The F-47 Shows the US Back in the Game

Washington showed that it cannot slacken off in the air dominance game just now.

A relatively recent artist’s impression of the Boeing NGAD entry into the US Air Force’s sixth-generation fighter competition against Lockheed Martin and, earlier, against Northrop-Grumman. Boeing and Lockheed Martin each built demonstrator models of their contenders. The competition had been put on hold in 2024 to evaluate competitive systems (from the PRC, particularly), costs, and threat, but a decision to proceed, and to select the Boeing contender to advance through project development was announced on March 21, 2025, by US Pres. Donald Trump.

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The F-47 Shows the US Back in the Game

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