U.S. officials announced Friday that Boeing will build the Air Force's Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) platform, ending a months-long pause to the sixth-generation fighter jet program intended to replace the F-22 Raptor.

Boeing beat out Lockheed Martin for the contract of the platform — which will be designated as the F-47, President Donald Trump announced during a press conference held in the Oval Office. Northrop Grumman was also in the running to develop the NGAD platform until 2023, when the company publicly announced it was exiting the competition.

The Air Force did not share how much Boeing received for the award due to classification of the program. The service is now on a path to field the NGAD platform sometime in the 2030s.

"The F-47 will be the most advanced, most capable, most lethal aircraft ever built," Trump said. "An experimental version of the plan has secretly been flying for almost five years, and we're confident that it massively overpowers the capabilities of any other nation."

"With the F-47, we are not just building another fighter — we are shaping the future of warfare and putting our enemies on notice," Allvin said. "This platform will be the most advanced, lethal, and adaptable fighter ever developed — designed to outpace, outmaneuver, and outmatch any adversary that dares to challenge our brave Airmen."

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