F-47 Design Progressing, First Flight On Track

[Pioneer]

No, some of you is just trolling around.

Everyone here knows basic history of USAF AC development and how it works.

There is YF- prototype/tech demonstrator and F- production variant.

YF-22 started flying in 1990. F-22 took its first flight in 1997.

X-35 tech demonstrator flew in 2000. While F-35 first prototype flew in 2006.

NGAD prototype flew in 2020. And production representative F-47 will fly 2028. Nothing radical here.

Thank you for your understanding. We can actually directly discuss NGAD. Nothing else.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

No, some of you is just trolling around.

Everyone here knows basic history of USAF AC development and how it works.

There is YF- prototype/tech demonstrator and F- production variant.

YF-22 started flying in 1990. F-22 took its first flight in 1997.

X-35 tech demonstrator flew in 2000. While F-35 first prototype flew in 2006.

NGAD prototype flew in 2020. And production representative F-47 will fly 2028. Nothing radical here.

They did fly a scaled down tech demonstrator in 2020, and the 1:1 prototype is scheduled to conduct its maiden flight in 2028.

 

[F-22Raptor]

They did fly a scaled down tech demonstrator in 2020, and the 1:1 prototype is scheduled to conduct its maiden flight in 2028.

What will fly in 2028 will be final production representative, similar to the B-21. The technological advancement has been completed, now it’s just about integrating that into the production model and testing that for operations.