The Air Force is looking for a host of F-22 Raptor upgrades and will seek small businesses to offer potential solutions, according to a draft “open topic” on the AFVentures Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) page. No timing was stated for the upgrades.
According to a recent but undated “Focus Topics” summary in the AFVentures system, which is run by the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Air Force is looking at 14 potential F-22 upgrades, including:
- Integrating the Thales Scorpion helmet-mounted display/weapon cuing system
- A long-range infrared search-and-track sensor
- Manned-unmanned teaming
- Pilot-assisted autonomy
- A GPS-alternative navigation system
- Simulation of “red air” threats
- Algorithms for “optimized intercepts”
- Combat identification of threats
- Cyber intrusion detection and prevention
- Predictive maintenance
- Synthetic data generation
- Sensor fusion
- Improved sensing
- Real-time debriefing