Boeing has begun building the U.S. Air Force’s most advanced stealth fighter, the F-47, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin revealed Monday.
“The team is committed to getting the first one flying in 2028,” Allvin said, according to Air & Space Forces Magazine, the Association’s official publication.
“In the few short months since we made the announcement, they are already beginning to manufacture the first article,” Allvin said, referring to the first test aircraft. “We’re ready to go fast,” he said. “We have to go fast.”
Speaking at this year’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference, hosted by the Air & Space Forces Association in Maryland, Allvin said Boeing began work after being awarded a $20 billion contract in March….