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Why Boeing Is Building The F-47 Stealth Fighter Instead Of Lockheed Martin

In March of 2025, the U.S. Air Force announced that it had selected the contractor for its sixth-generation stealth fighter program: not Lockheed Martin, which made the F-22 and still makes the F-35, ...
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First Boeing F-47 In Production, First Flight by 2028

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General David Allvin announced on Sept. 22, 2025 that Boeing had begun the manufacturing process for the first production F-47, with a goal of seeing it airborne by 2028.
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Boeing’s F-47 sixth-generation fighter scheduled to fly in 2028 as production begins on first aircraft

Boeing’s developmental sixth-generation F-47 fighter will take to the skies in 2028. The airframer was selected to deliver the USA’s first-ever sixth-generation fighter in March, beating out Lockheed ...
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Boeing is said to begin building Air Force’s next-gen F-47 fighter

The U.S. Air Force has begun production of its first F-47 fighter jet, with a maiden flight planned for 2028, Defense News reported Monday, citing Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin at the Air and Space ...
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Boeing Unveils New F/A-XX Rendering

Fresh artwork of Boeing’s proposed sixth-generation naval fighter shows similarities to the F-47, the new Air Force fighter. Boeing has released a new rendering of its proposed F/A-XX sixth-generation ...