Thursday, July 21, 2005
Steve's Video Of The Day: F/A-22 Raptor
The new American attack/fighter is the Lockheed Martin F/A-22 Raptor. What a machine. Watch it in action! Gotta' love the "thrust vectoring"!
VIDEO - F/A-22 Raptor
F-22 Raptor Specifications
Official Nickname: Raptor
User: U.S. Air Force
Function: Air superiority fighter
Contractors:
Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems: F-22 program management, the integrated forebody (nose section) and forward fuselage (including the cockpit and inlets), leading edges of the wings, the fins and stabilators, flaps, ailerons, landing gear and final assembly of the aircraft.
Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems: Center fuselage, stores management, integrated navigation and electronic warfare systems (INEWS), the communications, navigation, and identification (CNI) system, and the weapon support system.
Boeing: wings, aft fuselage (including the structures necessary for engine and nozzle installation), radar system development and testing, avionics integration, the training system, and flight-test development and management.
Pratt & Whitney: F119-PW-100 engines that power the Raptor.
Major Subcontractors: Approximately 240 firms in 37 states are considered major subcontractors
More than 1,150 firms in 46 states and Puerto Rico, along with firms in seven international countries make up the F-22/F119 subcontractor team.
(partial list):
Northrop Grumman
Texas Instruments
Kidde-Graviner Ltd.
Allied-Signal Aerospace
Hughes Radar Systems
Harris
Fairchild Defense
GEC Avionics
Lockheed Sanders
Kaiser Electronics
Digital Equipment Corp.
Rosemount Aerospace
Curtiss-Wright Flight Systems
Dowty Decoto, EDO Corp.
Lear Astronics Corp.
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
Simmonds Precision
Sterer Engineering
TRW
XAR
Motorola
Hamilton Standard
Sanders/GE Joint Venture
Menasco Aerospace
Projected Employment: 15,000 in EMD and 27,000 in production
Propulsion: two Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 engines
Thrust: 35,000 lbst
Length: 62.08 feet, 18.90 meters
Height: 16.67 feet, 5.08 meters
Wingspan: 44.5 feet, 13.56 meters
Wing Area: 840 square feet
Horizontal Tailspan: 29 feet, 8.84 meters
Maximum Takeoff Weight: (sorry)
Ceiling: (sorry)
Speed: Mach 1.8 (supercruise: Mach 1.5)
Crew: one pilot
Armament: Two AIM-9 Sidewinders, six AIM-120C Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), one 20mm Gatling gun, two 1,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM)
First flight: September 7, 1997
Flight Test Aircraft: Nine
Flight Test Program Length: 1997 until 2003 (Approximately 2,700 flights covering roughly 4,800 test hours in EMD)
Date Deployed: deliveries beginning in 2002, operational by 2004
Initial Operational Capability: Late 2005
Planned Production: 339 aircraft between 1998 and 2013
VIDEO - F/A-22 Raptor
F-22 Raptor Specifications
Official Nickname: Raptor
User: U.S. Air Force
Function: Air superiority fighter
Contractors:
Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems: F-22 program management, the integrated forebody (nose section) and forward fuselage (including the cockpit and inlets), leading edges of the wings, the fins and stabilators, flaps, ailerons, landing gear and final assembly of the aircraft.
Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems: Center fuselage, stores management, integrated navigation and electronic warfare systems (INEWS), the communications, navigation, and identification (CNI) system, and the weapon support system.
Boeing: wings, aft fuselage (including the structures necessary for engine and nozzle installation), radar system development and testing, avionics integration, the training system, and flight-test development and management.
Pratt & Whitney: F119-PW-100 engines that power the Raptor.
Major Subcontractors: Approximately 240 firms in 37 states are considered major subcontractors
More than 1,150 firms in 46 states and Puerto Rico, along with firms in seven international countries make up the F-22/F119 subcontractor team.
(partial list):
Northrop Grumman
Texas Instruments
Kidde-Graviner Ltd.
Allied-Signal Aerospace
Hughes Radar Systems
Harris
Fairchild Defense
GEC Avionics
Lockheed Sanders
Kaiser Electronics
Digital Equipment Corp.
Rosemount Aerospace
Curtiss-Wright Flight Systems
Dowty Decoto, EDO Corp.
Lear Astronics Corp.
Parker-Hannifin Corp.
Simmonds Precision
Sterer Engineering
TRW
XAR
Motorola
Hamilton Standard
Sanders/GE Joint Venture
Menasco Aerospace
Projected Employment: 15,000 in EMD and 27,000 in production
Propulsion: two Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 engines
Thrust: 35,000 lbst
Length: 62.08 feet, 18.90 meters
Height: 16.67 feet, 5.08 meters
Wingspan: 44.5 feet, 13.56 meters
Wing Area: 840 square feet
Horizontal Tailspan: 29 feet, 8.84 meters
Maximum Takeoff Weight: (sorry)
Ceiling: (sorry)
Speed: Mach 1.8 (supercruise: Mach 1.5)
Crew: one pilot
Armament: Two AIM-9 Sidewinders, six AIM-120C Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), one 20mm Gatling gun, two 1,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM)
First flight: September 7, 1997
Flight Test Aircraft: Nine
Flight Test Program Length: 1997 until 2003 (Approximately 2,700 flights covering roughly 4,800 test hours in EMD)
Date Deployed: deliveries beginning in 2002, operational by 2004
Initial Operational Capability: Late 2005
Planned Production: 339 aircraft between 1998 and 2013