John McCain

General Davis, please discuss the roadmap for Marine Corps unmanned systems, and in particular L-class ship-based unmanned systems, including MuX.

Can you explain the Navy's plan and why this effort is being delayed when threat advancements are not?

What steps are the Navy and Marine Corps taking to ensure they have munitions that are relevant and effective against the increasingly difficult defenses our potential adversaries are developing and fielding?

Are your air-launched munitions inventories sufficient to support current operations and the Defense Strategic Guidance writ large?

I understand the Marine Corps is studying the potential need to increase the V-22 Program of Record from 360 to 380.

Ultimately, the Department of the Navy seeks to develop, procure, and deliver the most combat capable weapon system to the warfighter in order to meet operational requirements.

Are you concerned about the affordability and executability of the Department's plan for Block 4 Follow-on Modernization?

The F-35B brings new capabilities and operational possibilities to the Marine Expeditionary Unit.

The Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) has been designated the first program in a 'SkunkWorks' pilot.

How does the Navy envision operating these Jammers?

Do you believe the Navy requires more Growlers to fulfill the needs of the joint force?

Given the strike-fighter shortfall and concerns about aviation readiness, why were these aircraft not included in the President's budget request?

Senator McCain. Rear Admiral Miller, please update us on the Navy's strike-fighter shortfall, efforts to alleviate it, and the biggest challenges to overcome.

Vice Admiral Grosklags and Rear Admiral Miller, please describe how the Navy is preparing for the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) for the Super Hornet using the lessons learned from our experience with the Legacy Hornets.

The future of Naval aviation continues to face, and must pace, a rapidly evolving threat.

Given the lower costs, stabilization of contractor work force and continuity of production facilitated by MYP contracts, V-22 has requested a fiscal year 2018 Congressional authorization of a MYP III strategy.

If business operations do not support timely and consistent contract awards that support long-term profitability, vendors can and do walk away from the defense sector.

The subcommittee should be particularly mindful in understanding that a design engineering and sustaining engineering/logistics core of highly trained personnel are required for each weapons system.

The state of the Navy/Marine Corps aviation defense industrial base is directly related to timely and stable budgets.

Collecting and analyzing more flight data will help us find the root cause.

What are the implications for pilot production? Has this reached a critical stage?

Please describe the Navy's most recent efforts to mitigate physiological episodes.

The Navy has repeatedly referred to its 'resource unconstrained' efforts to mitigate and solve the PE problem.

Vice Admiral Grosklags, how much funding does the budget request include for addressing physiological episodes in Navy aircraft?

I don't think its standard procedure prior to the inauguration of a president of the United States by someone who is not in an appointed position.