Mr. Bret Luedke

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  www.usaww1.com/American_wwi_air_force.php4 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/14/2008    Last Visited: 8/10/2008  

  Mike O'Neal and I - representing the United States - spoke to the French people and we presented the mayors with letters from Georgia Congressman David Scott (13th District) and Bret Luedke - the test pilot of the world's most advanced aircraft, the F-22 Raptor for Lockheed.

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  www.codeonemagazine.com/archives/2008/articles/apr_08/f - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/1/2008    Last Visited: 10/3/2008  

  Moga worked with Lockheed Martin test pilots Bret Luedke and Al Norman and tested each potential maneuver repeatedly in the simulator.

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  :: F-22 Raptor Stealthfighter :: - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/13/2003    Last Visited: 6/6/2008  

  "The IFDL is essentially an encrypted radio and wireless communications modem that allows Raptor pilots to covertly talk to and share information with each other without fear of being overheard by potential enemies," said Bret Luedke, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.'s chief F/A-22 test pilot, one of two pilots involved in this IFDL test flight.

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  :: F-22 Raptor Stealthfighter :: - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/15/2000    Last Visited: 9/26/2008  

  Lockheed Martin test pilot Bret Luedke was at the controls during the 37-minute flight, which accomplished a critical Defense Acquisition Board criterion.

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  Behind the F-22 Raptor - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/1/2004    Last Visited: 11/25/2004  

  Lockheed Martin chief test pilot Bret Luedke takes Raptors out for test runs, flying at supersonic speeds down a long corridor through rural Tennessee."It's great fun to fly the airplane," Luedke says.

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  Business - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/7/2004    Last Visited: 4/7/2004  

  Bret Luedke, chief test pilot with Lockheed Martin, tours Harris Corp.'s Malabar production facility Tuesday to see how they make fiber optic communications modules for avionics, which will be used on the F/A-22 Raptor.
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  These qualities might sound like a flight of fancy, but to Bret Luedke, chief test pilot for the Lockheed Martin F/A-22 Raptor stealth fighter, they are a sky-wrapped reality.He has logged more than 300 hours test-flying nearly two dozen Raptors.The experience, he said, is like "nothing I have ever felt before."
  
  Speaking in Palm Bay at a Harris Corp. luncheon Tuesday and later touring a Malabar production facility, Luedke reassured employees who work on the Raptor program it is "in good health and is the No. 1 priority for the Air Force."
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  The crux of the problem: getting parts and programs from more than 1,000 suppliers in 43 states to communicate with each other, and not get the "blue screen of death," Luedke said, referring to what happens when a computer crashes.
  
  Congress is looking for bloated programs to trim budgets and is determining whether the Raptor -- which is in low-rate production -- will continue to fly.Each Raptor costs more than $110 million to build.
  
  Critics said the fighter is a relic of the 1980s Cold War-era times, while proponents said it is crucial to air dominance for decades to come.
  
  Luedke said those technology challenges "have been worked out," and the Raptors are performing as advertised.
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  Speaking of F-15s, Luedke said those are the planes he has simulated dogfights with to test the systems of the Raptor and how they would perform in combat.
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  You have to see the whole picture," said Kim Phung, a production engineer at Harris on the Raptor program, who met Luedke on a tour of the facility.

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  COMBATSIM.COM: Daily News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/13/2003    Last Visited: 12/25/2006  

  "The IFDL is essentially an encrypted radio and wireless communications modem that allows Raptor pilots to covertly talk to and share information with each other without fear of being overheard by potential enemies," said Bret Luedke, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.'s chief F/A-22 test pilot, one of two pilots involved in this IFDL test flight.

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  Code One Magazine: Events, Raptor 4004 Takes To The... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/18/2003    Last Visited: 10/18/2003  

  Lockheed Martin test pilot Bret Luedke was at the controls during the thirty-seven-minute flight, which accomplished a major Defense Acquisition Board criterion for the program.The aircraft was ferried to Edwards AFB on 30 January.

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  Defense Daily Network Press Releases - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/14/2003    Last Visited: 2/14/2003  

  "The IFDL is essentially an encrypted radio and wireless communications modem that allows Raptor pilots to covertly talk to and share information with each other without fear of being overheard by potential enemies," said Bret Luedke, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.'s chief F/A-22 test pilot, one of two pilots involved in this IFDL test flight."The IFDL helps preserve the aircraft's stealthiness without requiring pilots to maintain radio silence or to communicate via visual signals; IFDL is truly a step forward in aircraft interoperability."The IFDL -- part of the Communications, Navigation and Identification (CNI) suite provided by the Radio Systems division of Northrop Grumman Space Technology -- allows formations of Raptor pilots to share information provided by each other's on-board and off-board sensors, including target tracking information provided by the F/A-22's APG-77 radar.Such information helps prevent weapons from being unnecessarily launched or dropped on targets already being engaged by another Raptor.The IFDL also helps the flight leader keep track of his wingmen and the formation's weapons loadout and fuel status so that missions can be successfully executed and all aircraft and pilots involved in that mission can maximize their combat effectiveness and return safely to base.Prior to this true airborne demonstration between F/A-22s, Boeing's 757 Flying Test Bed (FTB) was used to prove the IFDL's capabilities both in the air and on the ground with but a single Raptor pilot at Edwards AFB.During three days of tests, the FTB showed that the IFDL can share data with a wingman, even when the F/A-22 pilot executed a series of fast and slow rolls and high-g maneuvers.

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  Defense-i - Defense Reviews - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/1/2001    Last Visited: 6/2/2004  

  By Bret Luedke
  
  Bret Luedke, lead avionics contractor test pilot, flew the first avionics Raptor, 4004, on its first flight in November 2000.Luedke is actively involved in all phases of the flight test program but has concentrated on the avionics development.Before joining Lockheed Martin, he served twelve years as an F-16 pilot in the US Air Force.He is a graduate of USAF Test Pilot School where he later taught high angle-of-attack testing as an instructor pilot.He has over 4,000 hours of flight time in more than fifty aircraft types, including the F-4, F-16, and F-22.

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