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

Lockheed Martin’s FB-22 was never just a “bomberized Raptor” – it was a heavily re-imagined strike aircraft built on F-22 DNA ...
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The stealth fighter that got away: Why the YF-23 Black Widow II lost to the F-22 Raptor

Lockheed’s YF-22 wasn’t the inevitable winner of the Air Force’s Advanced Tactical Fighter contest. -Northrop’s YF-23 “Black ...
FlightGlobal

Lockheed unveils first F-35A stealth fighter bound for Finland

Lockheed Martin has displayed the first F-35A Lightning II destined for Finland at its Fort Worth facility, marking a ...
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Did Lockheed's X-44 Tailless Aircraft 30 Years Ago Inspire 6th-Gen Stealth Fighters

Can early breakthroughs in the realm of the now airborne 6th-generation Air Force stealth fighter be traced back nearly 30-years? The answer may be yes, should one take a close look at the ...
New Atlas

Skunk Works springs Vectis fighter drone on the world

A super-secret Lockheed Martin Skunk Works project is no longer a secret after the company revealed its Vectis Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) – an autonomous stealth fighter drone developed ...
Insider Monkey

The Boeing Company (BA), Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT), Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC): The New $55 Billion Stealth Bomber Faces a Dangerous Future

Long-range bombers such as the B-52, B-1, and B-2 are iconic Air Force symbols, and they provide the Air force with a capability that no other nation has — the ability to rapidly deploy tailored ...
The Aviationist

Skunk Works Introduces Vectis Stealth CCA

Lockheed Martin says the new Group 5 survivable and lethal collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) will fly within two years. Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has officially unveiled Vectis, a new ...