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.

Sep 5, 2020 · However, few care to remember the Boeing X-32, the F-32 that never was. The X-32 was Boeing’s answer to Lockheed Martin’s X-35, now the F-35. Had the X-32 entered service, it would’ve entered service as the Boeing F-32.

Oct 24, 2023 · Boeing’s X-32 was a competitor to the F-35 in the Joint Strike Fighter program but lost the contract to Lockheed Martin’s design. Boeing considered the JSF program a strategic investment that led to stealth technology and design advancements.

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.”

Aug 13, 2022 · But there is one aircraft that was not built, namely the X-32 which may be the basis for the birth of the F-32 Fighter jet. JSF at that time was very important in presenting a reliable fighter in various US Air Force tasks such as users of fast network connectivity and good radar capabilities.

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 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...

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 using...

Sep 18, 2000 · For 32-lane (x32) PCI Express slots, see PCI Express. 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 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.