This Is the F-47

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The Boeing F-47 is an upcoming air superiority sixth-generation fighter aircraft to be developed by Boeing for the United States Air Force (USAF) under the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program.[1][2] It is intended to be the successor to the Lockheed Martin F-22. USAF officials said experimental tests have been flown since 2020, and the service aims to field it by decade's end,[3] when it will become the first US sixth-generation fighter.[4][5]

The F-47 artist rendering has some semblance to the Boeing X-36 and the Boeing F/A-XX concept images.

Development
The F-47 program is part of the USAF's Next Generation Air Dominance initiative, which aims to replace the aging Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor fleet.[6] The initiative envisions a "family of systems" approach, with a crewed fighter, referred to as the Penetrating Counter-Air (PCA), serving as the central platform supported by uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft (CCA). The PCA is intended to be a long range, high speed, stealthy sensor-shooter aircraft accompanied by CCAs that would carry additional munitions and perform other supporting missions.[7][8][5]

The winner of the NGAD development contract was to be chosen in 2024, but the Secretary of the Air Force paused the program after its projected cost soared, putting the price of each fighter at three times that of an F-35, and to allow an internal study to be conducted to determine the viability of the programs approach to air dominance in light of several rapid advances in aviation and air defense technology, particularly by America's adversaries.[9][10]

On March 21, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the F-47 engineering and manufacturing development contract, worth more than $20 billion, would be awarded to Boeing.[5][11] In response to the announcement, Boeing's stock price closed 7% higher than the previous day's close and Lockheed Martin's stock price closed 5.7% lower than the previous day's close.[12][13][14]

This contract is expected to revitalize Boeing's military aviation division, especially its fighter production line in St. Louis, Missouri.[12] "Boeing has been pouring billions into building new facilities over the past few years, placing a big bet on NGAD and other next-generation programs in the hopes of finally returning its defense arm to profitability", wrote Defense One.[10] Steve Parker, interim CEO of Boeing's defense unit, called this build-up "the most significant investment in the history of our defense business."[10]

The program has been flying X-planes—experimental aircraft meant to prove out design and technological elements—since 2020[11] and is expected to fly the F-47 by the end of Trump's term in early 2029, Air Force Chief of Staff General David Allvin said.[15]

Design
Details about the F-47's design remain classified. The F-47 will have "significantly longer range, more advanced stealth, be more sustainable, supportable, and have higher availability than our fifth-generation fighters"—that is, the F-22 and Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Allvin said.[16][17] He also said it would "cost less" than the F-22, be acquired in larger numbers, be "more adaptable to future threats," and "will take significantly less manpower and infrastructure to deploy."[15]

It is anticipated to incorporate advanced stealth capabilities, sensor fusion, and the ability to coordinate operations with drone swarms, all intended to provide an advantage in combat.[6][16]