Boeing F-47 NGAD - Speculation and Theories

Scott Kenny said:
I still find that hard to believe. I'm still leaning towards NG for FAXX.
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Id say so.

NG for B-21 and FAAX. They demonstrated an amazing ability to procure the Raider thus far.

LMCO is busy with F-35 and a potential something else that is really fast. I suspect this additional aircraft is low production and reliant on adaptive cycle engines, where as the F-47 has been flying with a standard low bypass turbofan of around 29k thrust.

Boeing has plenty of F-15ex to complete as well as the F-47.
 
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As much as I want to see a 6th gen fighter for the technology and childhood fascination, I’m not sure how relevant it will be in future conflicts. Iran and Ukraine is showing them to be almost irrelevant. Going head to head with an equivalent force would only be a disastrous outcome.

The only real benefit becomes projection of power or a true defense posture but, the USA doesn’t play defense….
 
Cerberus21 said:
As much as I want to see a 6th gen fighter for the technology and childhood fascination, I’m not sure how relevant it will be in future conflicts. Iran and Ukraine is showing them to be almost irrelevant. Going head to head with an equivalent force would only be a disastrous outcome.

The only real benefit becomes projection of power or a true defense posture but, the USA doesn’t play defense….
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???

what
 
EmoBirb said:
Bases lost? On paper none, because who in their right mind would admit that anyway.

Bases "lost" (as in unusable for operations) in reality?
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Iran’s Attacks Force U.S. Troops to Work Remotely - The New York Times

archived 26 Mar 2026 09:14:49 UTC
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This level of attacks did not stop US forces in Iraq or Afghanistan from using the bases. If a reporter is saying otherwise, they're pushing an agenda.


EmoBirb said:
I suppose the AN/FPS 132 wasn't a high value asset?
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Not to the US, but fair point.


EmoBirb said:
And I suppose KC-135 and E-3 are still in production to offset the losses of the several airframes that were damaged beyond repair?
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There's many in the Boneyard we could regenerate and bring into service.

Or we *gasp* buy more E-7s and KC-46s.


EmoBirb said:
Fires happen? Lol. They surely shouldn't happen on a warship, especially not of that scale. Plumbing failing, fire breaking out either due to negligence or intentionally after a several month overstretched deployment putting the carrier out of action for most likely more than a year at best. That's the state of the USN in 2026?
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That's been the state of the USN for as long as there's been a USN.

You're doing a lot of dangerous stuff in a very small area. Including handling flammables and explosives. Sometimes things go wrong. Mostly you don't hear about it because there weren't cameras and computers in everyone's hands 24/7 back then. But there are cameras and instant global access now, so now you do hear about things that you didn't used to. Did you know there was a fire in the dryer on USS Narwhal in 1997 or 1998, shortly before she was decommissioned? Or that the auxiliarymen had to rip apart the black-water pumps once a patrol on USS Georgia 01-02?

Especially when the media has an axe to grind about how incompetent the military or the administration is, stories about things going wrong normally get played way way up and other things happening get dropped like they're hot.



Cerberus21 said:
Psyops are active and propaganda works both ways.
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Yes they are, and yes it does.
 
Low IQ Techie said:
It is difficult to imagine 2D from 3D.
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Similar art based on the P&W artwork from China by 兰墨飞花, as well as some speculated comparisons to their J-50, J-36 and others. Of course the P&W rendering is not the actual F-47, and the specs listed aren't accurate either.
 

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FroggyFrog said:
Similar art based on the P&W artwork from China by 兰墨飞花, as well as some speculated comparisons to their J-50, J-36 and others. Of course the P&W rendering is not the actual F-47, and the specs listed aren't accurate either.
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I couldn't find hi-res images by Google Lens. Do you have the original link?
 

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