F-22A Squadrons

F-22A Squadrons falls under the Air Force's Research, Development, Test & Evaluation budget activity and aims to maintain the mission effectiveness of the F-22 Raptor aircraft. The program focuses on planned, incremental modernization efforts to enhance both F-22 Air Superiority and Global Strike capabilities. This includes upgrading the air vehicle, engine, and training systems to improve weapons, communications, navigation, pilot systems, and electronic warfare. The program also emphasizes technology development and modernization using a rapid acquisition construct leveraging commercial best practices such as agile and lean. Additionally, it may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability.

The program's planned activities for FY 2023 include providing support to System Integration Laboratories (SILs) for faster testing and assessment of F-22 enhancements, updating critical systems required to support new aircraft configurations and capabilities, continuing lab test planning using agile methods for various programs such as Mode 5 IFF and Link 16, and technology refresh and laboratory optimization improvements. Furthermore, the program will continue technology planning studies and demonstrations for DT weapon assets, threat modeling support, cyber security, engine enhancements, electronic warfare enhancements, and more. These efforts are aimed at accelerating the delivery of capabilities to Operational Test for eventual fielding.

In FY 2024 Base Plans, the program will continue its support to SILs for faster testing and assessment of F-22 enhancements while updating critical systems required to support new aircraft configurations and capabilities. It will also continue lab test planning using agile methods for various programs such as Mode 5 IFF and Link 16. Additionally, it will continue technology refresh and laboratory optimization improvements while continuing technology planning studies and demonstrations for DT weapon assets, threat modeling support, cyber security, engine enhancements, electronic warfare enhancements, among others. These activities are intended to further enhance the F-22 Raptor's modernization processes to develop new capability enhancements.

Overall, Program PE 0207138F aims to ensure the continued air superiority of the F-22 Raptor through ongoing modernization efforts that enhance its capabilities in various operational environments while leveraging commercial best practices for efficient technology development and fielding.