May 17, 2011
Lieutenant General Flynn, how much money will actually be saved by cancelation of the EFV if the Marine Corps must extend the life of the AAVs, and design and build two new vehicles, the ACV and the MPC?
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May 17, 2011
I think that it captured Services, COCOMs, all the agencies, and made sure that we had all the parts to the puzzle and everybody had a voice.
May 17, 2011
Vice Admiral Blake, if a 25 knot water speed is no longer required to launch from about 25 miles from the shore, what range of speed and distance from shore are being considered for the EFV's replacement?
May 17, 2011
Lieutenant General Flynn, how will the MPC get ashore if it doesn't swim as the EFV and APC would?
May 17, 2011
Does CBO approach it with three windows of 10 years each also? If so, are they closer in the first 10 years?
May 17, 2011
If it turns out it was a $15 million vehicle instead of $12 million vehicle, it becomes a dicier choice, doesn't it?
May 17, 2011
is the historical cost of legacy programs relevant to the requirements needed to execute the mission today?
May 17, 2011
The prime contractor of the EFV very vigorously disagrees with the decision of DOD.
May 17, 2011
if last year's authority to implement the dual sole-source award strategy for the LCS program were amended to give the Navy the explicit authority to use EOQ purchases as part of the block-buy contracts that it awarded to the two LCS…
May 17, 2011
Secretary Stackley, the Navy has announced some changes or potential changes to the composition of LCS mission modules.
May 17, 2011
The Marine Corps proposes responding to the EFV termination through a three-phased acquisition policy.
May 17, 2011
Yes, we're going to get a slower vehicle and a less capable vehicle for sure.
May 17, 2011
The requirement has not changed. As stated by the Secretary of Defense, we are firm in the requirement for a Marine Corps amphibious combat vehicle.
May 17, 2011
For example, Navy frigates, such as the USS Elrod, USS Klakring, USS Taylor, and USS Nicholas have had shipyard maintenance periods extended because of work that was not done correctly the first time and poor Navy oversight.
May 17, 2011
I want to thank the panel for being willing to go in depth with us on this issue.
May 17, 2011
we are decommissioning amphibious ships too early in their lives and at a rate that cannot be sustained
May 17, 2011
Secretary Stackley, how many of those ships had their service lives extended beyond what was intended when they were built?
May 17, 2011
Lieutenant General Flynn, does this mean that the Marine Corps will be operating two different combat vehicles during the land phase of the amphibious assault, the ACV, and the MPC?
May 17, 2011
if the San Antonio-class of ships had remained on schedule for delivery would we be experiencing this amphibious ship gap that raises so many concerns today?
May 17, 2011
Lieutenant General Flynn, won't an improved AAV that will be in service for a long time together with the new ACV leave the Marine Corps with two different sets of amphibious vehicles and the associated higher costs of a mixed inventory?
May 17, 2011
Lieutenant General Flynn, what is the timeline for designing and building the MPC?
May 17, 2011
I'm sure I speak for all subcommittee members when I say that our thoughts and prayers are with all our deployed sailors at sea and ashore.
May 17, 2011
Lieutenant General Flynn, won't protection from improvised explosive devices and other threats necessarily be different in the two vehicles?
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