Boeing X-32: The Fighter Jet That Lost to the F-35 in the JSF Competition The F-35 Lightning II is gradually becoming a centerpiece of the U.S. Armed Forces – and the forces of its allies.

The Bird of Prey allowed Boeing to play with ideas incorporated in concept plane models such as the X-32 Joint Strike Fighter and the X-45A unmanned aerial vehicle concept plane. In fact ...

Boeing's entry, the X-32, competed against Lockheed Martin's X-35 (which would become the F-35 Lightning II). A Total Failure: In the 1990s, the U.S. launched the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF ...