First F-47 sixth-generation aircraft expected to fly in 2028

Boeing is now building the first F-47 next-generation fighter aircraft, and it is expected to be ready to fly in 2028, Air Force chief of staff David Allvin announced on Monday.

Allvin, who spoke at the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference on Monday, said Boeing quickly went to work on the sixth-generation fighter aircraft shortly after President Donald Trump announced it had won the contract in March.