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The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is a United States twin-engine, all-weather, supersonic stealth fighter aircraft developed and produced for the United States Air Force (USAF). As a product of the USAF's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program, the aircraft was designed as an air superiority fighter, but also incorporates ground attack ...
1989–1990. First flight. 29 September 1990. Developed into. Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. The Lockheed/Boeing/General Dynamics YF-22 is an American single-seat, twin-engine, stealth fighter technology demonstrator prototype designed for the United States Air Force (USAF). The design team, with Lockheed as the prime contractor, was a finalist ...
The F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team is a United States Air Force flight demonstration team stationed at the home of Air Combat Command at Langley AFB in Hampton, Virginia. The team flies the USAF's Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor at airshows around the globe, performing air maneuvers that demonstrate the supermaneuverability of the F-22. These ...
On Wednesday, the Department of Defense announced that it has awarded a sizable Air Force contract to Lockheed Martin's Aeronautics division. Valued at $6.9 billion, the contract calls upon ...
Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP), F/A-XX program (Navy program) The Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) is a United States Air Force (USAF) sixth-generation air superiority initiative with a goal of fielding a "family of systems" that is to succeed the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. [1][2] A crewed fighter aircraft is the centerpiece ...
According to Lockheed Martin in 2004, the only fifth-generation jet fighter then in operational service was their own F-22 Raptor. [2] [40] Lockheed Martin uses "fifth-generation fighter" to describe the F-22 and F-35 fighters, with the definition including "advanced stealth", "extreme performance", "information fusion" and "advanced sustainment".
As of December 2020, the only combat-ready stealth aircraft in service are the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit (1997), the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (2005), the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (2015), [14] [15] the Chengdu J-20 (2017), [16] and the Sukhoi Su-57 (2020), [17] with a number of other countries developing their own designs. There ...
The inactivation of the 7th, however, was brief as it was reactivated on 15 May 2008 as the 7th Fighter Squadron, and equipped with the Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor. [8] The 7th was the first of two F-22 squadrons to be activated at Holloman.