I don't know that we have a full appreciation of everything we are going to be able to do with the F-35 until we start to actually use it. Ellen Pawlikowski More Quotes by Ellen Pawlikowski More Quotes From Ellen Pawlikowski We’re taking a more enterprising look at understanding and exploring the capabilities we are going to need in the future, it is not just looking at a next-generation fighter but looking at these issues in the context of leveraging all of the capabilities that can accomplish that. Ellen Pawlikowski us We are going to be facing adversaries that are as modern as we are if not more so. This provides us the opportunity to leverage the entire world market of technology development through our collaborative activity with our allies. Ellen Pawlikowski us Air defense technology has matured and is now able to counter some of the aspects of stealth. This is part of what has to happen as we continue to evolve stealth technology. Stealth is not an on and off thing. The stealth aircraft that we have in development today are very different than the original stealth that we talked about. Ellen Pawlikowski us We can’t count on stealth to do everything for us. Stealth combined with other attributes that will allow us to deal with that threat. Speed and stealth are extremely important but also they don’t stand alone because when you are talking about air superiority it boils down to being able to act and react more quickly than you adversary can. Ellen Pawlikowski us
