Boeing now holds the development contracts for both future U.S. crewed fighters: the Air Force’s F-47 and the Navy’s F/A-XX. The Pentagon selected Boeing for the Navy program on September 29, 2026, after choosing it for the Air Force fighter in March 2025.

The Department of War and the U.S. Navy said Tuesday that it's chosen aircraft manufacturer Boeing to develop its next generation of fighter jets.

The two-month-long strike at Boeing’s St. Louis facility is now officially delaying deliveries of new F-15EX fighter jets to the Air Force, a top general confirmed in recent Senate testimony. -Over 3,

Boeing ( BA) has been selected to develop the U.S. Navy’s next-generation carrier-based fighter, securing a contract worth about $20 billion and beating Northrop Grumman ( NOC) in one of the Pentagon’s largest combat-aircraft competitions.

Boeing shares jumped on Wednesday after scoring a $20 billion contract for the Navy's next-generation fighter jet.

American aerospace giant got a multi-billion-dollar contract from the U.S. Navy to create the branch's first sixth-generation aircraft.

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Boeing has been selected to build the US Navy's next-generation stealth fighter, the Pentagon said, the aerospace company's second consecutive major win on fighter jets and capping months of delay over a program that is central to countering China in the Pacific.

The sixth-generation aircraft will replace the F/A-18 Super Hornet and is expected to begin deliveries in the 2030s

The MQ-25A Stingray aims to extend the combat range and endurance of U.S. Navy carrier-based fighters by providing aerial refueling farther from aircraft carriers, freeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets from tanker duties for combat missions. (Picture source: Boeing)

Four digits from a silent cockpit forced the military to act.