if the Air Force determined that developing an exportable version of the F-22 that properly protected sensitive technology were possible, and if a trustworthy ally with whom the United States partners with regularly were to express an…

What does concern me is that we're talking about spending tax dollars on a fighter that is second or third generation.

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We're all dealing with experience, Mr. Chairman.

We can't afford to reduce the buy.

the average procurement unit cost that we've calculated is about $112 million.

Why did it take OSD over a year to validate the JET report of October 2008?

That's a 2-year delay for the Navy and a 3-year delay for the Air Force over what was advertised only a month ago, isn't that right?

I think it will be a challenge for them especially given this aircraft is laden with software.