United States defense industrial base: hearing before the Military Procurement Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, hearing held March 19, 2001 |
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Accelerated acquisition Aerospace Industries Association Air Force aircraft American ammunition approx areas assessments billion budget C4ISR capability Chairman challenges Chief Executive Officer combat commercial committee companies competition concern CONGRES CONGRESS THE LIBRARY contracts cost critical Dave McCurdy defense industrial base DOD's Douglass Electric Boat Electronic Industries Alliance electronics Enduring Freedom ensure Farrell federal fense fighter firms focus funding future global helicopter increase indus Industries Association innovation investment issues JO ANN DAVIS leasing legacy systems LIBRARY OF CONGRESS maintain McCurdy ment missile munitions national security Navy nology Operation Enduring Freedom PATRICK percent platform prime contractors procurement production programs RARY requirements research and development risk sector shipbuilding ships software engineering space industrial strategy Subcommittee submarine suppliers tactical propulsion TAYLOR tech Thank tion U.S. defense industrial U.S. industry U.S. military UAVs Unmanned Aerial Vehicles upgrade warfighting weapons systems WELDON
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Page 48 - During the Cold War, the US was willing to sacrifice economic interests for the sake of Limiting the ability of the Soviet Union and its allies to improve their military capabilities and to discourage other countries from joining the Soviet Bloc. This willingness was also true of other industrial democracies that recognized the Soviet threat and the importance of the US nuclear and conventional umbrella.
Page 49 - ... unmet. Our future competitiveness as an industry and as a nation is at stake. Investment in R&D has a direct impact on our ability as an industry to attract the human capital we need to maintain US leadership in aerospace. People follow the dollars. The decline in the numbers of R&D scientists and engineers in aerospace has tracked roughly the trends in R&D spending. This has been true in terms of absolute numbers of scientists and engineers as well as in terms of aerospace scientists and engineers...
Page 90 - States concerns over the direct subsidies which the governments of France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom have provided to their respective Airbus member companies. Such subsidies aid in the development, production, and marketing of Airbus civil aircraft which facilitated Airbus" increase in the worldwide market for large civil aircraft, from 15 percent in 1990 to 38 percent in 2001.
Page 93 - Vessel (TADC(X)) program which will help the auxiliary vessel manufacturers capitalize on past and current program efficiencies. These actions...
Page 7 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is a pleasure for me to be back with you and your new members as we enter into this new year.
Page 8 - Chairman JAMES V. HANSEN, Utah JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado TERRY EVERETT, Alabama HOWARD P. "BUCK" McKEON, California JC WATTS, JR., Oklahoma MAC THORNBERRY, Texas LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina JIM RYUN, Kansas JIM GIBBONS, Nevada HEATHER WILSON, New Mexico ROB SIMMONS, Connecticut MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi IKE SKELTON, Missouri JOHN SPRATT, South Carolina LANE EVANS, Illinois ROD R.
Page 10 - The first point, sir, is that you cannot look at the defense industrial base in isolation. It has to be looked at in the context of the overall...
Page 49 - ... research and advanced development; and logistics improvements. We propose that the increases be distributed across the Federal agencies in a way that reflects the growing importance of the commercial and space capabilities. We are facing a number of fundamental technological challenges in aerospace. Our air traffic control system is approaching gridlock. Environmental and safety standards are becoming increasingly demanding. The military is putting greater focus on unmanned and remotely piloted...
Page 38 - It is the challenge of today's policymakers to help shape an industrial base that will supply 21st century warriors as effectively as it has prior generations of American men and women in uniform.
Page 42 - Alliance (EIA), a partnership of electronic and high-tech associations and companies committed to shared knowledge and shared influence. EIA includes the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA); Electronic Components, Assemblies, and Materials Association...