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.
A next-gen fighter promises a major leap in air power, but the F-47's shifting timelines raise tough questions about what ...
The Boeing F-47 is set to be the centerpiece of the United States Air Force's Next Generation Air Dominance capabilities, a family of air systems that is still discussed in a binary manner. Public ...
Michelle Thomason is a member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation. Wilson Beaver is a Senior Policy Advisor for Defense Budgeting and NATO Policy in The Heritage Foundation’s ...
In March 2025, the United States Air Force made the announcement that Boeing, not Lockheed Martin, will build its new, state-of-the-art F-47 fighter jet, America's first sixth-generation stealth ...
It will soon be a year since American president Donald Trump announced the official birth of the country’s and the world’s first-ever sixth-generation combat aircraft, the Boeing F-47, and not much ...