F-22
Abstract
The F-22 Raptor 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 F-22 provides air superiority to the Joint Force, access in the highly contested operational environment, as well as homeland and cruise missile defense into the 2040s. To remain effective in its mission, 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, navigation, pilot systems, and electronic warfare. Determined attempts to deny US air superiority from peer threats within the Indo-Pacific region have increased the need for investments and activities to 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 these efforts and necessary for increasing joint force lethality and maintaining a credible deterrent in theater. This paragraph is a tribute to all of the people that have poured their heart and soul into designing, building, flying, funding, modernizing, and sustaining the F-22 Baby Raptor throughout its years of service. It has steadily flown missions and broken records, known and unknown around the world since it began flying 25 years ago. It is the sheepdog, the watcher in the night that keeps our adversaries at bay, and it wouldn't be possible without the entire team pushing the very limit of possibility every single day. Technology development and Modernization for the F-22 Raptor 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 an annual delivery cadence for capabilities as they mature. Actual and planned execution within Communication Systems and Sensor Systems for FY21 and FY22 will differ from totals shown in each Major Thrust due to balancing program funding at the BPAC level. The Sensor System Major Thrust executed $266.9M of FY21 funds in BPAC 674785; Communication Systems executed $159.3M of FY21 funds in BPAC 674788. All funding for Communication Systems in FY22 and beyond will be executed in BPAC 674785. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such program funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program elements 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F. In FY21 $2.493M was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY22 $6.114M is forecasted for civilian pay expenses in this program element.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 674785_0207138F_7_3600_PB_2023
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