The Loyal Wingman concept has taken a major step toward reality as Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works pulled off an aerial demonstration where a 5th-generation F-22 Raptor interceptor took command of a ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has successfully paired one its Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighters with an uncrewed jet in a demonstration flight. The unmanned platform was a General Atomics ...

A General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger drone prepares for taxi at El Mirage Airfield, Calif. June 24, 2021. (Staff Sgt. Tabatha Arellano/Air Force) The pilot of a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighter ...

High above a Nevada test range, an F-22 pilot took control of a combat drone last month, a first for the Air Force's robot wingman effort. The pilot used a tablet for “command and control” of the ...

Credit: Air Force Research Laboratory/U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Tabatha Arellano) DUBAI—An F-22 fighter and an uncrewed jet collaborated in the skies over a remote area of Nevada in a company-funded ...

The U.S. Air Force is only set, for now, to pair Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) with the Lockheed Martin F-22, though consideration is still ongoing for the rest of its fighter types. The service ...

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 ...

No accolade could better describe how exemplary the F-22 Raptor is as a fighter jet than that its production run was quartered because it was peerless in air-to-air combat. The F-22's rectangular ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump later on Friday, marking the first time the Republican has spoken face-to-face with the Kremlin chief since returning to the ...

-The industrial base, including the assembly line and specialized subcontractors, no longer exists, and a 2017 Air Force report estimated a restart would cost a staggering $50 billion. -Furthermore, ...

-The specialized manufacturing infrastructure and supply chain for the F-22 no longer exist, with a 2017 Air Force report estimating a restart would cost over $50 billion. -Furthermore, the F-22's ...

Due to its extreme maneuverability, superior thrust-to-weight ratio, and stealthiness, the F-22 is able to come out on top in any dogfighting engagement. The F-22 Raptor is widely considered to be the ...