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| F-22 Raptor Boeing is teamed with Lockheed Martin to develop the F-22 Raptor as the replacement for the F-15. The F-22 will be the air dominance fighter of the 21st century. Its primary mission is to establish absolute control of the skies over any battlefield -- a must-have in modern warfare. It provides first-look, first-shot, first-kill capability. Mission The F-22 Raptor is an air dominance fighter with much improved capability over current Air Force aircraft. From the inception of the battle, the F-22 will clear the skies of adversary aircraft. Its stealth, integrated avionics, supercruise and other features will make it the most potent fighter in the world. Current Activity The industry team of Boeing and Lockheed Martin is working with the U.S. Air Force and Pratt & Whitney to develop the F-22 to replace the F-15 as America's air dominance fighter. The fast, agile and stealthy F-22 will take over the air dominance role with Air Combat Command starting in 2005, assuring the United States continued control of the skies during combat well into the next century. A $9.55 billion contract for Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) of the F-22 (not including engines) was awarded to the team in August 1991. Contract changes since then have elevated the contract value to approximately $15 billion. Under terms of the contract, the F-22 team is completing the design of the aircraft, producing production tooling for the program, and building and testing nine flightworthy and two ground-test aircraft. The first F-22 built under the EMD contract was unveiled in a ceremony on April 9, 1997, in Marietta, Ga. The Air Force officially named the plane the F-22 Raptor. "Raptor" means "bird of prey." First flight took place on Sept. 7, 1997. Low-rate initial production is scheduled to begin in late 1998. The Air Force plans to procure 339 F-22s, and production is scheduled to run through 2012. The F-22 teaming arrangement has allowed unprecedented industry cost sharing and has taken advantage of the different companies' strengths in advanced technology, production capability and systems integration. Historical Information Prior to its selection as winner of what was then known as the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition, the F-22 team conducted a 54-month demonstration/validation (dem/val) program. The effort involved the design, construction and flight testing of two YF-22 prototype aircraft. Two prototype engines, the Pratt & Whitney YF119 and General Electric YF120, also were developed and tested during the program. The dem/val program was completed in December 1990. Much of that work was performed by Boeing in Seattle, Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin) in Burbank, Calif., and General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) in Fort Worth, Texas. The prototypes were assembled in Lockheed's Palmdale, Calif., facility and made their maiden flight from there. Since that time Lockheed's program management and aircraft assembly operations have moved to Marietta, Ga., for the EMD and production phases.
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