Saturday, May 18, 2019

The F-22 Is Being Upgraded

F-22s doing the 'elephant walk'. 3rd Wing

Kris Osborn, National Interest: How the U.S. Air Force Makes Sure the F-22 Raptor Dominates the Skies

And we have all the proof you will ever need.

As the Air Force and Lockheed Martin move forward with weapons envelope expansions and enhancements for the F-22, there is of course a commensurate need to upgrade software and its on-board sensors to adjust to emerging future threats, industry developers explained. Ultimately, this effort will lead the Air Force to draft up requirements for new F-22 sensors, Lockheed developers said.

(Washington, D.C.) The US Air Force is now integrating new weapons onto 143 F-22s to massively expand their target envelope, air-to-air attack range and lock-on-launch precision -- to preserve the widely held belief that the stealth fighter is the most advanced and dominant air-to-air fighter ever to exist.

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WNU Editor: I presume this upgrade is a start to address issues like this .... The F-22 Is One Tough Stealth Fighter (But It Has Just 1 Problem) (National Interest).

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