In March 2025, the U.S. Air Force announced that the contract award for the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) platform would go to Boeing, which will develop and manufacture the F-47 sixth-generation fighter aircraft. Described by the Air Force Chief of Staff as the “crown jewel” of the NGAD family of systems, the F-47 represents a significant advance over the fifth-generation F-22, with cutting-edge stealth, sensor fusion, and long-range strike capabilities. These capabilities will be critical in countering the increasingly sophisticated anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) capabilities that China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) would employ in a potential future conflict over Taiwan.
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