The Boeing X-32 is a concept demonstrator aircraft that was designed for the Joint Strike Fighter competition. It lost to the Lockheed Martin X-35 demonstrator, which was further developed into the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.

Feb 4, 2022 · In 2001, two aircraft went head-to-head in a competition for the massive Joint Strike Fighter contract. The winner of the competition would go on to become the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, while the loser, the Boeing X-32, would live on largely as a punchline for its unconventional looks.

Boeing X-32A. Dayton, Ohio -- Boeing X-32A at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The Boeing X-32 was a multi-purpose jet fighter in the Joint Strike Fighter contest. It lost to the Lockheed Martin X-35 demonstrator, which was further developed into the F-35 Lightning II.

Dec 26, 2023 · Many unusual-looking aircraft have been developed over the years, but none are as ugly as the Boeing X-32. Designed as part of the Joint Strike Fighter program in the mid-1990s, the fighter ultimately lost out to a prototype submitted by Lockheed Martin, which became the famed F-35 Lightning II.

In the technological maelstrom of the early millennium, the Boeing X-32 and the Lockheed Martin X-35 engaged in a fierce air battle for supremacy in the Joint Strike Fighter program. A duel of titans, where history crowned the Lockheed Martin F-35, relegating the X-32 to the shadows of the “almost happened.”

Sep 26, 2009 · Boeing adopted a rather compact layout featuring a trapezoidal wing of high surface area mounted high on a rather portly fuselage. The X-32 was powered by a single advanced turbofan engine fed by one large intake under the cockpit.

Nov 9, 2017 · Deciding to compete on cost, Boeing designed the X-32 around a single-piece delta wing that would fit all three variants. The X-32 lacked the shaft-driven turbofan lift of the F-35, instead...

Nov 22, 2024 · Boeing’s entry, the X-32, competed against Lockheed Martin’s X-35 (which would become the F-35 Lightning II). -The X-32 featured a unique design with a large, one-piece carbon-fiber delta...

A Great Marvel That Lost Its Battle To Present F35 Lightning – The Boeing X-32

Jul 7, 2011 · The Boeing JSF is designed to accelerate faster and be more agile than any other legacy strike fighters. The 2-D thrust-vectored P&W F119 derivative engine will enable pilots to exploit the ...