Two teams competed: Northrop Grumman with the YF-23 and Lockheed Martin with the YF-22, which would become the F-22 Raptor.

Of course, the same is said of the bird that ultimately beat the YF-23, the YF-22 (now designated the F-22 Raptor). By most accounts, however, the Black Widow II was even better than the plane ...