Spending plans for the nhs. And venice is underwater as the higest tide in 50 years causes severe flooding in the italian city. I willjust mention we are waiting ona i willjust mention we are waiting on a press conference with President Trump, and president erdogan of turkey, it promises to be a fascinating affair not least because of the withdrawal of american troops and days later turkish troops going in and the consequences that had for the kurds who had been allies with america in fighting the Islamic State promises to be fascinating. Donald trump said he would destroy the turkish economy a few weeks ago when he wasnt happen which with the approach the turkish government was taking. Relations seem to have improved since then but these are two strong minded leaders and it is very ha rd to two strong minded leaders and it is very hard to predict how a press conference of this nature will go. That will make for interesting viewing when it begin, we will turn to it. But we are focussin
Defense and they have made tremendous progress and now have an Agreement Regarding the lot 12 13 production process. This is a new milestone to the enterprise as of 35 is the largest investment and will form the backbone of the u. S. And allied inventories for the foreseeable future. Anf in the joint Program Office are laser focused on driving cost out, quality up and achieving timing delivery of our capability to our war fighters. We respect ontime delivery, we have exceeded the total aircraft quantity we delivered to the war fighter last year in revenue to 6 ontime delivery rate. A tremendous improvement from where we were last year with an average ontime delivery rate of 64 . On quality while we have made progress, there are still significant opportunities for improvement and we continue to communicate to concerns based on the data we collect. The 34 billiondollar agreement for of 35 low Rate Initial Production 12 14 of 478 f35 aircraft. 149 for lot 12, 164 lot 13 and 169 for lot 14
As the f35 Program Milestone authority, alongside Lieutenant General eric fick, the f35 Program Executive officer, were here to announce that the u. S. Department of defense and Lockheed Martin have made tremendous progress and now have an Agreement Regarding the lot 12 through 14 production contract. This is a new, stark milestone for the f35 enterprise, as the f35 is our largest tacair investment and will form the backbone of the u. S. And allied fifthgeneration inventory for the foreseeable future. A s and the joint Program Office are laserfocused on driving cost out, quality up, and achieving timely deliveries of our capability to our warfighters. With respect to ontime delivery, we have exceeded the total aircraft quantity wepe delivered to the warfighter last year, and we have a 96 ontime delivery rate, a tremendous improvement from where we were last year, with an average ontime delivery rate of 64 . On quality, while we have made progress, there are still significant opportunit
Good afternoon and welcome to is newly renovated headquarters. I am the Senior Vice President at the middle east institute. I am pleased to welcome you to todays important and timely commsby examining cent approach to the middle east. We will explore prospects for an effective u. S. Military role in the region, especially given current news from northeast syria. Great panel of experts to discuss this with you today. Ken pollock, we are also pleased to welcome back senior fellow and director of the defense and Security Program after a oneyear fellowship at the department of defense. We are happy to have him back and look forward to hearing his insights from his upcoming article in the 2019 fall issue quarterlyhington entitled broken partnerships can washington get security . Eric schmidtht is a writer for the new york times. Since 2007, he has reported on terrorism issues with assignments to pakistan, afghanistan, Southeast Asia among others. Is a coauthor of counterstrike the untold st
Syria and us military leadership in conflict zones. This is an hour and 45 minutes. Good afternoon and welcome to our newly renovated headquarters. I am gerald feierstein, Senior Vice President at the middle east institute. Welcome to todays important and timely panel, examining centcoms approach to the middle east. This gives us an opportunity to reflect on the approach and explore prospects for an effective us military role in the region especially given current news from northeast syria. We have a great panel of experts to discuss this with you today. Kenneth pollack, dana stroll and we are pleased to welcome back senior fellow director of the defense of Security Program after a 1year fellowship in the department of defense. We are happy to have him back and look forward to hearing his insights from his upcoming article in the 2019 fall issue of the washington quarterly entitled broken partnerships, can washington get Security Cooperation right . Moderating todays panel of distingui