Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2004, Vol. 7: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session on S. 1050 to Authorize Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2004 for Military Activities of the Department of Defense; Strategic Forces Our goal is to create an acquisition process that is both credible and agile. We have made progress in this direction with our new 03 - 01 space acquisition policy, which I signed into interim guidance this month. This new process recognizes the inherent differences of space systems. It allows us to reduce our timeline, while maintaining the required depth of review. It enables us to manage risk by looking for challenges early on. It eliminates program management bureaucracy, giving our program managers the responsibility and the resources to manage their programs. We expect there will be some continuing risk in our programs. Our job is to manage those risks by giving our people the necessary tools and ability to do so. One tool we can give them is a world-class independent cost estimation capability. Our vision is to form a National Security Space Cost Assessment Team to provide a useful, accurate and timely independent cost estimate with common methodology in support of space acquisition. The team would consist of experts knowledgeable on the unique challenges facing space programs. The Director of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (osd) Cost Analysis Improvement Group (caig) and I are working together to accomplish this task. He has also agreed to lead the National Security Space Cost Estimating Team. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005, Vol. 7: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session on S. 2400; Strategic Forces; February 25; March 24, 25; April 7, 2004 Committee staff members present: Leah C. Brewer, nominations and hearings clerk; and Alison E. Brill, receptionist. Majority staff members present: L. David Cherington, counsel; and Scott W. Stucky, general counsel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005, Vol. 4: Hearing Before the Committee on Armed Services United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session on S. 2400; To Authorized Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005 for Military Activities of the Department of Defense, for Military Construction I value your insight and your commitment to this country. I want to recognize, also, the men and women of our active. Reserve, and National Guard components, supported by civilian employees and contractors, who have been successful in executing military operations around the world in the ongoing war on terrorism. This is proof of the training, equipment, and readiness that you have provided them. Their service and sacrifices, and the sacrifices of their families, are deeply appreciated. I've talked with a number of families who have lost loved ones in Iraq and Afghanistan. families from Alabama. I've visited our soldiers at Walter Reed, and I know, as you do, the real, personal sacrifice that is being made. Today's hearing is the first of two hearings we will have on Army programs. Our focus this afternoon will be transformation. On March 30, we'll have a hearing on Army aviation, specifically focusing on the termination of the Comanche armed reconnaissance helicopter program. It's something that I've had an interest in and supported over the years, and I know Senator Lieberman has as well We will be talking about that and have a full opportunity to discuss it. The Airland Subcommittee has supported the Comanche program in previous budget requests, and we are concerned with the impact of the termination on the future Army capabilities. I have, based on what I know today, decided that this termination is justified, but we will be going into it in more detail as time goes by, and we want to be sure, if there is a termination, that the funds that were allocated to that program will be used to improve Army aviation For fiscal year 2005, the Army requests $98.5 billion, $2.7 billion more than appropriated in fiscal year 2004, and supports the continuation of the Army transformation efforts. Adjusting for the Comanche termination, the Army requests $12.8 billion in procurement, including $905 million for the Stryker vehicles, for the fifth of six Stryker brigades, and $2.7 billion for Army aviation programs, and $9.3 billion in research, development, tests, and evaluation (RDT&E), including $3.2 billion for Future Combat Systems (FCS), a $1.5 billion increase over the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2004. FCS is one of the key programs for the Army transformation to the future force, and we have several questions regarding this program. As I noted earlier, today's hearing will focus on Army transformation. With the new chief of staff, the three axes of Army transformation - the Objective Force, Interim Force, and Legacy Force - have morphed into a current force that is organized, trained, and equipped for joint, interagency, multinational, full-spectrum operations, and a future force and operational force that will be based on network-centric capabilities. This is the Army's fourth year of transformation, and we are interested in hearing the progress the Army has made to date, particularly since they signed the $14.5 billion contract for the system development and demonstration phase of the program. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005, Vol. 6: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session on S. 2400; Personnel; March 2, 4, 31, 2004 Mr. Chairman and members of this distinguished subcommittee, thank you for the Opportunity to be here today. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005, Vol. 2: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session; Seapower, March 3 and 10, 2004 The View was, particularly after September 11, that there was a need for the Navy to look at its presence with a purpose in a global sense. We needed to dramatically change the striking power that we brought to sea when we were there, because of these compelling issues you get into in terms of timing, trying to make a difference, trying to be decisive on scene, trying to shape the battle space quickly. Because this is one of the things we're being driven into is this: can we do things more quickly before things get out of con trol? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005, Vol. 3: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services United States Senate One Hundred Eighth Congress Second Session Our commitment to improve current and future readiness is steadfast, even when this entails making tough choices, such as canceling the Comanche aircraft program. Now, we can talk about it in the questions and answers, but we need the committee's sup port to retain the Comanche resources to fix Army aviation. The 2005 President's budget will enable our Army to provide our combatant commanders with the requisite land-power capabilities for the global war on terrorism, homeland defense, and other worldwide commitments. It covers our baseline operations, the 15 critical systems in our recapitalization program, and our trans formation program. It does not address the ongoing missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the recovery from those missions. Your support of this budget and war-related costs of our ongoing operations is critical if our units are to continue their remarkable performance and remain ready for future contingencies. We appreciate your dedication to your military and to America's sons and daughters, who are Operating selflessly around the world defending this great country. Thank you, Senator, for the opportunity. I look forward to taking your questions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.