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FB-22: How the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter almost became a stealth bomber

Key Points and Summary - Lockheed Martin’s FB-22 was never just a “bomberized Raptor” – it was a heavily re-imagined strike aircraft built on F-22 DNA. -The concept married the Raptor’s stealth, ...
Jalopnik

The F-22 Raptor's Gold-Tinted Canopy Is A Stealthy Secret Weapon

For years, nothing in the sky matched the Lockheed Martin F-22. Introduced in 2005, the Raptor was the first fifth-generation fighter to enter service, and its advanced capabilities quickly made it ...
The National Interest

America’s Deadliest Fighter Was Built at the Wrong Time

It wasn’t until September 2014 that an F-22 Raptor even took part in combat, carrying out an airstrike on ISIS positions in Syria. On December 15, 2005, 20 years ago this month, the Lockheed Martin ...
The Aviationist

F-22 Raptor Takes Control of MQ-20 Avenger During Test

GA-ASI and L3Harris joined forces to demonstrate Crewed-Uncrewed Teaming of an F-22 and MQ-20 using the new BANSHEE datalinks and Pantera radios. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced ...
Flightglobal

F-22 successfully controls MQ-20 uncrewed jet in demonstration flight

The US Air Force (USAF) has successfully paired one its Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighters with an uncrewed jet in a demonstration flight. The unmanned platform was a General Atomics ...
The National Interest

F-22’s Secret Drone Test Signals a New Era of Warfare

According to General Atomics, the test flight was enabled via Lockheed’s open radio architectures. While the concept of crewed-uncrewed teaming between next-generation fighter jets and highly ...
SUAS News

GA-ASI, Lockheed Martin and L3Harris Collaborate on Crewed-Uncrewed Teaming Flight Test

SAN DIEGO – On October 21, 2025, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), Lockheed Martin, and L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) collaborated on a flight test that successfully demonstrated ...