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China Might Have Up to Five New Prototypes of the J-36 ‘NGAD’ Stealth Fighter Flying and They Keep Showing Them Off While the Boeing F-47 Is a Top Secret Mystery

Summary by 19FortyFive
China keeps rolling out more and more images on social media of the J-36 fighter which is supposed to rival Boeing's new F-47 NGAD stealth warplane.

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China’s sixth-generation J-36 fighter jet was spotted again today on daylight test flights. It is a huge, tailless, three-engine stealth aircraft (~22 m long, 50+ tons) — and up to five prototypes are flying, with visible design differences between them. Recent developments include a structural mock-up that was unveiled […] The article China’s sixth-generation J-36 fighter jet on test flights was originally published on AlphaTV.

Key takeaways: Beijing is becoming increasingly transparent about the progress of the J-36, a sixth-generation stealth fighter jet intended to compete with the United States' future NGAD platforms. While the American F-47 remains a closely guarded secret, China has regularly shared images of the J-36 on social media. This trend began […]

The American F-47 is just getting ready to fly, while in China the J-36, China's new sixth-generation fighter, has been flying for many months.

·Kraków, Poland
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19FortyFive broke the news in Frederick, United States on Sunday, September 20, 2026.
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