Comments on: ‘Iron Man’ movie’s Stark Industries is clearly a spoof of Lockheed Martin

By: William

William — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:27:11 +0000

John3Sobieski no one asked for you to be so cocky on here. I highly doubt you know as much as you think you know. You aren’t impressing anyone on here. And don’t ever compare yourself to any vets.

By: major swaggs

major swaggs — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:34:02 +0000

ok you have to remember that the ironman universe is not ours its marvels and in there stark inds. is just like lm and ng and everyone else. so assuming that stark made the jets and g36 is a good bet. he did after all make everything for shield. sorry im late

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:01:06 +0000

Just to clear some stuff up:

Everything you’ve wanted to know about the F-22, and some things you didn’t.

The designator “Y”, when precluding the aircraft number, indicates a prototype. The YF-22 Raptor was the designator for two aircraft built as prototype (or technology demonstrator) aircraft built by Lockheed Martin / Boeing (et al) for the “Advanced Tactical Fighter” programme.

The YF-22 beat the Nothrop YF-23 in the competition.

YF-22 #1 “Raptor 1″ and YF-23 #1 “Blackwidow II” were fitted with Pratt & Whitney YF119 Turbofan engines (now designated F-119-100) and YF-22 #2 “Raptor 2″ and YF-23 #2 “Grey Ghost” were equipped with General Electric YF120 engines. Pratt & Whitney won the engine contest.

The Raptor enteredproduction as the F-22, and was at one point redesignated by General John P. Jumper as the F/A-22 Raptor, to more reflect the attack capability of the aircraft. Air Force brass later re-designated the Raptor back to the F-22, and the current production models are called F-22A The “A” indicates the first version of the aircraft, presumably to be followed up by B and C variants (and so on).

The FB-22 Strike Raptor is a heavily modified F-22. Most notably, it lacks a tail emapnage, and has a much larger wing. The FB-22 is a contender in the “Interim Bomber Requirement”, competing against the B-1R and YF-23.

The YF-23 was stealthier and faster than the Raptor, but the Raptor was much more agile, and less expensive. There is speculation that it won partially because it would have been more well suited for the Navy’s NATF programme, which was later abandoned.

So, to review, the YF-22 is a prototype, the F-22A is the aircraft serving in the USAF, and seen in the Iron Man movie, and the F-22 and F/A-22 are incorrect designations. The FB-22 has yet to fly, and the YF-23 is most likely not going to grace our skies again.

The F-22 Raptor (ATF) will replace our F-15 Eagle / Strike Eagle and the F-35 Lightning II (JSF) will replace our F-16 Falcon as well as suppliment other aircraft fleets.

(It is the opinion of this pilot that the F-15 and F-16 will likely not be retired altogether)

By: Casey

Casey — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:47:33 +0000

Totally about a year late on this discussion, but the biggest difference in the F-22 and F-35?

Price.

By: Sgt.V

Sgt.V — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:23:16 +0000

Just a few things. Lockheed didn’t become a major company untill 1996. Although they do trace their roots back to 1909 they were a very small company in 1963, the first appearance of Tony Stark/Iron Man. As for Stark Industries the a/c people as long as the company is not trying to produce a similar product it’s not considered an infringement. Please excuse the spelling i’m typing this on my phone.

By: Brass Monkey

Brass Monkey — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:50:30 +0000

Sure, Lockheed Martin is a lot like Stark Industries, but
Alliant Techsystems (ATK) is a perfect fit. I agree, the Stark logo was inspired by LM, but LM focuses more on larger scale technologies, like aeronautics, mission control systems, and passive defense systems.
ATK on the other hand, does more work with bombs, missiles, and ammunition. ATK develops cluster bombs and depleted uranium rounds, just like Stark worked in large part with missiles, artillery, and small arms.

check it out for yourself
http://www.atk.com/index.asp

By: cjracer1000

cjracer1000 — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:57:12 +0000

look

all i am saying is
on the movie they actually called the f-22s f-22s

but

they were currently working on a prototype called the yf-22

but they actually called the planes f-22s

and they didn’t call those planes starks

By: Ridhya

Ridhya — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:09:35 +0000

Speaking of Stark making the Raptor, when his captors enter his room in the cave he says “Where did they get my weapons” and they’re all holding G36’s, so I guess Tony invented the G36 as well? And I always thought it was some German guy…

By: Jonas

Jonas — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:31:02 +0000

hehe, I saw the movie last night (still fresh in memory). I think the movie makes fun of the whole weapon industry. But I like to see robots fight. Wonder if there will be a sequel

By: Smitter

Smitter — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:43:31 +0000

Yeah, the Stark logo is definitely a cross between Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin. I used to work for NG and noticed it right away. If anything, the Stark logo is closer to the NG logo than the LM logo.

