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Lockheed Martin delivers last F/A-22 Raptor required for Initial Operational Test
Nov 27, 2002 - The F/A-22 Raptor industry team has delivered the air dominance fighter program's last Dedicated Initial Operational Test & Evaluation (DIOT&E) aircraft - Raptor 4011 - with yesterday's signing, Nov. 26, of formal acceptance documents here by U.S government officials. [Read more...]
F/A-22 Raptor meets program's final 2002 flight-test goal
Nov 26, 2002 - The Lockheed Martin-led F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter program team successfully launched an unarmed, short-range, heat-seeking AIM-9M missile against an aerial target on Nov. 22, completing all four Pentagon-mandated flight-test goals for the year 2002. [Read more...]
F/A-22 Raptor program surpasses another key flight test goal
Nov 18, 2002 - The F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter program surpassed another key flight-test goal on Nov.13 by successfully completing initial flight-testing necessary for the U.S. Air Force to begin training pilots who will execute the program's upcoming Dedicated Initial Operational Test & Evaluation (DIOT&E) phase. [Read more...]
F/A-22 Raptor records first supersonic aerial target intercept
Nov 08, 2002 - The F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter program completed another key flight test goal on Nov. 5, with the successful missile interception of an unmanned drone while both aircraft and target were flying faster than the speed of sound. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin delivers first F/A-22 for initial operational testing
Oct 15, 2002 - Lockheed Martin has officially delivered the first production F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter to the U.S. Air Force. The formal acceptance documents for the aircraft were signed at the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company facility here on October 23. [Read more...]
F/A-22 Raptor 08 readied for dedicated initial Operational Test & Evaluation
Oct 08, 2002 - As a scheduled part of the F/A-22 program's ongoing developmental efforts, Lockheed Martin has successfully completed the modification and upgrade effort necessary for Raptor 08 to begin Dedicated Initial Operational Test & Evaluation (DIOT&E). [Read more...]
First flight of Raptor 11
Oct 03, 2002 - Raptor 11, the first F/A-22 Production Representative Test Vehicle (PRTV) to fly, conducted its maiden flight on September 16, 2002, from the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, GA. [Read more...]
F-22 Raptor successfully conducted a test flight with external stores
Sep 12, 2002 - The F-22 Raptor has for the first time successfully conducted a test flight while carrying external stores under its wings. [Read more...]
F-22 4003 successfully fired an AIM-120 missile
Aug 28, 2002 - F-22 4003 became the first Raptor used to successfully fire a radar-guided AIM-120 missile while flying faster than the speed of sound. [Read more...]
The F-22 Raptor continues to meet and exceed all key performance parameters
Jul 22, 2002 - The F-22 Raptor, now in production and continuing flight testing in California, continues to meet or exceed all technical performance parameters, Lockheed Martin president Dain Hancock confirmed during a press conference today conducted with U.S. Secretary of the Air Force James Roche. [Read more...]
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