, was conceived in the mid-1990s amidst uncertainty about future threats. Despite the Cold War's end, the U.S. Air Force sought a replacement for the F-15 with advanced stealth, speed, and ...

In terms of known quantities, the new IRDS system acts as a passive sensor to detect threats via their heat signature, but the upgrade package also includes features to reduce the F-22's own IR ...

With the Next-Generation Air Dominance endeavor paused, the Raptor might be here to stay. While the reign of the American-made F-22 Raptor was suspected to be winding down, new upgrades being ...

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 ...