We should list interest rates as a strategic risk, because it won't be long before interest on the debt will exceed defe...
I hope that one of the requirements for all these new platforms is that they be easily modifiable.
we are, in a sense, paying bills that have not been paid because some of these platforms are 40, 50 years old.
Plus, for the second round, you would have additional competition. You would have additional competition plus industrial...
There was some testimony--not testimony. There was a question in the full Committee meeting this morning about the John ...
My sense is the private sector does a better job of their capital assets being online.
we go home and are asked to defend the defense budget and the cost.
I want to commend the report, the way it's presented, how clear it is.
Are they being smarter than we are in their expenditures?
we are in danger of a kind of slow-motion change of strategic balance, where we don't have a response
I would appreciate it if you could supply for the Committee by class of ships what percentage of the fleet of that class...
I understand that is winner-take-all. Out of the five bidders, one yard is going to get all that business.
I compliment you on that. I think closing the door on the requirements at some point is one of the ways that we can defe...
Why that approach? I mean, you are having five yards, highly qualified, a lot of work, a lot of intellectual input, why ...
I do not think it replaces it at all.
We aim to put together strategies that enable us both to keep cost competitiveness, as well as a predictable, stable ind...
This is more tools in your toolkit.
I hope that is in the plan.
