Weapons

Air-to-air capability

The F-22 is capable of carrying existing and planned air-to-air weapons. These include a full complement of medium-range missiles such as the AIM-120A advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) and short-range missiles such as the AIM-9 Sidewinder.

Joint Direct Attack Munitions

The F-22 also will have a modernized version of the proven M61 internal gun and growth provisions for other weapons. The aircraft also will be capable of carrying joint direct attack munitions (JDAMs) and other ground-attack weapons.

Air-to-surface capability

The F-22 has a secondary role to attack surface targets. The aircraft will be capable of carrying two 1,000-pound joint direct attack munitions (JDAMs) internally and will use on-board avionics for navigation and weapons delivery support.

AIM-120 AMRAAM Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile
Specifications

• Designation - AIM-120
  Type - Radar-guided medium-range air-to-air missile Contractors - Hughes Missile Systems and Raytheon Company Powerplant - Aerojet two-stage solid propellant rocket motor
  Guidance - Inertial midcourse, with active radar terminal homing
  Warhead - High explosive, directed fragmentation weighing 48 lb
  Dimensions - Length: 12 ft. 0 in.; Body Diameter: 7 in.; Fin Span: 1 ft., 6 in. (AIM-120C)
  Weight - 345 lbs.
  Performance - Cruising speed approximately Mach 4; Range: Approximately 30 miles F-22
  Loadout - When the F-22 is in first-day-of-a-war combat configuration, all missiles are carried in the main weapons bay only. Typical combat load - Six AIM-120C. Three in each side of the main weapons bay with the center missile staggered ahead of the inboard and outboard missiles. The F-22 can carry four of the older, longer-finned AIM-120A
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AIM-9 SIDEWINDER
Specifications

• Designation - AIM-9
  Nickname - Sidewinder
  Type - Heat-seeking (infrared) short range air-to-air missile
  Contractors - Raytheon Company and Loral Autoneutronics
  Powerplant - Thiokol Hercules Mk. 36 Mod 11 solid propellant rocket motor
  Guidance - Solid-state infrared (IR) homing
  Warhead - High explosive, blast fragmentation weighing 20.8 lb.
  Dimensions - Length: 9 ft. 5 in.; Body diameter: 5 in.; Fin Span: 2 ft. 1 in. Weight - 191 lbs.
  Performance - Maximum speed above Mach 2; Range: More than 10 miles F-22
  Loadout - Two AIM-9M (One missile in each side weapons bay) NOTE: There are no plans to carry the AIM-9 in the F-22's main weapons bay.

GBU-32 JDAM Joint Direct Attack Munition
Specifications

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  Designation - GBU-32
  Type - JDAM is a tail guidance kit that converts existing unguided free-fall bombs into near precision-guided "smart" munitions. It also includes strap-on strakes that attach to the bomb's body for stability.
  Contractor - McDonnell Douglas Aerospace
  Powerplant - None Guidance - Inertial Navigation System (INS)/Global Positioning System (GPS)
  Warhead - For F-22, the JDAM tail guidance kit fits on the Mk. 83 1,000-pound-class conventional bomb
  Weight - Weight of the Mk. 83 bomb and tail guidance kit is approximately 1,015 pounds
  Performance - The combination of the stealthy F-22 and the precision capability of the GBU-32 allows the F-22 pilot to drop the weapon from altitudes of approximately 40,000 feet; Range: Approximately 15 miles F-22
  Loadout - The GBU-32 is only carried in the F-22's main weapons bay. Typical combat load - Two GBU-32. One GBU-32 is carried inboard in each side of the main weapons bay. When loaded with GBU-32, there is still sufficient room in the F-22's main weapons bay to carry two AIM-120C air-to-air missiles (one in each side of the bay, in addition to the two AIM-9 Sidewinders in the side weapons bays), which means that even on a mission to attack ground targets, the F-22 retains significant air-to-air combat capability.

M61A2 20-mm Cannon
Specifications

• Designation - M61A2
  Type - Six-barrel, hydraulically operated 20mm Gatling gun
  Contractor - General Dynamics Armament Systems
  Rate of Fire - 6,000 rounds per minute
  Rounds Available - 480
  Effective Range - Several thousand yards