F-22A Squadrons

Abstract

The F-22 Raptor provides air superiority to the Joint Force, access in the highly contested operational environment, as well as homeland and cruise missile defense for the next 40+ years. The F-22 is a multi-mission fighter aircraft that combines low observability, supercruise, maneuverability and integrated avionics to make it the world's most capable air superiority aircraft. The program is continuing planned, incremental modernization development that enhances both F-22 Air Superiority and Global Strike capabilities. The F-22 modernization program upgrades the air vehicle, engine, and training systems to improve F-22 weapons, communications, navigations, pilot systems, and electronic warfare. The F-22 Raptor's Modernization Development is conducted using a rapid acquisition construct leveraging commercial best practices such as Agile and Lean. This allows the F-22 Raptor program to develop, test, and field software/hardware from multiple programs (product lines) using a scheduled cadence for capabilities as they mature. Funds may be used to resolve emerging safety of flight and diminishing manufacturing sources issues, accommodate technology insertion and fulfill Federal Aviation Administration or other mandates necessary to ensure continued aircrew safety and mission effectiveness. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver F-22 weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0605826F, 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605830F, 0605831F, 0605832F, and 0605898F. As directed in the FY 2018 NDAA, Sec 825, amendment to PL 114-92 FY 2016 NDAA, Sec 828 Penalty for Cost Overruns, the FY 2018 Air Force penalty total is $14.373M. The calculated percentage reduction to each research, development, test and evaluation and procurement account will be allocated proportionally from all programs, projects, or activities under such account. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2020
• Source ID: 0207138F_7_3600_PB_2020
• Change Summary Explanation: $lt;span style='font-family:Consolas,"Lucida Console","Courier New",Courier; font-weight:500; white-space: pre-wrap;'$gt;FY18 - ($10.069M) Congressional mark for Small projects unjustified growth - ($18.695M) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) reduction - $ 1.826M Reprogramming FY19 - ($15.1M) Congressional mark for Navigation Systems program delay - ($3.61M) Federally Funded Research Development Center reduction$lt;/span$gt
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes
• Sensors
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Force
• Air Power
• Aircrafts
• Best Practices
• Developmental Tests
• Fighter Aircraft
• Global Positioning Systems
• Inertial Navigation
• Inertial Navigation Systems
• Navigation
• Open System Architecture
• Software Development
• Synthetic Aperture Radar
• Tactical Aircraft
• Test And Evaluation
• Warfare

Readers

• Aerospace Engineering.
• Life Cycle Cost Analysis
• Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

• Microelectronics