proposals from Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed, Northrop, and McDonnell Douglas[1]
Prototypes
Lockheed YF-22, Northrop YF-23
Requirement
Advanced Tactical Fighter Statement of Operational Need (November 1984)
History
Initiated
May 1981 (1981-05) (RFI), September 1985 (1985-09) (RFP)
Concluded
August 1991 (1991-08)
Outcome
YF-22 selected for full-scale development into the F-22 for production and service
Variations
JAFE, NATF, Have Dash II
The Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) was a program undertaken by the United States Air Force to develop a next-generation air superiority fighter to counter emerging worldwide threats, including Soviet Sukhoi Su-27 and Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters under development in the 1980s, Beriev A-50 airborne warning and control system (AWACS), and increasingly sophisticated surface-to-air missile systems.[2] Lockheed and Northrop were selected in 1986 to respectively develop the YF-22 and the YF-23 technology demonstrator aircraft for the program's demonstration and validation (Dem/Val) phase. These aircraft were evaluated in 1991 and the Lockheed design was selected for full-scale development, or engineering and manufacturing development (EMD), and later developed into the F-22 Raptor for production and operational service.
^Miller 2005, pp. 14, 19.
^Sweetman 1991, p. 10-11, 21.
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