AIR DOMINANCE VECTOR5TH/6TH GEN AIR SUPERIORITY
Air Dominance
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 & EWMulti-dimensional sub-scores normalized on a 0-100 tactical scale evaluated by the GMR Multi-Domain Scoring Engine.
Top Air Dominance Contenders
Hardware-Dominant Kill-Chain WeightingReal-Time Fleet Overmatch
Air Dominance Index100.0
Fielded Operators:🇨🇳CN240
Radar SensorType 1475 (KLJ-5) AESA active phased array radar with distributed aperture system (DAS)
Max VelocityMach 1.80
Combat Radius1440 km
Service Ceiling18k m
Stealth & RCS92.5
Avionics & AESA91.8
Kinematics89.3
Payload90.9
Survivability & EW82.6
Air Dominance Index100.0
Fielded Operators:🇺🇸US186
Radar SensorAN/APG-77v1 AESA active phased array radar with ultra-low radar cross-section emissions
Max VelocityMach 1.97
Combat Radius1350 km
Service Ceiling20k m
Stealth & RCS98.5
Avionics & AESA95.6
Kinematics92.4
Payload82.3
Survivability & EW83.7
Air Dominance Index99.7
Fielded Operators:🇷🇺RU22
Radar SensorSh121 radar complex with N036 Byelka X-band AESA and L-band leading-edge arrays
Max VelocityMach 1.75
Combat Radius1575 km
Service Ceiling20k m
Stealth & RCS85.0
Avionics & AESA88.7
Kinematics91.5
Payload87.7
Survivability & EW78.9
Air Dominance Index99.6
Radar SensorAN/APG-81 AESA active phased array radar with SAR mode
Max VelocityMach 1.58
Combat Radius990 km
Service Ceiling15k m
Stealth & RCS97.0
Avionics & AESA84.6
Kinematics77.0
Payload87.7
Survivability & EW84.4
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
Air Dominance Index82.9
Radar SensorCAPTOR-E AESA active electronically scanned array radar and PIRATE infrared search and track (IRST)
Max VelocityMach 2.04
Combat Radius1305 km
Service Ceiling20k m
Stealth & RCS62.5
Avionics & AESA91.8
Kinematics92.1
Payload84.7
Survivability & EW88.3
Radar SensorRaven ES-05 AESA active radar on swashplate repositioner and Skyward-G IRST
Max VelocityMach 2.02
Combat Radius1440 km
Service Ceiling16k m
Stealth & RCS55.0
Avionics & AESA87.1
Kinematics90.7
Payload79.1
Survivability & EW85.8
Air Dominance Index72.7
Radar SensorAN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) AESA active phased array
Max VelocityMach 1.73
Combat Radius1440 km
Service Ceiling15k m
Stealth & RCS40.0
Avionics & AESA83.3
Kinematics86.3
Payload82.3
Survivability & EW81.5
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
Air Dominance Index57.4
Radar SensorOsiris mast-mounted sight (MMS) or roof-mounted Strix optronic sight
Max VelocityMach 0.24
Combat Radius360 km
Service Ceiling4k m
Stealth & RCS55.0
Avionics & AESA57.9
Kinematics44.6
Payload52.4
Survivability & EW82.8
Air Dominance Index57.4
Radar SensorAN/APG-78 Longbow mast-mounted millimeter-wave fire control radar
Max VelocityMach 0.24
Combat Radius855 km
Service Ceiling6k m
Stealth & RCS36.3
Avionics & AESA58.4
Kinematics52.4
Payload70.3
Survivability & EW84.7
Air Dominance Index56.6
Radar SensorBlue Kestrel 5000 360-degree maritime search AESA radar or Leonardo Osprey AESA radar
Max VelocityMach 0.25
Combat Radius625 km
Service Ceiling5k m
Stealth & RCS32.5
Avionics & AESA81.9
Kinematics48.3
Payload38.5
Survivability & EW84.1
Air Dominance Index55.2
Radar SensorFH01 Arbalet-52 dual-band radar (nose and mast mounted)
Max VelocityMach 0.26
Combat Radius495 km
Service Ceiling6k m
Stealth & RCS32.5
Avionics & AESA57.4
Kinematics46.4
Payload70.4
Survivability & EW86.1
Air Dominance Index54.9
Radar SensorNone
Max VelocityMach 0.13
Combat Radius9 km
Service Ceiling5k m
Stealth & RCS70.0
Avionics & AESA80.1
Kinematics42.5
Payload45.5
Survivability & EW54.5
Air Dominance Index54.6
