USAF Outlines F-47 Construction Plan for Nevada Test Base

The U.S. Air Force has released a draft plan for a $1.057 billion F-47 Future Campus at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, to support operational testing of Boeing's next-generation fighter. The first construction phase includes an operations and maintenance hangar, reprogramming laboratory, simulator facility and a large apron with aircraft sunshades. The service aims to select one to four contractors by February 2027, complete initial design work that November and finish the priority facilities by March 2031. Further maintenance, low-observable treatment and weapons-training buildings are planned through 2032, while operational basing decisions remain separate.