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 25+ years (2045+). 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 enterprise to develop, test, and field software/hardware from multiple programs (product lines) using a scheduled cadence for capabilities as they mature. Determined attempts to deny US air superiority from peer threats within the Indo-Pacific region have driven a Congressional Interest Item (CII), Emergency and Special Program (ESP) Code G3, to highlight investments and activities that will build forces that are lethal, resilient, ready, and postured to respond quickly and effectively against aggression. The F-22 Raptor is a key component of the Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) for increasing joint force lethality and maintaining a credible deterrent in theater. 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 weapon system capability. The use of such programs funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605831F. In FY20 $0.736M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY21 $2.064M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element. 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.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2022
Source ID
0207138F_7_3600_PB_2022
Change Summary Explanation
FY20: -$18.595M Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) reduction; +$9.999M Below Threshold Reprogramming (BTR) for F-22 Modernization; -$0.470M Other Adjustments FY21: -$1.213M Congressional General Reduction FY22: +$49.331M Increase for F-22 Sensor Enhancements and Communication Systems
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Navigation
  • Open System Architecture
  • Product Development
  • Software Development
  • Software Prototyping
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • System Software
  • Systems Engineering
  • Tactical Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics

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