Pentagon General found a way to make President Donald Trump dizzy about the new multi-billion next generation fighter jet: give a name that means Trump's historical return to the White House.
'It will be known as the F-47. The generals chose a title, and it is a wonderful song – 47, “Trump told reporters in the Oval Office alongside Minister of Defense Pete Hegseeth while announcing a new contract.
He called it “something that nobody has seen before.”
“We can't tell the price because it would make way for part of the technology and part of the size of the plane,” said Trump.
'We get an order for a lot. We can't tell you the price because it would give you – it would make way for part of the technology and part of the size of the plane, a large plane, “Trump said.
Trump and the Pentagon planners behind the mega purchase did not have to mention that Trump is the 47th president of the nation, who was also served 45th. His Maga hats some simply sport '47' and draw that '45 -47 'are matched' have surfaced in the White House.
Given the nature of military purchasing, it can take years before the advanced jets are in production or used.
Hegseeth only answered reporters shortly outside the White House when he was asked about the purchase of several millions. “I am proud of the F-47. It is a very important platform, “he said. He did not respond to screaming questions about whether it is named after Trump.
President Donald Trump praised the capacities of the multi-billion New F-47 aircraft, whose name refers to his own role as the 47th president
Trump, who owns his own modified Boeing 757 from the nineties and he insisted on a fast upgrade for Air Force One, heralded the capacity upgrade.
'The F 47 will be the most advanced, most capable, most deadly planes ever built. And the experimental version of the plane flys in secret almost five years, and we are convinced that it enormously overwhelm the possibilities of every other nation, “he said.
“There is no other nation. We know – every other plane I have seen, each of them. And it is not even closed. This is the next level. You know, level five is good. This is level six. '
Trump granted Boeing the contract on Friday to build the advanced fighter jet, giving the company a much needed victory.
The next generation Air Dominance program will replace the F-22 Raptor of Lockheed Martin with a crew keys built to enter fights next to drones.
“We can't tell the price because it would make way for part of the technology and part of the size of the plane,” said Trump. He called 47 a 'nice song'
Trump is both the 45th and 47th president, a number of embraced by his fans during the campaign
Trump, the 47th president, announced the name of the new Jet, the F-47.
“Our allies constantly call,” Trump added, saying that foreign sale can be an option. “They want to buy them too.”
For Boeing, the victory marks a reversal of Fortune for a company struggling with both the commercial and the defenses of its activities. It is an important boost for his St. Louis, Missouri, Stray Jag production company.
The engineering and production development contract is worth more than $ 20 billion. The winner will eventually receive hundreds of billions of dollars in orders on the lifetime of the contract.
Shares of Boeing rose 4% after the news. The American company defeated Lockheed Martin for the deal. The shares of Lockheed fell almost 7%.
Reuters reported Boeing's victory before the official announcement.
The design of the aircraft remains a close secret, but would probably include Stealth, advanced sensors and advanced engines.
“Compared to the F-22, the F-47 will cost less costs and more to future threats and we will have more of the F-47s in our inventory,” said Chief of Staff of the Air Force General David Allvin.
Boeing and Lockheed did not immediately respond to requests for comments.
Ngad was conceived as a 'family of systems' aimed at a sixth generation hunter to combat opponents such as China and Russia.
Allvin added that the F-47 will have a considerably longer range, more advanced stealth, and will be supported more sustainably and more easily than the F-22.
Great victory
Boeing's commercial activities have struggled because it tries to regain its best-selling 737 Max Jet production to full speed, while the defense of the defense has been weighed by under-performing contracts for refueling in the air, drones and training jets.
“The victory is an important boost for the company, which has struggled with cost overruns, planning delays and implementation on other DOD programs,” says Roman Schweizer, an analyst at TD Cowen.
Cost overruns at the KC-46 tank program in the air in the air have surpassed $ 7 billion in recent years, while another fixed price to upgrade two Air Force One aircraft has created a loss of $ 2 billion for the top 5 of the US defense contractor.
Boeing has been confronted with continuous control since a series of crises, including an emergency in January 2024 in the air with regard to a new Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 missed four key bolts. In January Boeing reported an annual loss of $ 11.8 billion – the largest since 2020 – due to problems with the most important units, together with the consequences of a paralyzing strike that kept the production of most of his jets.
Boeing has given the land to rival Airbus in the delivery race and the visor of supervisors and customers arrived after a series of missteps. At the beginning of 2024, the Federal Aviation Administration imposed a production hood of 38 Max aircraft per month.
Lockheed, which was recently eliminated from the competition to build the navy on the next generation, is confronted with an uncertain stealth hunter after the loss on an uncertain future in the high-end hunters.
Billionaire and presidential adviser Elon Musk has spoken in Scepsis about the effectiveness of high-end hunters with crew, and said that cheaper drones were a better option.
While Lockheed was still able to protest at the prize for Boeing, the fact that Trump announced the deal in a controversial press conference of Oval Office would be the possibility of a public broadcast of arguments against the agreement of the defense company established in Bethesda, Maryland.
