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This week on Weapons and Warfare, join host Ryan Robertson as he explores the U.S. Air Force's plans for the F-47 fighter jet ...
A strike at Boeing's defense unit halts fighter jet assembly, including F-47 jet production, as 3,200 employees walk out over failed contract negotiations.
The Pentagon must choose between waiting for the F-47 and hoping it is the right fighter to provide air superiority, or resurrecting the F-22 program.
Industry experts break down the key factors driving the Boeing strike, including wage demands, workforce transitions, and the ...
The US Air force is making YFQ-42A and YFQ-44A unmanned jets that will fly with the F-47 sixth generation fighter. There will ...
The strike involves roughly 3,200 workers at three Boeing sites, including its St. Louis hub, which is expected to be central ...
A rejected contract by Boeing’s union workers risks a strike that could delay key defense projects, such as the sixth-gen ...
The F-47 next generation US fighter should have first flying prototype in 2026 or 2027. The hopes to keep the budget and ...
The sixth-generation fighter jet was named the F-47 to honor the P-47 Thunderbolt, the year the U.S. Air Force was founded, and the supportive 47th president.
With F-47 now destined for Boeing, I suspect Lockheed would have been more than happy to go "all-in," to pivot, and try to win the other sixth-generation contract in contention: F/A-XX.
F-47, F/A-XX-zero Late last month, as Defense Scoop reports, the Pentagon requested $3.5 billion from Congress to continue development work on the Boeing F-47.