Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Air Force is launching a major “viability” upgrade for its F-22 Raptor fleet to keep it ...

The Pentagon must choose between waiting for the F-47 and hoping it is the right fighter to provide air superiority, or resurrecting the F-22 program.

Key Points and Summary – Restarting the F-22 Raptor production line is a “pipe dream” that is not feasible or strategically wise. -The industrial base, including the assembly line and specialized ...

Despite the newer F-35 Lightning II’s introduction, the F-22 remains dominant in terms of stealth and speed. The US Air Force ...

Lockheed Martin CEO James Taiclet has made clear his plan is to “create a best-value bridge” from today’s fifth-generation fighters to the sixth-generation Boeing F-47, winner of the U.S. Air Force’s ...

— One of the Air Force's top-of-the-line F-22 fighter jets crashed Wednesday in the high desert of Southern California, killing a test pilot for prime contractor Lockheed Martin Corp.

Amid growing concerns over the F-35 program and its proposed twin-engine variant F-55, calls to resume F-22 production are ...

The F-22 Raptor can exceed Mach 2 when at high altitude, but only reaches Mach 1.21 when low because of drag. It accelerates ...

The first production engines were delivered in 2009 and were based on the Pratt & Whitney F119 engine that had been developed ...

The list is dominated by fighter jets, with only two propeller planes, one bomber and a reconnaissance aircraft making the ...

Sikorsky is one aviation's oldest names, and the manufacturer continues to build iconic airframes and futuristic prototypes ...

NASA's recently-retired SOFIA airborne observatory aircraft, the "flying telescope," also called Plant 42 home. The agency's ...