NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Air Force's first F-47 fighter is now being built by Boeing, and the advanced jet is expected to have its initial flight in 2028, Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said ...

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General David Allvin announced on Sept. 22, 2025 that Boeing had begun the manufacturing process for the first production F-47, with a goal of seeing it airborne by 2028.

The timely introduction of NGAD and all its related components is paramount for US national security interests. Progress surrounding the US Air Force’s Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program is ...

Boeing has begun building the U.S. Air Force’s next generation stealth fighter and intends to fly it for the first time in 2028, Gen. David Allvin, the Air Force chief of staff, said Monday. Allvin’s ...

Although the United States has released few details about the F-47, it cannot afford to take its time developing the fighter—a point that Allvin made clear in his keynote address. In his keynote ...

Boeing’s developmental sixth-generation F-47 fighter will take to the skies in 2028. The airframer was selected to deliver the USA’s first-ever sixth-generation fighter in March, beating out Lockheed ...

In March of 2025, the U.S. Air Force announced that it had selected the contractor for its sixth-generation stealth fighter program: not Lockheed Martin, which made the F-22 and still makes the F-35, ...

Congress is committing to only a fraction of the funding necessary for the Navy’s F/A-XX program in the latest version of the defense policy bill, while fully backing the development of the Air ...

Boeing is now building the first F-47 next-generation fighter aircraft, and it is expected to be ready to fly in 2028, Air Force chief of staff David Allvin announced on Monday. Allvin, who spoke at ...

The first F-47, Boeing's successful pitch for the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter aircraft, is now being built and will fly for the first time in 2028, Gen. David Allvin said. (Air Force) ...