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Raptor capabilities present new challenges
Feb 23, 2006 - The F-22 Raptor's unequaled capabilities bring some unique challenges to Air Force maintainers at Hill AFB, Utah. Not the least of which is gearing up a support machine to handle the maintenance workload when the first Raptors arrive for modifications in April. [Read more...]
EDO Corporation awarded $17.2 million contract for F-22 AMRAAM launchers
Jan 27, 2006 - Lockheed recently awarded a contract worth up to $17.2 million to supply LAU-142/A launchers for the next 24 F-22 Raptor fighter jets. [Read more...]
F-22A Raptor finishes FOT&E
Jan 19, 2006 - Follow-On Test and Evaluation (FOT&E) for the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor was officially completed with the U.S. Air Force announcement late last week rating the world's only 5th Generation stealth fighter in operation "Mission Capable," one of the highest ratings achievable. [Read more...]
F-22A Raptor took long road to initial operational capability
Dec 27, 2005 - With the F-22A's initial operational capability declaration Dec. 15 came the capstone of a process that began 76 months earlier, in August 1997, when a C-5 Galaxy landed at Edwards AFB and taxied down the expansive "Contractor's Row" with several crates and boxes in its cargo bay for what is now known as the F-22A Combined Test Force. [Read more...]
Pratt & Whitney delivers 200th F119 engine to U.S. Air Force
Dec 14, 2005 - Pratt & Whitney has delivered the 200th F119 engine, the world's most advanced engine currently in production. To date, 56 F/A-22 Raptors have been delivered to the United States Air Force, each powered by two Pratt & Whitney F119 engines. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin awarded $2.9 Billion F/A-22 Raptor Lot 5 production contract
Nov 15, 2005 - Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $2.9 billion fixed-price contract by the U.S. Air Force for continued production of F/A-22 aircraft through November 2007. [Read more...]
F/A-22: air dominance for decades
Nov 01, 2005 - By now, most people know the F/A-22 Raptor is a lean, mean fighting machine. But what about the people who fly it and fix it? What's it like to know your work, your aircraft, your mission, is to provide American air dominance for decades to come? [Read more...]
Lockheed delivers 50th F/A-22 Raptor to the U.S. Air Force
Sep 28, 2005 - Lockheed Martin delivered the 50th F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter to the U.S. Air Force today, marking another milestone in this revolutionary stealth aircraft program. The Raptor can dominate airspace anywhere around the globe, around the clock, and survive in contested airspace better than any other aircraft in the world. [Read more...]
F/A-22 Raptor prepares for initial operational capability
Aug 29, 2005 - Lockheed Martin, builder of the world's only 5th generation fighter aircraft flying today, provided an F/A-22 Raptor program update detailing the game-changing advantages and unmatched capabilities that only the F/A-22 can bring to the United States and its allies. [Read more...]
F/A-22 Raptor enters Follow-On Test and Evaluation
Aug 29, 2005 - The Lockheed Martin F/A-22 Raptor team marked another milestone today toward operational fielding of the F/A-22 when the U.S. Air Force officially began Follow-On Test and Evaluation (FOT&E) at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB) in Nevada. [Read more...]
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