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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Lockheed Martin has delivered the backlogged F-35 Lightning II fighters that were parked at its facilities owing to problems with the Technology Refresh 3 (TR-3) software code, reported Bloomberg.

— 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.

The F-22 Raptor is a stealth fighter jet manufactured by Lockheed Martin in partnership with Boeing. It was built to combat hostile airpower, with its low observability, radical maneuvering ...