Lockheed On F-22 (Updated)

By John Liang / May 6, 2011 at 4:59 PM

Here's a Lockheed Martin statement on the F-22 stand-down:

Lockheed Martin is aware of the F-22 stand-down.  We deployed a five-person engineering team to Elmendorf AFB today to provide technical expertise and information to our USAF partner.

As we noted here yesterday, possible F-22 Raptor oxygen-system malfunctions prompted Air Combat Command this week to indefinitely stand down the entire stealth fighter fleet and investigate the matter.

UPDATE 2:30 p.m.: A Lockheed spokeswoman just told InsideDefense.com that the above statement was issued Wednesday.

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