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Boeing nabs $20B contract for Navy's futuristic fighter

Boeing will build the U.S. Navy's next fighter aircraft, following years of clandestine competition and multiple contracting false alarms. Why it matters: Boeing's win in the F/A-XX competition means the company's sixth-generation aircraft will succeed the Super Hornet fleet, long relied upon and re

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Both outlets focus on Boeing winning the Navy’s F/A-XX contract and describe it as a sixth-generation fighter meant to replace the Super Hornet fleet. Fox News emphasizes the deal’s size and uses the Navy’s phrase about “absolute air superiority,” while Axios frames the win as the end of a long competition and says there were “multiple contracting false alarms.” Only Axios mentions years of clandestine competition and false starts.

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