I believe that our military families should be provided with the best available care.

It is clear that this is a growing problem that we as a country have yet to address.

Have any of the pilots been left with lasting disabilities as a result of these problems?

Does the reduction of 12 aircraft in fiscal year 2013 have any impact on the UH-60M MYP such as cost per helicopter or total value of the MYP?

I know that the Army vehicle modernization program is critically dependent on advanced technologies in armor, energy, power, and networks and communications.

I must say in my 24 years here, no one has ever told me they haven't made a mistake.

We desperately need a replacement for that, and we think we are on a good path for that as well.

There is a lot on the line.

What is possible there? That we would adapt those designs to our own use, or that we would actually purchase from them?

Yes. That is the point I appreciate you are making and why there is such pressure, as you well know, Admiral Venlet, on bringing the JSF in on schedule.

I just want to follow up on the Black Hawk. Am I correct that the Army is still committed to the full planned multiyear procurement buy of 511 aircraft, though the acquisition is down for this year?

So that may be part of the problem.

We will keep hopefully not totally motivated by paranoia, but we will keep an eye on this and ask you to continue to report to us about how it is doing.

Do you feel that the Army is adequately investing in military construction (MILCON) and sustainment of its laboratories and research and engineering centers?

So, bottom line, you are confident, encouraged at this moment, based on the changes that you are implementing after the technical baseline review, that there will not be additional delays in the development or production of the JSF.

That is great to hear.

the delays and cost increases that have occurred are troubling, but I appreciate the seriousness with which you have responded.

the Nunn-McCurdy breach, to state it in simplistic terms, was a critical breach.

The Humvee is not a vehicle that soldiers can operate in today outside of the fence line.

Is there any impact or risk to achieving the 10 percent savings projected in the MYP authority justification?

I appreciate that response because I think you took that report seriously.

The JSF program from the beginning was envisioned to be an international program.

Good luck. Congratulations.

Right. That is exactly my question.

General Lennox and General Phillips, will there be competitive prototyping for this program through a technology demonstration phase and into an engineering, manufacturing, and development phase?