02/08/2012
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"controlling shipbuilding costs will require the combined efforts of the Navy, the shipbuilding industry, and the combat systems industry."
"The acquisition strategy for the LCS program for fiscal year 2010 and later vessels includes key tenets for competition identified by the Weapons System Acquisition Reform Act of 2009."
"Admiral Roughead, how does this committee reconcile different estimates of what this gap is likely to be in 2018 which Secretary Gates has offered is 100 aircraft?"
"I'm concerned that cost overruns in shipbuilding programs will undermine future plans."