Pentagon Expected to Select US Navy’s Next-generation Fighter Soon Written 8 October 2025
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An early rendering of a proposed Boeing F/A-XX design. | Credit: Boeing; Wikipedia; Fair use
Reuters reports, “After months of delay, the Pentagon will select as soon as this week the defense company to design and build the Navy’s next stealth fighter, a U.S. official and two people familiar with the decision said, in what will be a multibillion-dollar effort for a jet seen as central to U.S. efforts to counter China. Boeing Co and Northrop Grumman Corp are competing to be chosen to produce the aircraft, dubbed the F/A-XX. The new carrier-based jet will replace the Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fleet, which has been in service since the 1990s.”
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