By: Butch

Butch — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:37:06 +0000

Actually, the logo looks like a cross between the Northrop logo and the Lockheed logo. I’ve worked for both, and I cracked up when I saw the Stark logo.

By: Dano

Dano — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:21:12 +0000

Stark Industries the air compressor company was started in 1969. Stan Lee created ironman, tony stark, and stark industries in 1963.

By: Xenobiologista

Xenobiologista — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:15:36 +0000

I’m a biologist so it went over my head but my engineer (and airplane/military nut) boyfriend started nudging me and whispering about it immediately.

By: Justwannahelp

Justwannahelp — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:29:19 +0000

Hey guys, just wanted to clear the air from the JSF side of things. The F-35 is in fact a very different jet than the F-22. It is a “generation” after the F-22 and, as was indicated, only has one (very large) engine where as the F-22 has two.

The F-35 will be built in three different variants:

F-35A (CTOL) – Built to replace F-16 for the Air Force.
F-35B (STOVL) – Capability of short take offs and vertical landings. Built to replace AV-8B Harriers for the US marines and Royal Navy (UK).
F-35C (CV) – Carrier variant that will have larger wings control surfaces. Built for the US Navy to replace F-18 hornets.

Hope this helps.

By: David

David — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:14:34 +0000

Bob YF-23 is Northrop Gurmman not northrop/MD. get your facts right.

By: David

David — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:09:31 +0000

F-22 Raptor and the JSF are 2 Different Aircraft the JSF was desgined for the US Navy and USMC and the F-22 was desgined and built for the USAF. The F-22 Raptor is a twin engine fighter the JSF is a single engine Fighter the JSF also comes with the ability to land vertical and take off vertical unlike the F-22.

By: Poet Movie Blogger

Poet Movie Blogger — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:11:31 +0000

You know what else? Lockheed Martin’s CEO is a super hero.

I believe going to the “Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania” counts as being a hero, right?

By: BoeingBob

BoeingBob — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:22:12 +0000

As I work for Boeing and build the aft section of the F-22, I just want to add a little legitimacy to the months-old discussion. The F-22 Raptor is basically the replacement for the F-15 Eagle. Just like it’s predecessor, the F-22 is primarily an air superiority aircraft, but the F/A-22 variant is capable of strike weapons delivery. The F-22 is a dual engine stealth fighter (more stealthy than the F117 Nighthawk) that features vertically variable exhaust. Basically, the exhaust nozzles can tilt up or down, allowing the aircraft to snap in and out of climbs and dives practically instantaneously.

I watched a pair take off recently, and they went from horizontal flight about 50 feet above the runway to 90 degrees straight up in NO TIME flat. Once pointed upwards, they rocketed up into the sky and disappeared. Most amazing thing I’ve ever seen. Check out the many YouTube videos showcasing the aircraft and you will see, as one of our engineers observed, that it looks like someone forgot to tell the pilot what an aircraft isn’t supposed to be able to do.

I don’t know much about the F-35, only that what has been said is correct. It’s going to be used heavily by the Navy as a supplement to the F/A-18 and a replacement for the Harrier. It’ll be able to dogfight, deep strike, Wild Weasel, and just about anything else a multirole fighter of its type will do. It’s also considered a stealth fighter, and like the F-22, is more stealthy than the F-117.

Hope that clears up some confusion.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:43:05 +0000

Stark Industries didn’t make the Raptors, they were just sent by the United States Army to bring Iron Man down.

By: Tony Stark

Tony Stark — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:18:32 +0000

Dear Stark Industries,

Stark Industries has been manufacturing fictional weapons since 1963, whilst you have been manufacturing air compressors since 69, it seems.

Will Stark Industries sue Stark Industries for millions of dollars?

Well… yeah.

Or my name isn’t Anthony Stark.

And it is.

Oh and the Lockheed thing?

Never noticed it.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go drive.

With the top down.