"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."
"shipbuilding will drop in fiscal 2014"
"Defending investments in research and development can be very difficult since the investments, while crucial to future capabilities, are necessarily speculative in nature."
"Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUVs) provide capable, relatively low cost alternatives to addressing certain mission sets while reducing operational risk."
"I am deeply troubled by any potential impacts on the two-per-year procurement schedule for Virginia-class boats that we so badly need."
"the cost of the Ohio replacement SSBN is significant relative to the annual ship procurement resources available to the Navy in any given year."
"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?"
"While the Virginia program has been a model procurement story, there are clearly some other procurements in the Navy that have had more trouble."
"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?"
"I am very concerned over any degradation in our cutting-edge capabilities and our investments in the fundamentals of a strong national defense."
"I find it troubling that, as many of my colleagues do, the DOD is having to make, in my opinion, very unacceptable cuts in areas, such as modernization and force structure, that will no doubt affect t..."