Everything we know about the F-47, USAF's next-gen fighter

Boeing invested more in F-47 than it ever had on a defense program

Boeing put more dollars into its bid for the F-47 Next-Generation Air Dominance fighter jet than it has on any past defense contract, CEO Kelly Ortberg said today. “The team did a very good job on pursuing that program,” Ortberg said during Bernstein’s Annual Strategic Decisions Conference. “We invested in this area more than any investment we’ve ever made in our defense business, and that investment paid off.” The Trump administration on March …

Everything we know about the F-47, USAF's next-gen fighter

When it comes to warfare, owning the skies is tantamount to winning. This is why, even as far back as the 1940s, Winston Churchill said that if a country doesn't have an adequate air force, it's "compromising the foundations of its own freedom and independence." Since World War II, the United States enjoyed the benefit of air superiority in virtually every conflict it has been involved in. But to maintain that advantage in the decades ahead, the…