Key Points and Summary - This analysis explores the common reasons why two of America's most famous prototype aircraft, the YF-23 and the X-32, ultimately lost their respective fighter competitions.

Key Points and Summary - Boeing’s X-32 (or what would have been the F-32) lost the Joint Strike Fighter competition to Lockheed’s X-35 (now F-35) for five key reasons. -Its radical direct-lift ...

Boeing’s unconventional X-32 prototype was not adopted by the Pentagon—but would go on to influence multiple aspects of other warplanes. When the United States military was seeking a versatile, ...