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- Boeing won a $20 billion contract to develop the Navy’s sixth-generation F/A-XX carrier fighter.
- The Pentagon will fund multiple test aircraft for ground, airworthiness, systems and weapons-integration testing.
- Congress earmarked $750 million for 2025 and $1.4 billion for fiscal 2026 to keep the program on schedule.
- First production F/A-XX jets are expected in the 2030s.
- Super Hornets will stay active into the 2040s.
