
Boeing has won a $20 billion US Navy contract to develop the sixth-generation carrier-based fighter jet, the F/A-XX, beating out Northrop Grumman.
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The F/A-XX program is aimed at creating a sixth-generation carrier-based fighter for the US Navy. Earlier in March 2025, Lockheed Martin dropped out of the competition.
Boeing has received a US Navy contract to build the sixth-generation F/A-XX carrier-based fighter. TWZ reports this.
The contract amount is $20 billion. The deal covers a "full-scale development phase" and includes the procurement of "multiple test aircraft for ground testing, airworthiness testing, systems testing and weapons integration testing." The US Navy has not yet announced an official designation for the F/A-XX aircraft.
The Boeing company competed for a contract for a new generation carrier-based fighter with the Northrop Grumman corporation, which developed, in particular, strategic stealth bombers of the US Air Force. At the same time, as a result of the previous selection stage, held in March 2025, Lockheed Martin, known for the development and production of fifth-generation fighters, dropped out of the competition for the F/A-XX.
The publication notes that Boeing, when creating the F/A-XX, can use the developments gained during the implementation of the F-47 program.

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