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
Resolution that has will pick up speed. I think there is two aspects to whose. One is the reaffirming that the impeachment inquiry, and is been going on for the last month, is the legitimate inquiry. And it has been moving along. In the second aspect of whose is setting up procedures rules and really a framework, and the next phase of whose inquiry which will be in the public setting. Think about how the last three or four weeks have been all behind closed doors. The democrats and republicans taking depositions privately in the secure spectrum. Whose will start to shift into the public setting and into public hearings is the democratic his and nancy pelosi want to establish sort of the ground rules for senate how all of whose will unfold. Uses of the timing of whose announcement and to get whose resolution by Democratic Leaders and then on the house floor on thursday. Well, republicans in the white house have been complaining about process. So there is an appearance that whose was in r
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
Well get started. Good morning, everyone. Today represents our second dialogue for 2017and we look forward to welcome you all back for additional events throughout the year. We would also like to thank in a special way, Lockheed Martin and huntington engles in make thanksgiving series possible. Before we get underway, for big events like this, just a brief announcement, safety announcement. We dont expect any difficulties, but should there be anything as convenor, make sure you know, we have exits here in the back on both sides and downstairs down the front and both myself and anthony bell in the back will be your responsible officers to direct you in the right way, just in case anything should ome up, look for one of us. So for our formal introduction to get us started, i will turn over to vice admiral peter daily, retired, chief executive officer of the u. S. Naval institute, were happy to have him here and partner with s i. Okay, welcome, those who dont know me, pete daily, ceo nava
From the center for strategic and international studies, this is an hour and 15 minutes. We are going to get started. Good morning, everyone. Im a senior fellow here in the International Security program at csis. And im delighted to kick off the Maritime Security dialogue with vice admiral moore. This is acosishosted series. And it seeks to highlight current thinking and future challenges facing the navy, the marine corps and the coast guard. Today represents our second dialogue for 2017 and we look forward to welcome you all back for additional events throughout the year. We would also like to thank in a special way, Lockheed Martin and huntington engles in make this series possible. And before we get underway for big events like this we also like to make just a brief announcement. Safety announcement. We dont expect any difficulties, but should there be anything as convenor, make sure you know, we have exits here in the back on both sides and stairs down the front and both myself and