>Boeing has started production of the first F-47 sixth-generation stealth fighter for the U.S. Air Force. The goal now is for that jet to make its first flight sometime in 2028.>make its first flight sometime in 2028.But didn't it fly years ago before the chink Doritos? Or was It Lockheed's NGAD prototypes back then?:https://www.twz.com/air/first-f-47-6th-generation-fighter-now-being-built
friendly reminder that china doesn't even have 5th gen planes
>>64297539It was a demo, we don't know if it was just a testbed or the predecessor for the intended production plane proper. If it was indeed the latter, Lockheed sounds likely given the greater level of experience (and competence for that matter) with 5th combat aircraft and 6th gen technologies
Wait I thought it flew already?
>>64297557they did but the requirements for sixth generation is to have autonomous drones linked and flying around with it
>>64297539>6th genBullshit. Is it capable of suborbital flight and piloted by AI?
>>64297539Official timeline per DARPA is one flew in 2019 and the other in 2022. Boeing was apparently both the first to fly and had a more impressive offering. There was some reporting back in I believe 2023 saying the Air Force thought Boeing’s was a revolutionary design while LockMart’s was more evolutionary. Really I’d like to see the AII-X demonstrators once we get to see F-47 proper. If the first flight does happen in ‘28 I assume we’ll see it then at the latest, though it’s very possible we see it earlier if they reveal it like B-21. >>64297557Two demonstrator designs flew under DARPA’s AII-X program. We don’t know enough to say for sure how related these demonstrators are to the final design, or if it was a proper fly off in the vein of ATF or JSF, though precedent would suggest it was.
>>64297539When is the monkey model available?
