The Pentagon has chosen Boeing to build the Navy's next-generation strike fighter weapon in a contract valued at $20 billion, US officials announced Tuesday.
The contract is to produce F/A-XX aircraft or "strike fighters" under the "Next Generation Air Dominance Program," a Pentagon announcement said, adding that the new fighter jets would replace the legacy "Super Hornets" fleet beginning in the 2030s.
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