
Shock Debut: America Starts Building the F‑47 Sixth‑Gen Fighter – But China’s J‑36 & J‑50 Are Already in the Air
The roundup What just happened in the U.S. In March 2025, the Air Force formally awarded Boeing the NGAD engineering & manufacturing development (EMD) contract and publicly attached the F‑47 designation. The service reiterated that F‑47 is the crewed “crown jewel” of