The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is the most expensive fighter jet in the history of the United States Air Force (USAF) or any Air Force for that matter, with a flyaway cost of $143 million (around ...

Lockheed Martin has begun the “engineering analysis” around adding sixth-generation features to the company’s fifth-generation fighters based on development work it did on the losing bid for the Air ...

The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor first entered service in 2005 and is considered the world's first fifth-generation fighter jet. Twenty years later, the Raptor is still considered to be the world's ...

In March of 2025, the U.S. Air Force announced that it had selected the contractor for its sixth-generation stealth fighter program: not Lockheed Martin, which made the F-22 and still makes the F-35, ...

The Gen III TacIRST distributed infrared threat‑warning system will equip the F-22 Raptor, with an evaluation planned in 2026. Lockheed Martin has announced the first flight of the latest iteration of ...