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F-22 Raptor team delivers the last developmental flight-test aircraft to USAF
Jun 03, 2003 - The F-22 industry team has delivered Raptor 4008 - the program's dedicated low-observable, or stealth, reliability and maintainability flight-test and evaluation aircraft - to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Raptor 08 arrived at Edwards late Friday, May 31. It is the last Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD), or developmental flight- test, aircraft to be delivered to the U.S. Air Force. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin receives $117.6 million for additional lot 3 F/A-22s
May 01, 2003 - Crediting reduced costs from suppliers as a catalyst, the U.S. Air Force has exercised a contract option by awarding Lockheed Martin $117.6 million to add one F/A-22 aircraft and associated equipment to the Lot 3 Low Rate Initial Production contract awarded earlier last month. [Read more...]
Final developmental flight test F/A-22 ferries to California
Feb 14, 2003 - The final F/A-22 Raptor built for developmental flight testing was flown from the company's facilities in Marietta, Ga., recently to California. [Read more...]
F/A-22 Raptor flight-test program successfully demonstrates intraflight datalink
Feb 13, 2003 - The F/A-22 Raptor flight-test program has for the first time successfully demonstrated between two Raptors the capabilities of the Intraflight Datalink (IFDL), a key component of the Raptor's avionics suite that is designed to enhance a pilot's situational awareness. [Read more...]
F-22 Raptor receives latest integrated avionics software package
Feb 12, 2003 - The F-22 Raptor industry team has delivered the latest integrated avionics software package - Block 3.1 - to the program's Combined Test Facility at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., for flight test aboard the Raptors located there. [Read more...]
First F/A-22 Raptor delivered for the U.S. Air Force's Air Warfare Center
Jan 07, 2003 - The F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter team has delivered its first aircraft - Raptor 4012 - to the U.S. Air Force's Air Warfare Center (AWFC) with the recent signing of formal acceptance documents by government officials. [Read more...]
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