Boeing's F-47 Fighter Design Aims to Enhance U.S. Air Force's Indo-Pacific Strategy
Boeing is developing the F-47 Next-Generation Air Dominance fighter, designed to operate in the Indo-Pacific theater with a combat radius exceeding 1,000 nautical miles, nearly double that of the Lockheed Martin F-22. This development is part of the U.S. Air Force's strategy to evolve Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) to support crewed aircraft and build mass to counter peer adversaries. The F-47's extended range is expected to influence the design of autonomous platforms, such as the Agile Sword, which would be air-launched from F-47s and Boeing C-17 airlifters. The Agile Sword concept includes two versions: the recoverable XQ-77A for testing and training, and the expendable XQ-77B for operational use, which would carry a warhead and function as a cruise missile after expending its air-to-air weapons. 
