Full command and control connectivity and nodal linkages between Air and Space Operations Centers (AOCs) and Maritime Operation Centers (MOCs) do not currently exist.

ASB heavily emphasizes cyber capabilities.

Training in the complex environments of the future is a huge challenge that I know has been an issue for some time--particularly the ability to integrate cyber and EW.

The ASB office exists within a very crowded organizational construct--CAPE, AT&L, the Joint Staff, and the JROC, among others.

As I look at the Air-Sea Battle strategy, I don't see a lot that is fundamentally new--in most cases this is activity and thought that has been ongoing for some time.

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I'm also deeply concerned about the reference in your testimony to a delay in the procurement of the first SSBN(X) by a year.

Defending investments in research and development can be very difficult since the investments, while crucial to future capabilities, are necessarily speculative in nature.

As DOD implements the Secretary's planned 20% cuts to headquarters, how will the Department balance these cuts among contractor, military, and civilian employees?

Can each of you address the effects of continued sequestration on cyberspace activities and how you intend to manage the fiscal pressures?

shipbuilding will drop in fiscal 2014

I am deeply troubled by any potential impacts on the two-per-year procurement schedule for Virginia-class boats that we so badly need.

Can you give us an update on the Virginia Payload Module and how the program is faring given sequestration, a potential CR, and other fiscal adversities?

Stepping back a bit, can you remind me why these programs--VCS, VPM, ORP--are so important, given the intense A2/AD challenges we are likely to face in future contingencies?

the cost of the Ohio replacement SSBN is significant relative to the annual ship procurement resources available to the Navy in any given year.

Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUVs) provide capable, relatively low cost alternatives to addressing certain mission sets while reducing operational risk.

While the Virginia program has been a model procurement story, there are clearly some other procurements in the Navy that have had more trouble.

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I am very concerned over any degradation in our cutting-edge capabilities and our investments in the fundamentals of a strong national defense.

I would simply emphasize the importance of having discussions with Congress sooner rather than later.

If the Budget Control Act's sequester-level caps remain in Fiscal Year 2014 then what impacts will this have on DOD's modernization portfolio?