- Reaction score
- 66
- Points
- 530
The addition of the AIM-9X and AIM-120D and SAR should give it an edge.
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/f-22-raptor-getting-weapons-cybersecurity-upgrades-1.483687#.WZoWvDe0m70
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — When the last Air Force-ordered F-22 Raptor left Lockheed Martin in early 2012, many assumed it was the beginning of the end for one of the Air Force's signature fighter jets.
Congress in June firmly cemented the end of production, declining a restart while citing a cost of $206 million to $216 million per jet. However, the aircraft currently is undergoing upgrades to its cybersecurity, weapons and radar technology.
An article that originally appeared on Scout.com before being picked up by Business Insider on Aug. 7 reported "upgraded radar, weapons and cybersecurity technology are being engineered into the F-22 to enable the stealth fighter to counter attacks from emerging future enemy threats, dogfights successfully against Russian and Chinese 5th-generation stealth fighters, and fly successfully well into the 2060s."
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/f-22-raptor-getting-weapons-cybersecurity-upgrades-1.483687#.WZoWvDe0m70
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — When the last Air Force-ordered F-22 Raptor left Lockheed Martin in early 2012, many assumed it was the beginning of the end for one of the Air Force's signature fighter jets.
Congress in June firmly cemented the end of production, declining a restart while citing a cost of $206 million to $216 million per jet. However, the aircraft currently is undergoing upgrades to its cybersecurity, weapons and radar technology.
An article that originally appeared on Scout.com before being picked up by Business Insider on Aug. 7 reported "upgraded radar, weapons and cybersecurity technology are being engineered into the F-22 to enable the stealth fighter to counter attacks from emerging future enemy threats, dogfights successfully against Russian and Chinese 5th-generation stealth fighters, and fly successfully well into the 2060s."
