Boeing’s sixth-gen fighter is here. It’s faster, stealthier, and “it’s something the likes of which no one has seen before.” Earlier Today, the White House announced that aerospace giant Boeing received the contract to develop the sixth-generation fighter that will be the key system of systems of the United States Air Force’s Next Generation Air

Intended to eventually replace the Air Force's fleet of F-22 Raptors, the NGAD platform is a network-connected family of systems — including a stealth fighter jet component, drone technology and others — that simultaneously interact to ensure air superiority.