Prediction: Boeing Won the F-47 Contract -- and Maybe F/A-XX as Well

The news struck defense stock investors like a missile from a clear blue sky:In March 2025, the U.S. Air Force announced that its first-ever sixth-generation fighter jet will be built not by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), the world's biggest pure-play defense contractor and the company that built both of America's last two fifth-generation fighter jets (the stealthy F-22 and F-35).Instead, the Pentagon handed the contract to build the sixth-generation F-47 stealth fighter to Boeing (NYSE: BA). Along with the contract came the potential to generate anywhere from $20 billion to $50 billion in revenue developing the new fighter, and hundreds of billions more from building it. Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool