Covid19 and other biological threats facing the u. S. Good morning. Welcome to the hearing [inaudible] emerging threats and capabilities. In a moment in accordance with house rules and relations the host will mute all participants other than german [inaudible] and all participants are asked to keep themselves muted when not actively engaging in the discussion which should help limit echoes and other asruptions. When the yield back i do not renumber to retweet themselves others will doo so to limitit efforts and background audio background audio. Members and witnesses are responsible for unwitting himself anytime they wish to w e heard. It may take a few seconds for your microphone to be t unmated. If you are on the computer you can view the timer by reaching your personal view in the upper right corner of your screen for the active speaker and you can also pin the timer by right clicking or hovering your cursor over the timer and pressing that contact icon. With that, we are ready to b
Tweets. Pentagon and state Department Officials reviewed u. S. Readiness for a biological attack. The response to the coronavirus and foreign adversaries using chemical agents. They appeared before two house subcommittees. Theill come to the hearing Armed Services subcommittee on capabilities. Rules andnce with regulations, the host will mute all participants. All participants are asked to while notelves muted engaged in the discussion, which should limit echoes or other disruptions. In instances in which members yield back, but do not remember to remute themselves, we will do so. Members and witnesses are responsible for a new think themselves. It may take unmuting themselves. A timekeeper will monitor the time for the hearing. If you are on the computer, you can view the timer by switching your personal view to grade or active speaker and thumbnail view. You can pin the timer by hovering your cursor over the timer. With that, we are ready to begin. Please count down from five so the
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Electronic file, we are making we are innovating as we go through this process with our customer. This has been a concurrent program. So we concurrently have developed, produced and sustained this aircraft and the products that we utilize to do that. An electronic equipment log book contains quite a bit of sophisticated engineering information. It doesnt simply just track a part. It includes technical data, graphical data, and data, it contains a lot of different information. Through the business process there are elements that we can corrupt this data. It can be presented that way or a customer can misinput information and so there are a lot of complexities relative to the book and we have worked with the jpo and weve seen improvement up to 83 ready for issue, and im fully committed to supporting that continued engagement to resolve those issues going forward. Im also committed to meeting with the Defense Contract Management Agency as well as the jpo to sit down and reconcile the conc
The chair is authorized to declare a recess at any t time i now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Good morning todays hearing will focus on the f35 joint Strike Fighter a highly technical Stealth Fighter that is the pentagons largest and most costly acquisition programs in cf 35 Program Began more than 20 years ago the department of defense more than 350 billion onts Development Total cost to sustain the program is estimated at more than 1 trillion. Unfortunately this program is plagued by challenges including major problems with maintenance of the aircraft. This hearing will address the many, time and manpower the military is forceded to spend for spare parts from Lockheed Martin. Juneck 2019 the dod Inspector General found over a threeyear period more than 15000 spare parts for the f35 lacked dialogue that maintains Important Information of the spare parts. 2020 Committee Staff from the majority and minority visited multiple military bases and interviewed personnel who maint