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Lockheed Martin delivered its last F-22 Raptor in 2012 — and the USAF is now spending $8 billion to keep the 187 airframes it has left combat ready

The 195th and final Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor rolled off the Marietta, Georgia, production line in May 2012, and the line hasn't reopened since. Of the 750 aircraft originally planned (then cut to ...
The Aviationist

F-22 Raptor Takes Control of MQ-20 Avenger During Test

GA-ASI and L3Harris joined forces to demonstrate Crewed-Uncrewed Teaming of an F-22 and MQ-20 using the new BANSHEE datalinks and Pantera radios. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced ...
Defense News

F-22 Raptor pairs with Avenger drone in combat flight test

A General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger drone prepares for taxi at El Mirage Airfield, Calif. June 24, 2021. (Staff Sgt. Tabatha Arellano/Air Force) The pilot of a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighter ...
Aviation Week

USAF: F-22 ‘Threshold’ Aircraft For CCAs, Others In Consideration

The U.S. Air Force is only set, for now, to pair Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) with the Lockheed Martin F-22, though consideration is still ongoing for the rest of its fighter types. The service ...
Flightglobal

Lockheed refines FB-22 concept

Company to trade speed and handling for increased range and payload capacity for USAF bomber requirement Company to trade speed and handling for increased range and payload capacity for USAF bomber ...