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Building New F-22 Raptor Fighters Would Be a Giant Mistake

-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, ...
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Why Rebuilding the F-22 Raptor Would Set Back America’s Air Dominance

How much would it cost to bring a legend back to life? For the F-22 Raptor, the response is a chilling combination of lost infrastructure, obsolete technology, and a price tag equivalent to buying a ...
Aviation Week

F-22 Development Plan Explains Its High Upgrade Costs, GAO Says

F-22 COSTS: Concerned about mounting modernization costs for the F-22A, and noting that they far outstripped similar expenses for F-15s, F-16s and F/A-18s, Senate appropriators sought an explanation ...
The Aviationist

Pratt & Whitney Awarded $1.5 Billion Contract to Support the F-22’s Engine

Pratt & Whitney secured a three-year contract to sustain the F119 engines which power the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 fleet. Pratt & Whitney has been awarded a $1.5 billion contract to keep sustaining for ...
The National Interest

Why the US Air Force Is Saying Goodbye to the F-22 Raptor

Cost was the primary factor behind the shuttering of the F-22’s production line. The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is the most dominant air superiority fighter ever flown. With an unrivaled combination ...
The Aviationist

F-22 Raptors Flying with B757 Test Bed Suggest New Upgrades and Sensors are Coming Up Fast

The Boeing 757 FTB is the F-22’s highly modified and instrumented aircraft that tests avionics and systems, saving costs and development timelines. Amid reports of the F-22 Raptor being slated to ...