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A new state-of-the-art avionics hardware and software installation and testing laboratory, called Raptor Avionics Integration Laboratory, was established at Lockheed Martin in Marietta, Georgia, last October to perform ground-based integrated avionics testing. RAIL will surround the F/A-22 hardware with sophisticated test monitoring equipment, integrate it with the latest avionics software, and then test it under simulated operational conditions. The laboratory incorporates lessons learned from the program’s ongoing developmental flight test program at Edwards AFB, California, which showed that more ground-based testing is needed to ensure adequate avionics stability. |
