President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that Boeing has been awarded the contract to develop the Air Force’s next generation of high-tech fighter jets to be known as the F-47.
Mr. Trump said it would be the “world’s first sixth-generation fighter jet,” with range and capabilities far exceeding current weapons systems.
“Nothing in the world comes even close to it,” the president said from the Oval Office with Mr. Hegseth standing next to him. “The F-47 will be the most advanced, the most capable, the most lethal aircraft ever built.”
Boeing, which has been struggling with its military division, won out in the competition with Lockheed Martin to build the new jet.
Mr. Trump said an “experimental version” of the plane has been in the skies secretly for five years.
It has “stealth technology [and] unprecedented power,” he said.
The president said he would not disclose the cost of the contract, citing national security.
