title: Live Fire Testing of the F-22 author: publisher: National Academies Press isbn10 | asin: 0309053331 print isbn13: 9780309053334 ebook isbn13: 9780585084701 language: English F-22 (Jet fighter plane)--Testing-- Government policy--United States, subject Airplanes, Military--United States--Combat survivability. publication date: 1995 lcc: TL685.3.N377 1995eb ddc: 358.4/3/0287 F-22 (Jet fighter plane)--Testing-- Government policy--United States, subject: Airplanes, Military--United States--Combat survivability. Page i Live Fire Testing of the F-22 Committee on the Study of Live Fire Survivability Testing of the F-22 Aircraft Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems National Research Council NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS Washington, D.C. 1995 Page ii NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competencies and with regard for appropriate balance. This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. 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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 95-70169 International Standard Book Number 0-309-05333-1 Additional copies are available for sale from: National Academy Press Box 285 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20055 800-624-6242 202-334-3313 (in the Washington Metropolitan Area) Copyright 1995 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Cover photo courtesy of F-22 System Program Office. Page iii COMMITTEE ON THE STUDY OF LIVE FIRE SURVIVABILITY TESTING OF THE F-22 AIRCRAFT JULIAN DAVIDSON, Chair, BoozAllen & Hamilton, Huntsville, Alabama DALE B. ATKINSON, Consultant, Springfield, Virginia JOHN R. BODE, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico CHARLES C. CRAWFORD, Jr., Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta ALAN H. EPSTEIN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge DELORES M. ETTER, University of Colorado, Boulder DONALD L. GIADROSICH, Consultant, Destin, Florida ROBERT M. HILLYER, Scientific Applications International Corporation, San Diego, California ROBERT G. LOEWY, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta MILTON A. MARGOLIS, Logistics Management Institute, McLean, Virginia HARRY L. REED, Jr., Consultant, Aberdeen, Maryland ALTON D. ROMIG, Jr., Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico CHARLES F. TIFFANY, Boeing Military Airplanes (retired), Tucson, Arizona LAWRENCE G. ULLYATT, Denver Research Institute, Littleton, Colorado CYNTHIA A. VOLKERT, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems Liaison ALTON D. SLAY, Slay Enterprises, Inc., Warrenton, Virginia Staff BRUCE A. BRAUN, Director, Division of Military Science and Technology MICHAEL A. CLARKE, Study Director JOHN A. HUGHES, Project Assistant NORMAN M. HALLER, Consultant Page iv COMMISSION ON ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SYSTEMS ALBERT R. C. WESTWOOD, Chair, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico H. KENT BOWEN, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts NAOMI F. COLLINS, NAFSA: Association of International Educators, Washington, D.C. NANCY R. CONNERY, Consultant, Woolwich, Maine RICHARD A. CONWAY, Union Carbide Corp., South Charleston, West Virginia SAMUEL C. FLORMAN, Kriesler Borg Florman Construction Co., Scarsdale, New York TREVOR O. JONES, Libbey-Owens-Ford Co., Cleveland, Ohio NANCY G. LEVESON, University of Washington, Seattle ALTON D. SLAY, Slay Enterprises, Inc., Warrenton, Virginia JAMES J. SOLBERG, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana BARRY M. TROST, Stanford University, Stanford, California GEORGE L. TURIN, Teknekron Corp., Menlo Park, California WILLIAM C. WEBSTER, University of California, Berkeley DEBORAH A. WHITEHURST, Arizona Community Foundation, Phoenix, Arizona ROBERT V. WHITMAN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge CHARLES E. WILLIAMS, Toll Road Investors Partnership II, Sterling, Virginia Staff ARCHIE L. WOOD, Executive Director DENNIS I. CHAMOT, Associate Executive Director ROBERT J. KATT, Associate Executive Director