Full F-47 Production Line "Not Too Far Away": USAF General
Boeing is adding nearly $2 billion in St. Louis facilities as the Air Force targets at least 185 F-47 jets.
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US says F-47 will be first sixth-gen jet. China’s J-36 and J-50 are already flying
Washington is “not too far away” from a production line for its F-47 sixth-generation fighter, a senior US Air Force official has said, as China presses ahead with flight-testing two different next-generation combat aircraft of its own. During a virtual event hosted by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies on Monday, Brigadier General Timothy Helfrich, the service’s portfolio acquisition executive for fighters and advanced aircraft, said …
USAF says full F-47 production line 'not too far away'
The Air Force says work to establish a full production line for the F-47 sixth-generation fighter is getting closer, as Boeing proceeds with a nearly $2 billion expansion of its St. Louis facilities — adding more than 92,900 square meters of...
Boeing is called upon to implement two strategically important equipment programs after the F/A-XX contract while it stops production of the Super Hornet
Key takeaways Brigadier General Timothy Helfrich, the Air Force’s Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Fighter and Advanced Aircraft, has announced that the U.S. Army is nearing completion of the setup of a dedicated production line for the sixth-generation F-47 fighter jet. F-16, F-15EX, F-35 … and F-47 This initiative is part of a broader strategy […]
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