U.S. Air Force plans $1 billion campus at Nellis to test F-47 sixth-generation fighter

The US Air Force is seeking contractors for a proposed $1.057 billion campus at Nellis Air Force Base to support operational testing of Boeing’s F-47 fighter. An October 22 presolicitation identifies facilities including a nearly 117,000-square-foot operations and maintenance building, a systems-reprogramming laboratory, an aircraft apron and an approximately 41,000-square-foot simulator facility. The service plans an initial award in February 2027, followed by design and preconstruction work and roughly 40 months of construction through early March 2031. Additional specialist hangars are listed as potential subsequent work, making the announcement a planned infrastructure procurement rather than a completed construction contract.