F-22 Lightning
The F-22 is being developed by Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company, Lockheed Fort Worth Company, and Boeing to counter the increasing sophistication and threat of potentially hostile air forces around the world. This fighter will provide tactical air forces with an assured capability with which to protect friendly combat units well into the 21st century. Threats that can no longer be countered by existing aircraft will b defeated by te lethal and survivable F-22, with its balance of low observability, supercruise, increased range, and enhanced offensive and defensive avionics. Additionally, the F-22 is being designed with an emphasis on reliability and maintainability to ensure that it will be effective and affordable.
In addition to carrying the armanent listed below, the F-22 will also have growt provisions for air-to-ground weapons.
Incorporating two new Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 high thrust-to-weight engines, the F-22 will be designed for efficient supersonic operation without afterburner. Other advanced tecnologies incorporate include integrated flight-propulsion controls and two-dimensional, thrust-vectoring engine nozzles.
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