Ending F22a Production
Younossi, Obaid / Brancato, Kevin / Graser, John C. / Light, Thomas / Rudavsky, Rena
In April 2009, the Department of Defense decided to terminate production of the F-22A Raptor. In advance of the decision, the Air Force asked RAND Project AIR FORCE to identify the costs and the industrial base implications of various shutdown options. This monograph evaluates the implications of three shutdown options for the F-22A industrial capability: shutdown, shutdown and restart, and 3warm2 production, in which a small number of aircraf...