Posted on 03/22/2025 5:38:44 AM PDT by Fish Speaker
WASHINGTON — Boeing has won an Air Force contract to develop the first ever sixth-generation fighter, dubbed the F-47, which is seen as critical to maintaining America’s air supremacy over China, President Donald Trump announced today.
The aerospace giant’s victory in the Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program is a game-changer for Boeing, whose defense business has suffered billions of dollars in losses in recent years stemming from a series of ill-performing fixed-price contracts. In particular, the win gives Boeing the opportunity to build a new fighter jet at a time when its F/A-18 line is nearing closure, a major lifeline for the company’s St. Louis facility.
Boeing bested Lockheed Martin in the NGAD competition, ending Lockheed’s status as the sole prime contractor producing stealth fighters in the West — namely the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. A third competitor, Northrop Grumman, dropped out of the competition in 2023 but is expected to compete for a new Navy fighter jet.
In the decade since the existence of the program was revealed, little has come to light about the highly-secretive NGAD fighter, which is expected to enter service in the 2030s and replace the F-22.
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The gears of the military-industrial complex grind on.
Is Boeing capable of building anything anymore?
Hope the doors don’t come off when the plane is doing mach II
F-47 approved by 47th president.
Have they rid themselves of DEI yet? I would hate to see our flight crews put in danger due to Boeing’s ridiculous DEI participation.
If Boeing is making this plane, and you’re near an Air Force Base, make sure you’re wearing a helmet
With Elon supervising?? Absolutely. Who do you think picked Boeing?? Trump or Elon?
In the aerospace industry, it "used to be" the different manufacturers had their "turn". Since Lockheed got the F-22 and F-35, Boeing was past due, but I strongly suspect this could turn out like the Boeing Starliner spacecraft - a colossal failure and waste of money.
I think Kelly Ortberg is going to turn them around and put them back on top
We have to maintain air-superiority over China? What happened to Russia?
“We have to maintain air-superiority over China? What happened to Russia?”
We’ll never catch them, nor do we need to. China is the threat to our interests.
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