The research and development phase alone is estimated to require at ... which has been widely adopted by NATO partners and other U.S. allies. Despite these challenges, the F-47 represents a major leap ...

Defense contracting giant Lockheed Martin was left in the dust by Boeing’s exceptional sixth-generation aircraft: the F-47. Last week ... process due to challenges in meeting the Navy’s ...

and outmatch any adversary that dares to challenge our brave Airmen." "Despite what our adversaries claim, the F-47 is truly the world's first crewed sixth-generation fighter, built to dominate ...

Explore how President Cyril Ramaphosa's recent State of the Nation Address highlights South Africa's pursuit of a capable and ...

The sixth-gen aircraft is considered too advanced for other militaries. Still, America‘s allies may also not express interest in the F-47.

The Air Force has decoupled the NGAP from the F-47 development schedule. Instead of developing engines specifically for the fighter, the NGAP program is qualifying a generic adaptive turbofan ...

President Trump announced that Boeing will build the Air Force's first sixth-generation stealth fighter jet, the F-47. Development costs alone are expected to run as high as $20 billion or even ...

To make matters worse for Lockheed, Trump last week selected its rival, Boeing, to build the next-generation F-47 stealth fighter. Lockheed's stock briefly dropped following the contract ...

This is just the initial cost. Once the design of the F-47 is finalized and development is approved, Boeing expects to receive hundreds of billions of dollars over the lifetime of the F-47.

In fact, the Pentagon expected it would cost at least $16 billion just to complete the development of the new ... He's calling the new Boeing plane the F-47. Whatever the new F-47 looks like ...

The ability of the United States to export the F-35 and involve allies in the jet’s production was a key factor in helping reduce per-unit costs for the Lightning II, compared to the vastly more ...