The U.S. Air Force plans to spend nearly $8 billion on fleet upgrades for the F-22 Raptor. The money—spent over five years—will give the Raptor capabilities it has always lacked, including ...

LMT)’s F-22 Raptor by 2030. The project is expected to cost $16 billion between 2023 and 2028, with the USAF requesting a budget allocation of $1.7 billion for the program in FY24. On the naval ...

The Air Force is looking to replace the Raptor in 2030 with the F-35 and the Pentagon’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter, but we haven’t seen one yet. What is the plan if the NGAD ...

But the fact remains that the Raptor’s avionics will need to be completely revamped at some point. “Sometime between 2025 and 2030 we’re going to have to take a serious look at the ...

More on Lockheed’s F-22 Raptor Lockheed’s F-22 fighter jet ... rate of 4.7% for the military aviation market during the 2025-2030 period. Such strong market prospects drive growth ...

The Raptor is being upgraded with new avionics and software, but eventually the jet will need a complete overhaul of its computer hardware. “Sometime between 2025 and 2030 we’re going to have ...

A ‘5.5 generation Super Raptor’, based on an evolution of the F-22 design concept or of the F-35 once the latter has matured in service, is a more likely prospect than operational sixth-generation ...