In order to prevent the inadvertent disclosure of the aircraft's stealth technology and classified capabilities to U.S. adversaries,"H.Amdt.295 to H.R.2266 – 105th Congress (1997–1998) | Congress.gov | Library of Congress" Library of Congress. Retrieved 9 May 2010. annual DoD appropriations acts since FY1998 have included a provision prohibiting the use of funds made available in each act to approve or license the sale of the F-22 to any foreign government. Customers for U.S. fighters are acquiring earlier designs such as the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon or the newer F-35 Lightning II, which contains technology from the F-22 but was designed to be cheaper, more flexible, and available for export.Smith, R. Jeffrey. "Premier U.S. fighter jet has major shortcomings: F-22's maintenance demands growing." The Washington Post, 10 July 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2009. In September 2006, Congress upheld the ban on foreign F-22 sales. Despite the ban, the 2010 defense authorization bill included provisions requiring the DoD to report on the costs and feasibility for an F-22 export variant, and another report on the effect of export sales on the U.S. aerospace industry."H.R. 2647: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (overview)." U.S. House of Representatives via Opencongress.org. Retrieved: 27 April 2012.
In order to preven.t the inadvertent disclosure of the aircraft's stealth technology and classified capabilities to U.S. adversaries,"H.Amdt295 to H.R.2266 – 105th Congress (1997–1998) | Congress.gov | Library of Congress" Library of Congress. Retrieved 9 May 2010. annual DoD appropriations acts since FY1998 have included a provision prohibiting the use of funds made available in each act to approve or license the sale of the F-22 to any foreign government. Customers for U.S. fighters are acquiring earlier designs such as the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon or the newer F-35 Lightning II, which contains technology from the F-22 but was designed to be cheaper, more flexible, and available for export.Smith, R. Jeffrey. "Premier U.S. fighter jet has major shortcomings: F-22's maintenance demands growing." The Washington Post, 10 July 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2009. In September 2006, Congress upheld the ban on foreign F-22 sales. Despite the ban, the 2010 defense authorization bill included provisions requiring the DoD to report on the costs and feasibility for an F-22 export variant, and another report on the effect of export sales on the U.S. aerospace industry."H.R. 2647: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (overview)." U.S. House of Representatives via Opencongress.org. Retrieved: 27 April 2012.