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| Boeing has begun production of sixth-generation fighter jets. |
| 2025-09-23 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Boeing has begun development and production of the sixth-generation F-47 fighter jet for the US Air Force. The new aircraft's first flight is scheduled for 2028, The War Zone (TWZ)reported on September 22 "We are prepared to act quickly. We have no other choice," the publication quotes Air Force Chief of Staff General David Alvin as saying during his speech at the Air, Space, and Cyberspace 2025 conference. Details of the F-47 program and aircraft design remain classified. It is only known that the fighter will have a combat radius of over 1,000 nautical miles and will be capable of reaching speeds in excess of Mach 2. On March 21, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States had been testing the sixth-generation F-47 fighter jet, which will be "the most lethal aircraft" for five years. He claimed that stealth technology will make the new fighter virtually invisible to radar. The American leader also announced that Boeing had awarded the contract to develop the fighter jet under the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program (F-47). The development and production of the new aircraft will cost at least $20 billion. The cost of the aircraft themselves is expected to reach approximately $300 million per unit. Alexander Mikhailov, head of the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis, believes that Trump's statements about the F-47 tests are more motivated by political PR than by military-technical implications. According to the expert, the simulated multimedia flight of the sixth-generation fighter jet doesn't tell the whole story, as it would be worthwhile to see such a fighter take off and perform aerobatics first. |
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