“Let me be clear. To justify the purchase of the remaining 32 ships in the program, the Navy must first provide credible evidence, based on rigorous, operationally relevant and realistic testing and evaluation, that this ship will in fact be able to adequately perform its primary stated missions and meet combatant commander requirements. Congress must, at a minimum, thoroughly review this program before authorizing funding in fiscal year 2015 to buy the next four LCSs and require the Secretary of the Navy to certify, on the basis of sound written justification arising from sufficient initial operational testing and evaluation, that the LCS ships will be able to adequately perform their intended missions and provide our operational commanders with the combat capability they need.
Good luck with that.
The U.S. Senate does not want an increase in F-35 production rates, including FY2015. Below is a summary of Sentate proposed Defense appropriation activity.
"Aggressive overlap in designing, testing and procuring this aircraft earlier in its history got us into serious trouble, and this (panel) is eager to avoid a repeat of these problems," Durbin said.
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