VERSIONS
Pratt and Whitney F-119-PW-100 thrust vectored turbofans
No flight
data probe
Revised 'flush' antenna
Details as F-22 EMD unless otherwise indicated
M61A2 six-barrelled
20 mm cannon
Xar IFR receptacle
AN/APG-77 AESA radar
McDonnell Douglas
ACES II zero-zero
ejector seat
GEC-Marconi
wide-angle HUD
Avionics: Lear Astronics VMS (Vehicle Management
System) and IVSC (Integrated Vehicle Subsystem Control),
TRW CNI (Comms/Nav/ID) systems, Sanders AN/ALR-94
RWR/ESM, Litton LN-100G laser gyros, fibre optic data bus
Revised Frameless canopy
Blade antenna (EMD only)
Tails reduced
by 30% and
moved aft
Revised nose
profile
Blade antenna
(EMD only)
Revised fuselage contours
Pratt and Whitney F-119-PW-100 thrust vectored turbofans
Revised, more
complex tailplane
planform
Dorsal air
brake deleted
Antenna moved
to centreline
M61A2 six-barrelled
20 mm cannon
Revised 'complex camber' to wing
Revised,more complex wing
planform with leading edge
sweep reduced to 42º
Flight data
probe
Xar IFR receptacle
Intakes moved aft
for better visibilty
from cockpit
AN/APG-77 AESA radar
General Electric YF-120 (first prototype), Pratt and Whitney YF-119 (second prototype) turbofans with thrust vectoring
Frameless canopy
Large,
forward
-set tail
Flush air data sensor
Long, pointed nose profile
with flight data probe
Antenna offset to starboard
Inlets curved upwards and
inwards to shield compressor
faces from radar
Dorsal
air brake
Variable area
thrust vectoring
nozzle
Flight data
probe
IFR receptacle
All-moving
tailplane
Intakes positioned
further forward
Shoulder mounted wing
with trapeziodal planform,
48º leading edge sweep
Outward canted fins
Sawtooth canopy
design
Parrallel
radome
'zippers'
YF-22 Dem/Val (Demonstration/Evaluation) prototype used in ATF
(Advanced Tactical Fighter) competition.
F-22 EMD (Engineering and Manufacturing Development) aircraft.
F-22A Raptor Production aircraft
F-22 RAPTOR: 3
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