Thank you very much for a productive conversation. Most importantly, thanks for your service to our country.

We can expect 18 aircraft on August 2017?

I understand--correct me if I am wrong--that the helicopter will be used both for the ICBM security mission and then for what you might call Washington-centric missions, continuity of government, VIP transport, and so forth.

Not many examples of something that is more suitable for OCO spending than replenishing rounds. Is there?

Just 1 week less to learn to be a repairman for one of those aircraft as opposed to being an operator.

Mandating a higher end-strength without increasing funding would mean a hollow force unless you borrowed more money from modernization to pay for readiness.

to build upon Senator Sullivan's comments about 450,000 being an unacceptable risk in terms of end strength, there are some ideas in this Congress to mandate a higher level than that, say 480, 490, what have you.

We cannot afford to assume that the enemy will resemble threats of recent wars.

Those characteristics would seem to point at least as strongly in favor of a fixed price contract as they would cost-plus.

The focus on these three priorities could put at risk modernization in future years.

The President's defense budget request for this fiscal year is disappointing.

Let us return to today's aircraft, specifically fourth generation fighter aircraft.