Key Point and the Secret Reason the F-22 Super Is Needed: Written off a few years ago, the F-22 Raptor is getting a major revival to bridge the gap until the F-47 (NGAD) arrives. -A $7.8B plan adds IR ...

The F-22 remains America’s top air-superiority jet, but NGAD’s F-47 won’t arrive in mass for years. -A “Super Raptor” refresh—adding next-gen sensors, EW, upgraded coatings, and cockpit avionics—would ...

Designed for air superiority, stealth, and possessing advanced sensor fusion, the United States Air Force’s fifth-generation F-22 Raptor, designed by Lockheed Martin, represents the pinnacle of ...

Clipping the F-22’s wings not only weakens America, but incurs the massive financial and strategic costs involved with canceling the program now and trusting in a sixth-generation warplane later. Yet ...