The idea that the Pentagon would push its luck with the F-47, an entirely untested new platform, rather than a proven system ...

The F-22 Raptor is built to seize air dominance: very low observability, supercruise, and thrust-vector agility give it first-shot/first-kill potential and control in the merge. -Israel’s F-35I Adir ...

The Boeing 757 FTB is the F-22’s highly modified and instrumented aircraft that tests avionics and systems, saving costs and development timelines. Amid reports of the F-22 Raptor being slated to ...

The F-22 will receive an embedded set of TacIRST sensors as part of the Infrared Defensive System to enhance aircraft survivability and lethality. Lockheed Martin announced on Jan. 22, 2025, that it ...

The F-22 will be remembered for being a generation or two ahead of its time with respect to air superiority prowess and maneuverability. The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is renowned for its ...

The range of the U.S. Air Force’s prototype autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) is to be at least 700 nautical miles–greater than the 590 nautical mile range of the Air Force F-22 Raptor ...

Lockheed Martin will equip the F-22 Raptor aircraft with a system of next-generation infrared defensive sensors as part of a $270 million contract from the U.S. Air Force. The defense contractor said ...

Lockheed Martin’s vaunted F-22 air superiority fighter is set to receive a new passive threat-detection system meant to increase survivability. The military airframer received a $270 million contract ...

The F-22 Raptor is an incredibly advanced fighter, and it's also the first fifth-generation aircraft produced, having taken to the skies in December 2005. Since then, more F-22s have been built, and ...

In pursuit of a multirole mission, the F-35’s designers accepted trade-offs that reduced its stealth performance in exchange for significant improvements elsewhere. The US military has two stealth ...

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The Air Force’s F-47 fighter jet will fly some 70 percent farther without refueling than today’s F-22s, allowing tankers to stay farther from the fray—a key advantage in a potential Pacific conflict.