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.

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?

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

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.

How does the Navy envision operating these Jammers?

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.