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How Boeing’s X-32 Jet Fell to Lockheed’s F-35
Whether for looks or performance or both, the loss of the JSF contract surely hurt Boeing—and led the conglomerate into a ...
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Study This Photo: Boeing's X-32 Fighter Could Have Replaced the F-35
Should Boeing X-32 Have Made Two Prototypes? Boeing had two demonstrators – the X-32A and the X-32B. Both flew in 2000 and 2001 on over 140 test flights. They showed off their speed at MACH 1.6 ...
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The Promise of the X-32 “Smiling Hippo”
Boeing’s unconventional X-32 prototype was not adopted by the Pentagon—but would go on to influence multiple aspects of other warplanes. When the United States military was seeking a versatile ...
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Boeing will build the US Air Force’s next air superiority fighter
Boeing lost its last bid to build a fighter jet when its X-32 lost out to Lockheed's X-35 in the Joint Strike Fighter competition in 2001. A separate effort to award a contract for the NGAD's ...