The Pentagon must choose between waiting for the F-47 and hoping it is the right fighter to provide air superiority, or resurrecting the F-22 program.

Key Points and Summary – Restarting the F-22 Raptor production line is a “pipe dream” that is not feasible or strategically ...

Lockheed Martin CEO James Taiclet has made clear his plan is to “create a best-value bridge” from today’s fifth-generation fighters to the sixth-generation Boeing F-47, winner of the U.S. Air Force’s ...

Key Points and Summary – While many suggest restarting the F-22 Raptor production line, it would be a costly and strategically flawed decision. -The specialized manufacturing infrastructure and supply ...

The list is dominated by fighter jets, with only two propeller planes, one bomber and a reconnaissance aircraft making the ...

The first production engines were delivered in 2009 and were based on the Pratt & Whitney F119 engine that had been developed ...

Amid growing concerns over the F-35 program and its proposed twin-engine variant F-55, calls to resume F-22 production are ...

The F-22 Raptor can exceed Mach 2 when at high altitude, but only reaches Mach 1.21 when low because of drag. It accelerates ...

NASA's recently-retired SOFIA airborne observatory aircraft, the "flying telescope," also called Plant 42 home. The agency's ...

Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT recently clinched a deal worth $270 million to integrate a system of next-generation infrared defensive sensors on the F-22 Raptor military aircraft.

Lockheed Martin has won a US$270 million contract from the US Air Force (USAF) to integrate a system of next-generation infrared defensive sensors onto the F-22 Raptor. The Tactical Infrared Search ...