The timely delivery of the F-35B and F-35C remains critical to our future strike fighter capacity.
I am particularly concerned in this regard with the Marine Corps' intent to accept the JSF in its Block 2B configuration.
is this lack of focus a major reason for the forthcoming Nunn-McCurdy breach on this program?
Let me focus in on one aspect of time delay for the JSF, and that is the potential delays in the estimated dates for IOC.
It's quite remarkable how our troops have managed to do as well as they have.
There has been broad support for the JSF program here in Congress, but the TACAIR shortfalls that the Services are projecting are very unset...
This is a key part of our modernization strategy.
You can disagree without having partisan attacks against one another.
Thank you, Senator Inhofe. Thanks for your questions.
It's a FAR-based contract.
I'm going to come back and ask you about Secretary Gates' 80 percent solution idea which seems to respond to some of what all four of you sa...
Both.
So what would you do if you were Secretary of the Army today with this program?
I'm proud to say that I believe it was this subcommittee that brought the program back from the dead.
Is the concern you have about the fact that we're putting a lot of money in, and the systems are not going to be able to be delivered on tim...
That's a really interesting answer because in a way it's a variant on Secretary Gates' 80 percent solution.
But allow us to mature them in the hands of soldiers and find out if they are or not.
It's really a remarkable combination of capabilities for the individual soldier.
