Boeing scored a contract to build the Pentagon’s next-generation jet fighter, beating out rival Lockheed Martin. The deal has big implications for Boeing’s bottom line, its beleaguered defense unit and the jet maker’s strained relationship with the Trump administration.

U.S. President Donald Trump awarded Boeing on Friday the contract to build the U.S. Air Force's most sophisticated fighter jet yet, handing the company a much-needed win and boosting its shares. The Next Generation Air Dominance program will replace Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor with a crewed aircraft built to enter combat alongside drones.

Boeing won a contract to design and build the U.S.’s next-generation stealth fighter jet, beating out rival Lockheed Martin Corp. for the multibillion dollar program aimed at preparing the