Sales of Ford's bread-and-butter F-Series pickup have slipped 11% along with the market, chewing into profits.
And John Griffins, G-R-I-F-F-I-N-S. As well as a JAG attorney representing the military was also present.
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The F-22 is stealthier and faster and has greater range and considerably more firepower than the F-35.
The budget carries money for a dozen more F-16s and F-18s, and for many more military goodies.
The aircraft is light-years ahead of the current F-15 and F-16 in stealth capabilities, avionics and weapons systems.
The debates we had about the F-22 and the second engine for the F-35 obviously are very important.
The F-35 shouldn't cost as much as the F-22, and it's more versatile.
Ford sold 901, 000 of these workhorses, including the F-150 pickup and its cousins with larger payloads, the F-250 and F-350.
He says: 'The two major technologies - the F-duct and the blown diffuser - we are still not completely there with.
As well as Russian MiG-35s, American F-16 and F-18s, the Eurofighter and the Swedish Gripen are also tendering for the contract.
The Su-30 is an extremely capable aircraft, a potent adversary for aircraft like the F-15, F-16, Mirage 2000 and the F-18.
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As for the cost of the F-22, the same criticisms were made years ago when the F-15 and the F-18 were being developed.
Some of its marquee military aircraft include the F-35 joint strike fighter, F-16 fighter, F-22 Raptor stealth fighter and the C-130J Hercules airlifter.
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Instead of the F-22 the military will now have to make do with the F-35, a jet that has yet to go into production.
This decline in revenues related to the F-22 program was partially offset by increased production volume of F-35s under the low rate initial production contracts.
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And, in fact, a US pilot in an F-18 or F-15 would be presented with a greater challenge--by far--than anything the Iranians can present today.
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Military analysts expect South Korea to spend more on conventional weapons designed to defend it against the North, including subs, destroyers, F-15 fighter jets and possibly F-35s.
The 5.3L EcoTec3 two-wheel-drive mileage compares with 16 in the city and 22 on the highway for the Ford F-150 two-wheel-drive version equipped with an EcoBoost V-6 engine.
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It suggested cancelling the STOVL version of the F-35 and cutting the rest of its order by half, while buying cheaper F-16s and F-18s to keep numbers up.
Across the board, every major leg of our triad from B-52s to F-15s and F-16s to our SSBNs and ICBMs is in need of replacement or significant modernization.
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Mercedes-Benz has the A-Class E Cell, sold only in Europe, and the B-Class F-CELL, but plans to debut the SLS-AMG E Cell in a battery electric version by 2013.
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Many of those products were already in the pipeline, however, particularly a planned 2008 update for its best-selling Ford F-series pickups, which account for about one-quarter of Ford's annual sales.
It does not seem to me sufficient for the Japanese simply to assure us that F-16-related data will be protected in the same manner we stipulate in the United States.
These "Raptors" would permit the replacement of thirty-year-old F-15s with stealthy planes capable of providing assured air superiority and support for ground forces, even against enemies with advanced anti-aircraft defenses.
It was one of the best sales months in two years for F-series, which is the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. So far this year, Ford has sold 434, 920 F-series pickups.
He will be succeeded in the F-35 job by Lorraine Martin, a similarly cerebral problem solver who has served as F-35 deputy program manager and previously headed other Lockheed aircraft efforts.
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The Lockheed Martin F-35C that the Navy is officially planning to buy is a stealthy, single-engine strike fighter derived from the same technologies as the Air Force F-35A and Marine Corps F-35B.
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