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Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 16:24:19 MT

FLIGHTGLOBAL · DEFENSE

WHAT BOEING’S F/A-XX WIN MEANS FOR THE US AEROSPACE INDUSTRY...

A win in two sixth-generation programmes secures Boeing’s fighter enterprise for the next 50 years, while leaving other manufacturers out in the cold.

SCOTT: A budget that jumps from pocket change to real money means the Navy fighter is not dead — it means someone on the Hill got scared of a capability gap. Watch the engine and the carrier fit, not the artist’s rendering.

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