Saturday, November 12, 2005

$3.15B in F/A-22 Raptor-Related Contracts

F-22 Raptor

The Headquarters Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH has awarded a pair of contracts to Lockheed Martin Corp. in Fort Worth, TX, related to the Lot 5 production batch of the fifth-generation F/A-22 Raptor aircraft. The F/A-22 program has been the focus of controversy, cost concerns, Congressional cutbacks, and lessons learned; at the same time, its combination of stealth and super-agility, range, advanced electronics, and sustained supersonic flight (aka "supercruise") places it in a class by itself among the world's combat aircraft.

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