Trump showed a new F-47 fighter. What is known about it so far and when will it fly?
24. Mar 2025 at 21:06
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The number is said to have been selected by generals, Trump is 47. President.
Washington, BRATISLAVA. « It will be called F-47, it was chosen by generals. It’s a nice number, » he said US President Donald Trump In the White House, when Defense Minister Peta Hegseth revealed the visual of the sixth -generation American fighter.
Donald Trump is 47 President of the United States in his second term.
Trump announced that Boeing’s development and aircraft development contract, he also said in its typical style that it is « the smothest plane ever built » and that the experimental version has been flying in secrecy for five years.
The screen has appeared visualization (not a real photo) of the plane, which has been tamed by the game of light and shadow and smoke.
The silhouette can be read that it has a cabin (it is not a drone) and probably also canades (duck wings), ie moving horizontal surfaces at the cabin level, which replaces or complement the classic altitude rudder, which are more conventional aircraft on the tail.
The confirmation of the existence of the new aircraft also opened political issues. Trump on a press full of typical superlatives told him that the United States could also export the plane, but not in a full -fledged version.
« Probably it makes sense, since one day they no longer have to be our allies, » the US President said about possible buyers.
The announcement was helped by Boeing, which after the problems with the type of 737 Max struggled with the crisis, and from the competition for the new generation aircraft this is pushed by the competitive Group Lockheed Martin.
In the article you can read:
- What we know about a new plane so far,
- What to read from the notification that the export variant of the aircraft would be weaker,
- What competing aircraft has already been introduced by China.
Will replace F-22
From the F-47 it should not be expected to be a small, brisk and skillful fighter in a classic sense. Depending on what we know about the plane so far, it will be harder, larger and with a long range.
It is supposed to operate in cooperation with the bombarder Northrop Grumman B-21, which the United States has already introduced. In addition, the F-47 machine should be able to fly and work with drones.
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