Radar SensorN019 Rubin pulse-Doppler radar or Zhuk-ME planar array
Max VelocityMach 2.00
Combat Radius644 km
Service Ceiling18k m
Stealth & RCS32.5
Avionics & AESA70.3
Kinematics78.5
Payload77.7
Survivability & EW75.0
Air Dominance Index54.3
Radar SensorLockheed Martin Target Sight System (TSS) 3rd-gen FLIR with laser designator
Max VelocityMach 0.24
Combat Radius308 km
Service Ceiling6k m
Stealth & RCS36.3
Avionics & AESA58.2
Kinematics44.4
Payload62.4
Survivability & EW83.0
Air Dominance Index51.5
Radar SensorAN/APS-150 multi-mode weather and navigational radar
Max VelocityMach 0.68
Combat Radius2016 km
Service Ceiling14k m
Stealth & RCS25.0
Avionics & AESA71.8
Kinematics71.4
Payload65.0
Survivability & EW82.0
Air Dominance Index50.1
Fielded Operators:🇺🇦UA100000🇷🇺RU80000
Radar SensorNone
Max VelocityMach 0.11
Combat Radius5 km
Service Ceiling2k m
Stealth & RCS72.3
Avionics & AESA63.5
Kinematics44.6
Payload41.0
Survivability & EW44.6
Air Dominance Index47.4
Radar SensorAN/APY-8 Lynx II Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) with Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI)
Max VelocityMach 0.39
Combat Radius833 km
Service Ceiling15k m
Stealth & RCS36.3
Avionics & AESA65.8
Kinematics56.3
Payload64.1
Survivability & EW62.3
Air Dominance Index47.3
Radar SensorMast-mounted millimeter wave fire control radar on Z-10ME variant
Max VelocityMach 0.24
Combat Radius369 km
Service Ceiling6k m
Stealth & RCS43.8
Avionics & AESA58.8
Kinematics44.4
Payload56.4
Survivability & EW84.0
Air Dominance Index46.7
Radar SensorSynthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and electro-optical/infrared reconnaissance turret
Max VelocityMach 0.30
Combat Radius1800 km
Service Ceiling10k m
Stealth & RCS40.0
Avionics & AESA62.5
Kinematics63.9
Payload51.1
Survivability & EW58.9
Air Dominance Index44.6
Radar SensorNone
Max VelocityMach 0.15
Combat Radius900 km
Service Ceiling4k m
Stealth & RCS51.3
Avionics & AESA51.3
Kinematics49.5
Payload41.9
Survivability & EW51.5
Air Dominance Index44.0
Radar SensorN025 mast-mounted 360-degree millimeter wave radar on Mi-28NM
Max VelocityMach 0.24
Combat Radius495 km
Service Ceiling6k m
Stealth & RCS28.8
Avionics & AESA54.0
Kinematics45.6
Payload64.2
Survivability & EW81.9
Air Dominance Index43.9
Radar SensorAselsan CATS (Common Aperture Targeting System) electro-optical / IR pod
Max VelocityMach 0.18
Combat Radius135 km
Service Ceiling8k m
Stealth & RCS47.5
Avionics & AESA57.4
Kinematics43.8
Payload51.6
Survivability & EW59.6
Air Dominance Index43.4
Radar SensorHoneywell color weather radar and FLIR turret
Max VelocityMach 0.24
Combat Radius999 km
Service Ceiling6k m
Stealth & RCS28.8
Avionics & AESA60.4
Kinematics55.0
Payload35.6
Survivability & EW82.8
Air Dominance Index42.2
Radar SensorAN/APX-123 IFF and multi-mode digital weather/obstacle radar
Max VelocityMach 0.26
Combat Radius1013 km
Service Ceiling6k m
Stealth & RCS21.3
Avionics & AESA60.6
Kinematics55.0
Payload39.4
Survivability & EW81.9
Air Dominance Index26.6
Radar SensorKupol-76 navigation and ground-mapping radar
Max VelocityMach 0.69
Combat Radius1800 km
Service Ceiling12k m
Stealth & RCS21.3
Avionics & AESA67.6
Kinematics69.7
Payload37.0
Survivability & EW76.5
Air Dominance Index24.3
Radar SensorNone
Max VelocityMach 0.12
Combat Radius270 km
Service Ceiling5k m
Stealth & RCS43.8
Avionics & AESA80.9
Kinematics41.4
Payload7.0
Survivability & EW53.6
Air Dominance Index21.1
Radar SensorWeather radar in nose radome
Max VelocityMach 0.20
Combat Radius360 km
Service Ceiling6k m
Stealth & RCS21.3
Avionics & AESA46.6
Kinematics43.1
Payload34.5
Survivability & EW76.6