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Boeing X-32 Joint Strike Fighter demonstrator

Boeing’s flown Joint Strike Fighter concept-demonstrator family for common Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and allied tactical-air requirements.

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Boeing X-32 Joint Strike Fighter demonstrator, shown in the selected representative source image.Logan Rickert / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0Image source

Boeing’s flown Joint Strike Fighter concept-demonstrator family for common Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and allied tactical-air requirements.

Primary roleMultirole Fighter
First flight2000
OriginUnited States
ManufacturerThe Boeing Company
Documented variants2
Crew modeCrewed
AirframeFixed Wing

Variants

DesignationTypeRoleRecorded operators
X-32APrototypeMultirole FighterUnited States Air Force
X-32BPrototypeMultirole FighterUnited States Marine Corps

Representative specifications

Configuration-specific profiles are shown separately so values from different variants are not blended into one false “standard” aircraft.

X-32A

X-32A — C018 baseline technical profile

Crew
1

Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney JSF119-PW-614-family turbofan

Armament: Concept demonstrator; weapon-bay integration and multirole strike/fighter requirements were demonstrated without an operational combat load.

Sources and further reading

Structured references supporting this aircraft family, variants, specifications, and narrative sections.

  1. X-32 Joint Strike Fighter — Boeing historical product summary — The Boeing Company · Tier 2