Boeing F-47 announced as the Next Generation Air Dominance FighterDonald Trump announced on Friday that Boeing has been awarded the contract for the Air Force’s next-generation stealth fighter plane, which the 47th US president said would be named the F-47.
“Nothing in the world comes even close to it, and it’ll be known as the F-47. The generals picked a title, and it’s a beautiful number, F-47,” said Trump at the White House.
The contract aims to develop the replacement for the F-22 jet — which has been in operation for some two decades — with a new, more advanced aircraft able to operate alongside uncrewed drones.
“After a rigorous and thorough competition between some of America’s top aerospace companies, the Air Force is going to be awarding the contract for the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) platform to Boeing,” Trump said in televised remarks in the Oval Office.