US Air Force, EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE: The F/A-22 Raptor recently finished avionics engineering manufacturing development testing here and surpassed 2,592 flight hours, pushing the aircraft one step closer to taking its place as the premier weapon system of the U.S. Air Force.
“This mission-avionics testing tied in system effectiveness, military utility (reliability, maintainability and supportability) and fire control (bombs and missiles),” said Donald Blanton, Lockheed Martin's F/A-22 Avionics Flight Test senior manager. “The only outstanding work left in engineering development is flight science envelope expansion — working the corners of the envelope — which is scheduled to be completed by the end of September.
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