Boeing, Lockheed Martin seek to save F-22 fighter program

Boeing and Lockheed Martin are pouring money into a publicity campaign to maintain funding for the F-22 Raptor, worried the fighter-plane program may be on the chopping block of the Obama administration.

On the line locally are 1,200 Boeing jobs, which could be lost in three years if current Raptor funding isn’t supplemented.

While the raptor is considered a Lockheed Martin aircraft, the wings and aft fuselage are made in Boeing’s legendary 9101 building on East Marginal Way. The avionics and software are integrated nearby, in the 908 building.

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