DAB approves F-22 Raptor for LRIP, but lowers planned production number

Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) members reached a unanimous decision to recommend that the Air Force's F-22 Raptor air superiority fighter proceed to Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP), although they lowered the total production number from 331 to 295, Undersecretary of Defense E.C. "Pete" Aldridge...

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