General Trautman, what is the current program of record for the number of F-35s to be stationed at your first operational location?
The Marine Corps has an aggressive program of managing the operation life of all of its Harriers and Hornet models while waiting to introduc...
in your opinion does it make sense to increase concurrency between development and procurement?
does there need to be a more open and insightful dialogue or debate on the significant challenges confronting the JSF program?
To what extent could an increased inventory of long-range bombers, in some ways, make up for the shortfall in Navy and Marine Corp strike fi...
The Commandant of the Marine Corps recently testified to the committee that the Marine Corps will reach IOC in 2012 with a standing squadron...
The Marine Corps will continue to manage legacy fleets of Harriers and Hornets until introduction of STOVL JSF.
The current F-22 Raptor and JSF procurement plans would likely leave a gap of up to 800 fighter aircrafts by 2024.
the F-35 program development schedule is likely to slip from 12 months to 27 months
The Navy has vastly expanded its estimate of size of the so-called fighter gap, putting the shortfall of fighter planes at 243 aircraft by 2...
Carrier aviation and our carrier strike group force structure are vital to executing our Military Strategy in support of the Nation's securi...
the United States still has no plans to export the F-22s.
we need to put whatever funding is available to ramp up F-35 production rates
the Department of the Navy has identified a naval aviation strike fighter shortfall, which it projects to be more than 240 aircraft by 2018.
I would echo Senator Chambliss' comments about budgetary factors driving a lot of our decisionmaking.
the Department of the Navy's strike fighter gap could be a problem, especially if the JSF slips in becoming IOC.
In terms of the TACAIR portfolio, are there any aspects of that plan with which you have any difficulty?
Let me move back to the fighter gap.
