01/14/2009
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"I won't pursue this except to say that, what is your confidence that the F-35 will not experience further cost overruns?"
"I just want to add my voice at the end of the hearing, in support for these creative initiatives."
"Construction of the follow-on Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) seaframes (LCS-3 and -4) is almost finished--with their costs leveling out at about $400 million each."
"Secretary Mabus, as you know, the LCS combat capability comes from the integration of three interchangeable types of mission modules into the seaframes--not the seaframes by themselves."