The US government is not proposed to return to the production line of its stealth Lockheed F-22 fighter, according to what was stated by the Secretary of the US Air Force in Washington DC.
"The original plan was to have some F-22s more for the USAF, and was a set of unfortunate circumstances, a combination of bursts of budget and taking more time than originally designed, was what actually caused the the early termination for the F-22 program. "
Since 2011, Lockheed is with the production of F-22 fighter paralyzed in all were produced 187 aircraft of type, far from the 750 that were expected at the beginning of the project, which later decay to 339, culminating in a cutting spending and only 187 produced.
The US Air Force will keep the stored production tooling, along with the explanatory video of the entire assembly process F-22, so as to release such technology would facilitate the advancement of some powers that are in its 5th farmed process generation. If the USAF would produce another 75 fighters, the estimated cost, according to 2010 figures, would be in the order of 17 billion dollars, which the US government is not ready to pay. The tools will also be responsible for manufacturing spare parts for the F-22.
Russia currently works together with India to create the PAK FA, now known as T-50 and is almost at approval stage. Already China is also working on a Stealth 5th generation fighter, J-20 code name of Chengdu and has been presented to the press.
