Chinese state media outlets are portraying the U.S. Air Force’s planned sixth-generation F-47 fighter as costly and difficult to produce, according to a new analysis.
The Trump administration’s fiscal 2027 defense budget proposal allocates significantly more funding to the Air Force’s sixth-generation F-47 fighter than to the Navy’s F/A-XX program.
President Donald Trump has submitted a $1.5 trillion defense budget request for fiscal year 2027, marking a significant increase in military spending.
The U.S. Air Force’s future sixth-generation F-47 fighter and the Navy’s planned F/A-XX aircraft are not expected to be operational until the mid-2030s, according to a senior U.S. lawmaker.
Pratt & Whitney has presented new details about its XA103 engine, developed under the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) program for the U.S. Air Force’s future fighter aircraft.
Senior U.S. Air Force leaders and industry experts outlined priorities for the service’s Future Force Design during a panel at the Air and Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium in Aurora on February 25.
e U.S. Air Force’s F-47 sixth-generation fighter remains on track to fly within two years, a senior acquisition official said on February 25.
Congress is considering adding major funding increases for Air Force programs in the fiscal 2026 appropriations bill released on January 20, including $900 million to preserve the E-7 airborne early warning and control aircraft and $500 million for the F-47 Next-Generation Air Dominance fighter.
The first F-47 Next-Generation Air Dominance fighter is already being built and will be ready to fly by 2028, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin said on 22 September.
Lockheed Martin has said the US government is showing interest in its proposed “fifth-generation-plus” version of the F-35, which would incorporate technology from the company’s failed sixth-generation fighter bid.
The first flight of the US Air Force’s sixth-generation F-47 fighter will happen sooner than many anticipate, according to Boeing’s Phantom Works division.
A new image shared by Boeing with Aviation Week shows a rendering of the proposed F/A-XX design, raising suggestions that elements of the U.S. Air Force’s F-47 could be influencing the Navy programme.
