Specifications

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: 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.

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
27,216 kg 60,000 lb
Ceiling
15,240 m 50,000 ft
Engine thrust class 35.000 lb
Performance Supercruise Mach 1.58
Performance Afterburning mode Mach 1.7
Crew one
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

Date Deployed
deliveries beginning in 2002 operational by 2004

Source: Fas.org

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General characteristics

* Crew: 1
* Length: 62 ft 1 in (18.87 m)
* Wingspan: 44 ft 6 in (13.56 m)
* Height: 16 ft 8 in (5.08 m)
* Wing area: 840 ft² (78.04 m²)
* Empty weight: 31,670 lb (14,365 kg)
* Loaded weight: 60,000 lb (27,216 kg)
* Maximum gross takeoff weight: 80,000 lb (36,288 kg)
* Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 turbofans, >35,000 lb (155.74 kN) each

Performance

* Maximum speed: >Mach 2.42, 1,600 mph (2,570 km/h) at high altitude
* Cruise speed: >Mach 1.72, 1,140 mph (1,830 km/h) at high altitude
* Range: ferry 2,000 mi (3,200 km)
* Service ceiling: >50,000 ft USAF, 60,000 Boeing (>15,000 m, 18,000 m)
* Rate of climb: ft/min[3] (m/s)
* Wing loading: 96 lb/ft² (470 kg/m²)
* Thrust/weight: 1.3~1.41:1

Armament

* Guns: 1× M61A2 Vulcan 20 mm Gatling gun with 480 rounds
* Missiles:
o 6× AIM-120C AMRAAM
o 2× AIM-9 Sidewinder
* Bombs:
o 2× 1,000 lb JDAM or
o 2× Wind Corrected Munitions Dispensers (WCMDs) or
o 8× 250 lb GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs

Note: It is estimated that internal bays can carry about 20,000 lb (10,550 kg) worth of bombs, and/or missiles. Four external hardpoints can be fitted to carry weapons or fuel tanks, each with a capacity of 5,000 lb (2,000 kg), albeit at the expense of stealth. The armament is still largely classified.

Source: Wikipedia