02/16/2011
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"Secretary Stackley, if not awarded two fiscal year 2015 ships, then is there a cost penalty the government must pay one of the two shipbuilders, or are the terms of the block buy contract simply now o..."
"What other options are available to the government to preclude the block buy contract's terms from being reopened?"
"We designed many of our shipbuilding programs, not just LCS, with the notion of a permissive environment at sea and that is rapidly changing."
"I have spoken at length about LCS--most recently on the Senate floor just yesterday."