John McCain

Is this due to only building a new carrier every 5 years instead of one carrier every 4.5 years or two every 9 years?

Does the long-term 30-year plan show only 10 carriers at the end of the 30-year timeframe?

Secretary Stackley, what is the amount needed to complete full funding for the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)?

Does the Navy ever intend to resume complying with the longstanding full funding policy for all new construction ships?

How would a delay in the design of the VPM impact the Navy's ability to move forward with production on Block V in fiscal year 2019?

Secretary Stackley, how much is included in development for the VPM by fiscal year through program end?

Secretary Stackley, what is the current design maturity of the Virginia payload module (VPM)?

Can additional MYP savings be attained if Flight III procurement is delayed until cut in on the fiscal year 2018 ships?

If separate, why would the Navy not execute a full 10-ship MYP vice a 7-ship MYP?

Is Flight III considered a part of the MYP by the Navy?

Secretary Stackley, would you please explain how the DDG-51 MYP is planned to be executed with respect to the introduction of Flight III?

Secretary Stackley, what is the estimated SCN advance procurement funding by fiscal year that is needed to support the lead ship procurement in fiscal year 2021?

Secretary Stackley, what are you planning to do to mitigate that impact?

Secretary Stackley, what is the impact to the Ohio ship construction program if this shortfall is not resolved during fiscal year 2015?

Secretary Stackley, is the shortfall manageable during execution, and why or why not?

Secretary Stackley, for the Ohio Replacement Program, what is the specific amount of the fiscal year 2015 National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) funding shortfall?

Secretary Stackley, what is the total amount and percentage of the fiscal year 2015 SCN request that is for previously authorized ships?

Secretary Stackley, what has been the historical SCN enacted budget as a percentage of the overall Department of the Navy enacted budget for the past 50 years?

Secretary Stackley, what average level of investment do you need over the next 10 years, the next following 10 years, and the 10 years after that to meet your shipbuilding goals?

I understand the Navy has changed the methodology for counting ships.

Section 231 of title 10 requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a 30-Year Plan for the Construction of Naval Vessels

We must direct future shipbuilding resources toward platforms that can operate in every region and along the full spectrum of conflict.

I see, so now we're looking at 2016 or 2017 by the time the ship is operationally capable?

Modifying the LCS, after 12 years.

Admiral Locklear told the committee that the LCS is only partially effective in fulfilling his operational requirements.