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‘Never See It Coming’: A First Look at the NGAD F-47’s Bomber-Like Stealth

The 6th-generation F-47 is being engineered for “stealth supremacy,” featuring a “paradigm-changing” blended wing-body with no vertical tails, similar to a stealth bomber. -While it will possess ...
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Forget JAS 39 Gripen: Saab Wants to Built Its Own ‘NGAD’ 6th Generation Fighter

Sweden has launched a program with Saab to develop a potential sixth-generation fighter, awarding an initial contract for ...

Why Boeing Is Building The F-47 Stealth Fighter Instead Of Lockheed Martin

Some people raised questions about the U.S. Air Force choosing Boeing over Lockheed Martin as the developer of its ...
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First Boeing F-47 In Production, First Flight by 2028

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.
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Engines for America's F-47 Sixth Gen Combat Aircraft Coming Together Faster Than Expected

It's been six months already since American president Donald Trump announced the name of the country's (and the world's) first-ever sixth generation combat aircraft, and with everything going on in ...

What Are Gripen Fighter Jets and Why Does Ukraine Want Them?

The Swedish warplanes are well suited to the rugged combat operations Ukraine will have to carry out, experts say.

Sixty-Five Years of Air Dominance: A Chronological History of U.S. Fighter Jets

Over the past 80 years, the air forces of the world have ripped through the skies in five generations of jet fighters. The common denominator of all five generations is the jet engine, an invention so ...