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 a recent interview, the chief test pilot for the X-32 program tells us all about the jet and why it lost to the X-35. That pilot is now-retired Commander Phillip “Rowdy” Yates, a former Naval aviator who had served as, among other things, the F-14 Tomcat air-to-ground weapons test officer for Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 (VX-23 ...

Nov 16, 2021 · Employing a direct-lift thrust vectoring system, the X-32 reached top speeds of just under Mach 1.6 . The X-32’s internal bay loadout supported six AMRAAM air-to-air missiles, or a combination...

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.

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...

The Boeing X-32 was a Concept Demonstrator Aircraft (CDA) built as a multi-purpose jet fighter in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) contest which started in 1996. Boeing built two variants, the X-32A and X-32B, which together performed Conventional Take-Off and Landings (CTOL), Short Take-Off and Vertical Landings (STOVL), and as a Carrier Variant ...

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.

Dec 11, 2023 · The National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF) has just completed its full restoration of the Boeing X-32A, the loser to Lockheed’s X-35 in the Joint Strike Fighter competition nearly two and a half decades ago.

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 wing...

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.