payload75.5

Survivability & EW82.8

Russia• Introduced: 1987

Air Dominance Index58.0

Fielded Operators:🇷🇺RU16

Radar SensorNovella NV1.70 phased array navigation/attack radar

Max VelocityMach 1.81

Combat Radius5535 km

Service Ceiling16k m

Stealth & RCS36.3

Avionics & AESA84.7

Kinematics88.5

Payload59.8

Survivability & EW75.8