Welcome, everybody. Today our select subcommittee is holding a hybrid hearing where some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via web x. Since some members are appearing in person let me remind everyone pursuit to the latest guidance from the house of intended physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a Face Covering. We will allow you to remove them as you see me doing in order to speak. I know a little bit about how your glasses get fogged up and you dont see where youre going. Members who are not wearing a Face Covering are not permitted to remain in the hearing room and will not be recognized to speak. When youre not speaking, we expect for you to have the face mask or we will not recognize you. Let me make a few reminders about hybrid hearings. Those members appearing in person you will be able to see members appearing remotely on the two monitors in front of you. On one monitor you will see all the members appearing remotely at
Fighter program. As i have consistently said, the f 35 Program Remains one of my top acquisition and sustainment priorities. Earlier this month and our last press briefing i made a commitment to come back to you when we were ready to announce the next f 35 contract. Here we aare. The f 35 Program Milestone authority alongside abwe are here to announce the u. S. Department of defense and Lockheed Martin have made tremendous progress and now have an Agreement Regarding the lot 12 to 14 Production Contract. This is a historic milestone to the f35 enterprise. As the f35 is our largest taxpayer investment and will form the backbone of the u. S. And allied fifthgeneration inventory for the foreseeable future. Anf in the joint Program Office are laser focused on driving cost out, quality up, and achieving timely deliveries of our capability to our war fighters. With respect to ontime delivery weve exceeded the total aircraft quantity we delivered to the war fighter last year. We have a 96 per
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
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Concord and livermore. Overall were trending cooler, anywhere from 2 to 5 degrees cooler. As we go through the morning, midmorning, the clouds will retreat to the shoreline. Were looking at numbers in the 70s to low 80s by noontime. The warmup comes inland where well see 90 by the delta. Staying cool, partly cloudy skies at the coast with 80 at the bay. Kumasi. Thank you. Developing news in concord where police are searching for pickup driver after a motorcyclist is killed by hitandrun. The biker was trying to pass a toyota prius. The two collided around 12 30 this morning and the biker was thrown off the motorcycle. Police say a pickup driver then ran over the biker and did not stop. The biker died at the scene. The driver of the prius is cooperating with police. Neighbors in Mountain View are calling for change after a woman was attacked while working out in creekside park. The suspect has been arrested. This is the Second Attack in that park this year. Abc 7 News Reporter has the st