Boeings X-32 was a competitor to the F-35 in the ... and flight testing plans being finalized. Boeing built two X-32s, an X-32A and an X-32B, scheduling their first flights in 2000.

An Ugly Duckling Boeing developed the X-32 as a technology demonstrator for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) competition. The JSF contract, of course, went to the Lockheed Martin X-35, which has ...

Boeing's entry, the X-32, competed against Lockheed Martin's X-35 (which would become the F-35 Lightning II). -The X-32 featured a unique design with a large, one-piece carbon-fiber delta wing and ...