The U.S. Department of Defense has embarked on a new era in military aviation with the initiation of production for the 6th generation Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter, the F-47. This ...

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.

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 ...

A next-gen fighter promises a major leap in air power, but the F-47's shifting timelines raise tough questions about what ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...