How does U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) engage the private sector to support the lift mission?
I think that it captured Services, COCOMs, all the agencies, and made sure that we had all the parts to the puzzle and everybody had a voice...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for holding this important hearing today.
Concerns have been expressed in some quarters about the combat survivability of the LCS.
Secretary Stackley, the Navy has announced some changes or potential changes to the composition of LCS mission modules.
For example, Navy frigates, such as the USS Elrod, USS Klakring, USS Taylor, and USS Nicholas have had shipyard maintenance periods extended...
the percentage of the Ship Maintenance requirement funded has fallen
Secretary Stackley, the first LCS has experienced hull cracking. Please discuss the Navy's actions to address this problem, and whether it h...
Secretary Stackley, of our currently serving amphibious ships, how many are already beyond their planned service lives?
The Navy has announced a change to the antisubmarine warfare (ASW) module.
if last year's authority to implement the dual sole-source award strategy for the LCS program were amended to give the Navy the explicit aut...
if the San Antonio-class of ships had remained on schedule for delivery would we be experiencing this amphibious ship gap that raises so man...
Secretary Stackley, how many of those ships had their service lives extended beyond what was intended when they were built?
What, if anything, is the Navy doing, or will it do, to support the shipbuilding industrial base?
Does CBO approach it with three windows of 10 years each also? If so, are they closer in the first 10 years?
Secretary Stackley, were those service life extensions through planned SLEPs or through an ad-hoc process?
we are decommissioning amphibious ships too early in their lives and at a rate that cannot be sustained
We'd like to help you on that.
