Navy’s next-generation fighter due to years of investment, decades of experience building carrier-based jets and a design approach that closely matched the Pentagon’s push for easier-to-upgrade aircraft, according to people familiar with the competition. Last week’s win marks Boeing’s second major fighter-jet victory after securing the Air Force’s F-47 program last year. The aerospace company bested rivals Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for the Navy’s F/A-XX fighter contract, worth more than $20 billion in its initial development phase.
The victories give the company’s defense, space and security division an opportunity to turn the corner on years of costly overruns, delays on military aircraft programs and the high-profile setbacks of its Starliner spacecraft.
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