Wall Street Journal Article archive.ph link
Boeing has been awarded the contract for the NGAD program, and will produce the next generation of fighter jets used by the United States. The aircraft is said to be the first 6th generation fighter, said to employ novel technologies such as AI assistance. It will be part of a new “family of systems” that will include unmanned “loyal wingman” fighter aircraft . The designation F-47 appears to pay homage to Donald Trump, the 47th president.
The Wall Street Journal says that the price tag per aircraft will be “several hundred million each”, for reference, the final cost per F-35 is around $80 million.
This feels like a story from The Onion ngl.
The f-35 hasn’t even seen combat, has it?
Last I heard the fuckin things were still falling out of the sky
F-35s as a type have yet to down any manned aircraft but they have been used to take out drones and do ground attack roles. IIRC they were used against lebanon last year and they were what the Israelis used to retaliate against Iran after operation True Promise II.
Fun Fact: Currently the F-22 type has one recorded air to air victory. It was achieved in 2022 against one of those spy balloons everyone was freaking out about. The F-22 is set to retire and be replaced by what is now known as the F-47.
And it didn’t even flex on the balloon by taking it out with it’s guns, it shot a heat seeker from 50 miles away like a betazoid coward.
It also MISSED the balloon with an air to air missile lol